Comments on: Gas Prices: Print Media’s #1 Enemy

By: Kreg Y.

Kreg Y. — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:22:07 +0000

People are spending their discretionary incomes on higher fuel costs instead of mochas, newspapers, magazines, and going out to eat? Okay, however, how do you explain that while newspaper sales have been declining since the late 1990’s, consumption of mochas, magazines, going out to eat have only declined in past year or two.

A more likely cause for the decline in newspaper sales is that news readership is going online to take advantage of the internet’s ability to tailor the day’s events for your consumption. There are liberal news sites for liberals, conservative news sites for conservatives, and everything in between. In lieu of a general edition of the newspaper that appeals to the widest audience; On the internet, a reader is able to filter out news they do not wish to read and consume only the news they want.

By: Anthony Luafalealo

Anthony Luafalealo — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:39:06 +0000

Hi Don,

That also means increased barriers to entry. The large newspapers and magazines are already well-established and adapting to the times most notably through the use of blogs. But the increasing costs of print publishing must be especially felt by the start-ups, which is probably why we rarely hear of them. However, I read about a couple of them last month. It would be interesting to see how they are faring so far.

By: Don Dees

Don Dees — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:14:15 +0000

In addition, the increase in gas prices places a bigger strain on the print media companies profit margins. It now costs more for all of the raw materials to be delivered to the printing press, as well as more money to distribute the final product. No doubt about it, the pressure on print media is being felt from all angles.