3 Neros, 1 fire

[rcjordan]

"we saw some alarming statistics about the health of the newspaper industry, lower circulation numbers (search), lower ad dollars and fewer young readers.

So far, the magazine industry has been holding up rather well, with more than 70 new titles hitting the newsstand so far this year."

http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,156091,00.html

holding up rather well, with more than 70 new titles hitting the newsstand so far this year Huh? That's like saying a business with great cashflow is doing well --not necessarily so. People I know in the mag trade are openly worried. Internet advertising (and not just search advertising but good ol' paid placement, too) is eating their lunch and they know it.

[I, Brian]

If book and music publishing so far are anything to go by, the magazine industry isn't going to act until too late, and only after other people have already fenced off significant territory.