Submit a Story!
$7.5B sales plunge forecast for newspapers
$7.5B sales plunge forecast for newspapers
Unless the global economy miraculously turns around on a dime, newspaper advertising revenue may plunge some $7.5 billion in 2008, according to a new projection attempting to assess the impact of the meltdown on the industry. Should this forecast prove to be correct, sales would tumble by 16.5% ...
Comments
Blog Reactions

The Newspaper Crash of 2009... And How You Can Help
Winds of Change.NET — Could things get much worse for the newspaper industry? After all, right now: McClatchy's September print advertising sales dropped 23 percent year on year (YOY). The entire industry is forecast to lose 16.5% of its annual ad revenue from 2007 to 2008. Q2 industry statistics show overall revenue dropping 13.9%, with a whopping loss of 27% YOY in classified. Gallup's polling shows that 52% of the American public do not trust news media. As it turns out, they could get worse, and quite suddenly. ...

Obama Promoted Redistribution at a Socialist Group's Meeting in 1996; Media Could Easliy Have Found
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... the nearly two preceding years, that CDSA link would more than likely have appeared at the very top. The search string would have been a logical one to try. 1996 was the first year Obama ran for public office. Anyone curious about his possible socialist tendencies (especially in Chicago, where he was a known "community organizer") would have wondered if he had attended any meetings They say curiosity killed the cat. Perhaps, but in this case lack of curiously is killing Old Media.  

Related Content
Existing, New Home Sales Plunge
online.wsj.com 12/23/2008 — WASHINGTON -- Sales of both new and existing homes tumbled in November, and prices continued to fall, as a plunging stock market and a sharply deteriorating economy drove consumers out of the market. Sales of existing homes, which include ...
Metro home sales up, but prices plunge | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
freep.com 10/15/2008 — Driven down by sales of foreclosed homes, median sale prices fell 34% in metro Detroit in September compared with a year ago, dipping below $10,000 in the city of Detroit. The median price on a house or condo sold in Detroit last month plummeted 57%, ...
House Forecast Update, October 19th
openleft.com 10/21/2008 — The new House Forecast is up . I currently project a net Democratic gain of 22-28 seats in the House, up from a net gain of 17-25 last week . The forecast features new money numbers for over 100 campaigns, and also five seats that I now classify as ...
Presidential Forecast, 10/29: 6 Days Left
openleft.com 10/29/2008 — Electoral College: Obama 338, McCain 157 Toss-up 43 (270 to win, 269 to tie) National popular vote: Obama 50.6%--43.9% McCain Dark Blue (311): Obama +6.0% or more Lean Blue (27): Obama +2.3%-+5.9% White / Toss-up (43): Obama +2.2% to McCain ...