Business News, Tech, and Media Related News

 92% of college students prefer print books to e-books, study finds
LA Times 
February 8, 2016.
by Michael Schaub
If you imagine millennials are just young people entranced by their cellphones or tablet computers, you might want to think again. According to a new study, 92% of college students would rather do their reading the old-fashioned way, with pages and not pixels.


 2016 Digital priorities for publishers – a global snapshot
World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)
Dean Roper  January 27, 2016
We asked numerous digital news media executives around the world what their top three digital priorities are for this year, to gain insights into how digital trends are playing out globally. We would be thrilled if your company would also like to share their priorities. This list is in alphabetical order by country.


The Evolution of Newspaper Innovation [Infographic]
Newspaper Association of America

April 09, 2014
Did you know the average adult uses four different devices or technologies to access news in a given week? In today's media landscape, readers are changing the way they access and interact with newspaper media content. And newspapers continue to innovate and transform, reaching new audiences and discovering new revenue streams.

Amazon hiring for bookstore in San Diego
E-commerce giant eyes expansion of brick-and-mortar business.
San Diego Union
By Jennifer Van Grove and Lori Weisberg | 5:36 p.m. Feb. 5, 2016


The sky is falling on print newspapers faster than you think

Richard Toefel January 20, 2016

 Last October, a McKinsey report declared, “We believe that many of the people likely to abandon print newspapers and print consumer magazines have already done so…. We believe most of this core audience — households that have retained their print subscriptions despite having access to broadband — will continue to do so for now, effectively putting a floor on the print markets.”

Washington Post eyes 'bittersweet' newsroom move
AFP via Yahoo News

By Rob Lever December 5, 2015 11:20 PM

The Post officially leaves its headquarters building in downtown Washington on December 14 as it migrates its 700-person newsroom staff three blocks away to offices designed as the newsroom of the future.

It will mark a fresh beginning for a newspaper with a grand tradition but which is undergoing major changes under Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder who bought the daily in 2013.

Jeff Bezos says The Washington Post’s goal is to become the “new paper of record”
“We’re doing it now with more resources and we have a lot of patience for that job.”
By Laura Hazard OwenNov. 24, 2015, 11:13 a.m.



Al Jazeera America to shutter digital operations by the end of the month
POLITICO
By Kelsey Sutton 2:24 p.m. | Feb. 8, 2016

The closure of Al Jazeera America is coming sooner than expected.
Al Jazeera America staffers were told during a staff meeting at 2 p.m. today that they are to stop updating the company's website on Feb. 26, POLITICO has learned.
Digital staffers were told to stop reporting work after Feb. 26, although they will be paid through April. TV operations will continue until April 12.