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U.S. newspaper ad revenues fall 6.4pc year over year in Q2

Marketing Charts :: US newspaper advertising expenditures continue to decline, according to the latest figures from the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). In Q2, total expenditures (print + online) stood at $5.61 billion, down 6.4% from roughly $6 billion a year earlier (2010: $6.4b).

	TOTAL PRINT		TOTAL ONLINE		TOTAL PRINT AND ONLINE
Year Quarter	$ Millions	% Change	$ Millions	% Change	$ Millions	% Change
Q2|12  Q2|11	4.781,35	-7,85%	826,69	2,90%	5.608,04	-6,41%
	5.188,62		803,40		5.992,01
Source: Newspaper Association of America, September 04, 2012

A report by www.marketingcharts.com

WAN-IFRA: World media gather in Kyiv

The Post Newspapers Zambia :: WAN-IFRA president Jacob Mathew in a letter to members attending the congress called on the international media community to show its solidarity with the independent press in Ukraine at WAN-IFRA's World Newspaper Congress, World Editors Forum and Info Services Expo 2012, which is being held here from 2 to 5 September. "We are going to Kiev to stand in solidarity with the local independent press, which struggles daily under great pressure, often in isolation," Mathew said.

A report by Bivan Saluseki, www.postzambia.com

Deep generational divide: Public reaction to fewer print days mixed

The Morning Call :: Older readers of The Patriot-News are more likely to be put off by cutbacks as the Harrisburg paper pushes digital news.

Interviews with readers - A report by John Micek, www.mcall.com

Twin threats peril preprint newspaper ads

Newsosaur :: Preprint advertising, a long-reliable source of business that represents a quarter of the remaining revenue for the struggling newspaper industry, is at greater risk than ever before, owing to a perfect storm of challenges.

A report by Alan D. Mutter, newsosaur.blogspot.de

HT: Steve Outing, here:

Newspaper pre-print ads endangered, says Alan Mutter. Final straw for some newspapers? newsosaur.blogspot.com/2012/08/twin-t… #tkclass

— Steve Outing (@steveouting) August 31, 2012

IFABC compiles newspaper data for 34 markets

BrandRepublic :: The International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulation (IFABC), the association for auditors ABC and BPA around the world, has launched a free online database that provides headline circulation data for newspapers from 34 countries for the first time.

Direct link to the IFABC announcement

A report by [requires registration/login] Arif Durrani, www.brandrepublic.com

Original press release here:

IFABC has launched a free online database that provides circulation data for newspapers from 34 countries bit.ly/QgZwDJ #newspapers

— ABC UK (@ABC_UK) July 24, 2012

Rupert Murdoch isn’t getting out of newspapers

The Daily Beast :: Rupert Murdoch's decision to step down from several boards that nominally control his U.K. newspaper interests prompted excited minds on both sides of the Atlantic this weekend to speculate it was a precursor to the 81-year-old media magnate getting out of newspapers altogether. The speculators are wrong.

A report by Andrew Neil, www.thedailybeast.com

HT: Neil Chenoweth, here:

Boards aren't how Rupert Murdoch controls News. It's the breakup of his inner circle of execs that threatens him mostthedailybeast.com/articles/2012/…

— Neil Chenoweth (@NeilChenoweth) July 22, 2012

How newspapers already receive below-the-line government subsidies

Guardian :: Whenever the subject is raised about the government providing subsidies for newspapers most publishers, despite the financial straits of their companies, reject the notion on press freedom grounds. But the government already provides indirect subsidies for papers through the placing of advertisements, both at national and local level.

A report by Roy Greenslade, www.guardian.co.uk

Australia: News Ltd. chief Kim Williams backs newspapers

The Australian :: NEWS Limited chief executive Kim Williams has issued a strong rebuttal to journalists who have called recent events the "beginning of the end of the newspaper", outlining a blueprint for a transformational growth phase in the digital era.

A report by [requires login] Darren Davidson, www.theaustralian.com.au

John Paton: In defense of (the owners of) the Times-Picayune

Do you agree with John Paton?

Digital First :: Could the owners do it better? I think they could do it a lot better but they are attempting to dramatically change their business. And it is a change largely directed at a future that focuses on the new line of business and less on the old. Importantly, they remain committed to their core business and mission with what resources they have.

[John Paton:] So I support them because their industry is my industry and it will not survive without dramatic, difficult and bloody change.

Continue to read - John Paton, jxpaton.wordpress.com

UK: Three papers adopt 'half tabloid' shape

Guardian :: Here's a new twist to downsizing. Plenty of newspapers have switched from broadsheet to tabloid (aka compact). Now three weekly frees are being reduced to quarterfold - about half the size of a tabloid.

Reported by Roy Greenslade, www.guardian.co.uk