Here are the facts: Newspapers circulation numbers are falling like a rock. The New York Times daily circulation in 1990 was 1.1 million and is now less than 900,000. The Los Angeles Times circulation dropped from 1.25 million in 1990 to less than 600,000 The big three TV networks accounted for more than 45% of […]
Read moreBusinessWeek Sells for Less Than a 4-bedroom Condo in Manhattan
Another sign in of the Great Media Collapse of 2009: BusinessWeek apparently sold to Bloomberg for $5 million yesterday. That’s right. Bloomberg purchased the staid, 80-year-old business magazine for less than the cost of a four bedroom condo on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Here’s the Wall Street Journal: “The purchase price wasn’t disclosed, […]
Read moreThe Top 25 Social Media Platforms
Web analytics firm, Compete, posted a list of the top 25 social media sites on its blog last week that is fascinating to look at. Compete did the assessment last year as well and the new list shows the movements up and down the list. There aren’t any big surprises for observers of the social […]
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December 20, 2010 


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