Hate to make predictions, but I think the print edition of the New York Times will fail and they'll go all-digital within five years. Its parent company is bleeding red ink every day despite the fact that its website is among the most visited on the entire Internet. To stem the bleeding, it recently put up a paywall that limits readers to 10 articles a month, but there are many workarounds for that. When people have a choice with their pocketbooks, they won't pay for something - no matter how liked - that they can get for free.
Conversely, the WSJ, which has always had a paywall - continues to post gains with its print AND digital editions - and remains the largest circulation daily in the U.S. with a whopping 2.1 million print subscribers and growing. It's puzzling to see the fortunes of the 2 most dominant papers in the U.S. moving in opposite directions. However one feels about the infamous Ruper Murdoch, the WSJ - to my eyes, anyway - has not changed into a tabloid filled with screeds and diatribes - like you still find in other Murdoch papers in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. The character of the WSJ has changed visually, with color pages throughout and way more features about movies, auctions and the arts; but its political biases are firmly stuck in its editorial and letters-to-the-editor sections, (which I tend to skip) - and not in places like Arts and Leisure in competing national papers. I think the only other daily national newspaper that "may" survive five years from now - will be USA Today, which strikes me as a "headline service" (sort of like TV) - for travelers and people on the go. -d. Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:12:14 -0500 From: brucehershen...@gmail.com Subject: Re: R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU On the heels of MCW ending comes the end of Newsweek, One by one they will all go. Time is next, and then The New York Times (yes, The New York Times). http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/18/a-turn-of-the-page-for-newsweek.html On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Tom Martin <dreamfact...@hollywooddreamfactory.com> wrote: >so you started reading MCW when you where 5 years old Sue?? ok thats possible....I guess. > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: filmfantast...@msn.com >To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >Subject: Re: [MOPO] R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 >Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:11:59 +0000 > >> >>So much of my own collection are items I bought from dealers I met >through MCW. I was there at the beginning and for many years, as a >collector, couldn't wait for the latest copy to get to me. It was a >genuine thrill to open it up and see all the fun stuff for sale. >Brian and family are great people and, later as a advertiser, they >helped me immensely making sure every detail was covered. I wish them >all the best of luck and extend enormous thanks for their >contribution to our hobby. MCW was way more than a newspaper, it was >a part of our history.. >> >>Sue Heim >>www.hollywoodposterframes.com >> >> >> >> >>Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:08:29 -0400 >>From: douglasbtay...@hotmail.com >>Subject: Re: [MOPO] R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 >>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >> >> >>I attribute at least half of my Best Picture Collection, the most >complete private collection of AA best picture OS’s in the world, to >Brian and MCW. My NM Plum-style GWTW, my VF Mutiny on the Bounty, >and many others were found in this great publication. >> >>Thank you Brian, very much. >> >>Regards >> >>DBT >>Profile >> >>From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of >Bruce Hershenson >>Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 6:55 PM >>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>Subject: [MOPO] R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 >> >>I am so very sad to announce that "On Monday, October 15 two of the >most highly respected film buff publications, Movie Collector’s World >(MCW) and Classic Images (CI) announced that they had come to an >agreement on the sale of MCW. Classic Images has agreed to buy Movie >Collectors World, a Michigan based newspaper published by Brian >Bukantis since 1985. The agreement was made on Friday, October 12. >The two papers, serving movie buffs around the world, will be merged >into one monthly publication. Under the terms of the agreement, >currently active paid MCW subscribers will receive each monthly issue >of CI, beginning with the December issue, for the length of their MCW >subscription term." >> >>Those of you who only joined this hobby the past few years only know >of MCW as a thin magazine, filled mostly with auction announcements >and ads for the foremost dealers. >> >>But for those of us who have been in the hobby for decades, we >remember so well those pre-Internet days when a large portion of the >collectors and dealers subscribed to this then bulging publication, >because it was THE number one way to buy and sell, and pretty much >the most important day of the month was the one when MCW arrived! >> >>This really IS the "end of an era". I want to publicly thank Brian >Bukantis for publishing it the past 27 years, and for doing a superb >job throughout that time (of course, the ONLY thing he couldn't >overcome was the Internet, which is rapidly putting EVERY newspaper >and magazine out of business, and Brian should be quite proud that he >was able to continue publishing as long as he did). He is a great >guy, both personally and professionally, and he added immeasurably to >our hobby. The ONLY silver lining to this is that Brian's life now >won't be spent going from one urgent deadline to another! >> >>I will have more about this (and a farewell message from Brian) in >my next weekly e-mail club message on Sunday! >> >>Bruce Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
