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SI on Campus, a spinoff of Sports Illustrated, will cease print publication with its Dec. 1 issue, and move college sports coverage online, Mediaweek reports. SIoncampus.com launched in September to cover daily breaking news and features from college sports writers, and already has 500,000 unique visitors and 1.7 million page views per month.
SI on Campus originally launched as an insert in 70 college newspapers, then became a freestanding publication, sending 1 million copies to 150 college rec centers and gyms.
Wachovia analyst Marci Ryvicker revised her 2009 radio revenue prediction downward significantly, from a drop of 8% to a drop of 13%.
Even that may be too optimistic, Ryvicker warned, saying there will be no recovery until the economy and/or credit…
Just three days after sister publication The New York Times began running ads on its front page, the Boston Globe announced that it will begin publishing front page ads, as well.
The Globe’s decision to run front page ads was made…
Yesterday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the development of a coveted liaison with Verizon Wireless.
The five-year contract makes Microsoft the default search provider to Verizon’s sizable user base. It will also…
Time Warner said today that the economy has been more challenging in terms of its advertising business than it had expected, particularly at AOL and the Time Inc. publishing units.
The company said it will post a net operating loss…
Just weeks after shuttering the print edition of PC Magazine and moving it entirely online, Ziff Davis has announced that it is closing the books on Electronic Gaming Magazine, due to the sale of its collection of video game sites,…
Even through a recession U.S. consumers redeem just 1%-3% of paper coupons, but up to half of the coupons that Kroger sends to its customers are redeemed - because it uses a data-mining firm it part-owns to target specific customers.
Kroger,…
