We thought the internet was killing print. But it isn't | Media | The Observer. 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. Chisholm's aim is to prod British publishers into renewed web action – citing the Guardian, Telegraph and Independent particularly for producing the highest ratios of monthly unique visitors to their sites when compared against print circulations.
Papers Aren't Going Anywhere. 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"