Magazine predictions from the mouths of the "pros"
Scary magazine predictions, but I don't think it differs from anything else. Magazines, like a car manufacturer, retail store, small business of any sort, all apply.
Andy Cohn from the Fader said that 5 out of 10 mags and papers will close.
-I guess that's the same as 1 out of 2. Scary thought, since what will a newsstand look like if this happens?
Steven Kotok from The Week says: "Lots of things nobody predicted will occur."
- hope this can mean great things.
Dylan Tweeney from Wired: "...2009 will be a very, very difficult year for advertising-supported businesses of all kinds. Anyone launching a publication in 2009 better have deep enough pockets to ride out a year or two of very thin revenues."
- that's obvious since even a publication that's been going for years will have thin revenues.
Video content seems to hit a few people's lists. Am I paranoid yet about our future? Sure just a little, but at the same time, the idea is to keep moving.
Read many more here at Foliomag.com
It's interesting to read what people say about magazines (at least for me).
Andy Cohn from the Fader said that 5 out of 10 mags and papers will close.
-I guess that's the same as 1 out of 2. Scary thought, since what will a newsstand look like if this happens?
Steven Kotok from The Week says: "Lots of things nobody predicted will occur."
- hope this can mean great things.
Dylan Tweeney from Wired: "...2009 will be a very, very difficult year for advertising-supported businesses of all kinds. Anyone launching a publication in 2009 better have deep enough pockets to ride out a year or two of very thin revenues."
- that's obvious since even a publication that's been going for years will have thin revenues.
Video content seems to hit a few people's lists. Am I paranoid yet about our future? Sure just a little, but at the same time, the idea is to keep moving.
Read many more here at Foliomag.com
It's interesting to read what people say about magazines (at least for me).