rss feedHuh? Editor & Publisher, which followed print journalism, to close
Actually, it might not be a “huh?” moment – given the state of print journalism and advertising.
But it’s still news because Editor & Publisher is one of the companies to chart the big-picture and nuanced story of print journalism over the years, including the shocks in the past two years or so.
Now, the publication is set to go out of business.
The company’s Fitz & Jen blog has a quick note. But Poynter has the full note from parent company, Nielsen Business Media.
Ask any journalist in a mainstream organization and you’ll likely hear that reporters and editors often would review Editor & Publisher’s list of the top newspaper Web sites in the country, as well as comparisons to the year-ago period and time spent on sites.
I know: Insider stuff.
But it’s important if you’re trying to figure out where the industry will go in a rapidly-changing time with readers getting information from more and more sources.
The magazine’s staff also did a good job in chasing down top news managers to get their reaction to journalism news.
Earlier, I skimmed a summary of this report and noticed that Editor & Publisher was not included in the group of titles that the Finkelstein Group was pursuing.
I didn’t think much of it until PoynterOnline posted updates talking about Editor & Publisher’s coming closure.
Earlier, the journalism group known as UNITY listed its tally of how many journalists have lost jobs in the past year or so.
