tofuwatch.com

a blog about soybean cake and other essential topics

Posts Tagged ‘editor & publisher’

Huh? Editor & Publisher, which followed print journalism, to close

posted by brad wong on 2009.12.10, under history, journalism

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.

continue reading…

pagetop