Mag Ad Pages Drop 17.2% In Q4 (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)

Media Daily News ^ | January 14, 2009 | Erik Sass

[drubyfive]

In the last month two magazines I love and have subscribed to for years-Cottage Living and Country Home-have closed down.

You might like American Bungalow.

[abb]

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Magazines_22/Grim_end_to_a_bad_year_for_magazines.asp
Grim end to a bad year for magazines

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Cable_65recap/Cable_s_catching_up_in_DVR_playback.asp
Cable’s catching up in DVR playback

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Broadcastrecap_64/Lots_less_luster_for_the_Golden_Globes.asp
Lots less luster for the Golden Globes

[abb]

Y’all need to see this one.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/13/AR2009011303106.html?sub=AR
Change Sweeping to the FCC
Obama’s Pick, a Venture Capitalist, Could Shift Commission’s Focus to Internet

[abb]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=asCgPLoBQD7g
Time Warner’s Bewkes Stuck With AOL, Ad Slump After First Year

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aejIqNWbUuZA
Leno TV Time Shift Lays Egg With Ad Buyers at Ratings Loser NBC

[SanFranDan]

At the LIBRARY, I thumbed through the current issue of Time Magazine looking for ad/news balance.

In years past I couldn’t find the stories because the rag was so fully laden with ads. Last week though, it was all news.

Now ordinarily I would think they were turning over a new leaf. But based on my reads here, they are in very bad shape

[MrEdd]

I gave them the permanent heave-ho in the early 1980s. When they labeled the Falkland Islands as The Malvinas in a left wing solidarity move with the Argentine communist invaders.

[SevenofNine]

Honey I done it long time ago
I remember when National geogrpahic was cool

[GeronL]

wonderful news, Jan 14 ain’t such a bad day