We thought the internet was killing print. But it isn't | Media | The Observer. Newspaper circulations can go up as well as down – even in the internet age. Photograph: David Pearson /Alamy The woe, as usual, is more or less unconfined. September's daily newspaper circulation figures, as audited by ABC, are down 5.31% in a year: Sunday totals are 6.7% off the pace. And, of course, we all know what's to blame.
It's the infernal internet, the digital revolution, the iPad, laptop and smartphone taking over from print. Online is the coming death of Gutenberg's world, inexorable, inevitable, the enemy of all we used to hold dear. Except that it isn't. A fascinating new piece of research this week looks in detail at the success of newspaper websites and attempts to find statistical correlations with sliding print copy sales. But "in the UK at least, there is no such correlation", reports the number-crunching analyst Jim Chisholm. Could they, and British regionals, do better, though? At which point, perhaps, it's time to look at the flipside of Chisholm's findings.
Papers Aren't Going Anywhere. I began reading newspapers when I was 9-years-old in Bombay, India. The one newspaper I read, The Times of India, was India's largest newspaper in English and one of a half-dozen available in that language. Forty years later, Bombay is now Mumbai. I live in the U.S. The Iron Curtain has fallen. China has risen. 2. 3. 4. In a world where people are inundated with information as they try to make decisions, where local and community and mobile are growing, and where trusted brands and roots matter, the newspaper brands have a bright future if they follow this vision: To lead and partner in facilitating and reaggregating community information, history and voices for civic, commercial and retail purposes.
Rishad Tobaccowala is chief strategy and innovation officer at VivaKi. Is Print Dead? (Infographic) - SKETCHEE IDEAS: A Creativity Blog - Design & Illustration by Brian E. Young - SKETCHEE.COM. We all know the newspaper industry has been hit long before the economic downturn of 2009. As a magazine designer for a newspaper company, I was curious as to how the industry is doing as a whole: What parts of the industry have the most growth?
Where are the jobs? Is employment falling? How do books, magazines and newspapers compare with "new media"? Here's some stats showing a few of the more interesting sectors packaged with some editoral illustration. Embed this graphic on your site: Note: The 10.5% number on the pie chart should be labeled "Quick printing". Sulzberger Concedes: "We Will Stop Printing The New York Times Sometime In The Future"