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Thread ID: 81105 2007-07-16 23:09:00 Computer tech mags dying netchicken (4843) PC World Chat
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569497 2007-07-16 23:09:00 Facinating article showing the decline of tech mags ...

Meanwhile, bigger publications are hurting too: Time Warner's (nyse: TWX - news - people ) Business 2.0 saw ad pages drop 21.8% through March from the same period a year ago; PC Magazine's editor in chief walked out the door after ad pages fell 38.8% over the same period; and one-time online powerhouse CNET is reporting growing losses even as the companies it covers flourish.

www.forbes.com
netchicken (4843)
569498 2007-07-16 23:14:00 meanwhile, back at the farm, PC World is doing quite well :) Jan Birkeland (4741)
569499 2007-07-16 23:48:00 Hello Jan. Welcome to the Mad House. PJ :groan: ;) :thumbs: Poppa John (284)
569500 2007-07-17 05:16:00 Interesting to note that Rupert Murdoch is happy to pay around 1 Billion US for the Wall Street Journal. Who said that informative tech journalism is dead? winmacguy (3367)
569501 2007-07-17 07:19:00 I don't know what you mean about... Cstrikedish (12190)
569502 2007-07-17 08:25:00 What winmacguy is trying to say I think is that print journalism still remains a valuable commodity. What I don't get is the fact that the WSJ is a FINANCIAL news newspaper and its tech section is just merely to cover all bases.

Winmacguy, netchicken's original post and link dealt with computer publications, not financial publications based in the city with 3 of the largest bourses.
beeswax34 (63)
569503 2007-07-17 08:30:00 I take it that you have never read any articles from the Wall Street Journal or heard of a guy called Walt Mossberg ( he interviewed Bill G and Steve J at All things D), Walt works for the Wall Street Journal.
Look him up on Google.
He also was one of the select journalists who reviewed the iPhone just prior to its release.

The Wall Street Journal has a very strong subscription based readership which is unusual for an online publication at the moment. Technology and finance tend to make bed pals together. If you write great articles that people value, they will be willing to subscribe to your publication to read them.
winmacguy (3367)
569504 2007-07-17 08:53:00 Have a read
http://ptech.allthingsd.com/
winmacguy (3367)
569505 2007-07-17 11:12:00 Ah yes, I did forget about Walt though I would take David Pogue over him any day. beeswax34 (63)
569506 2007-07-17 11:32:00 Each to their own although David Pogue is also a very good reviewer. winmacguy (3367)
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