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NAA: Marketing

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NEWSPAPER CLASSIFIED REDESIGNS
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NEWSPAPER
ONLINE DESIGN
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Read Steve Outing's interview with Alan Jacobson and learn why newspaper web sites are seriously flawed. Then see alternatives.
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EDITORIAL,
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ONLINE REDESIGN
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Our redesigns are catalysts for positive change. Visit the gallery to see how we've transformed publications and websites.
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EDITORIAL REDESIGNS
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Bakersfield Californian
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The Eureka Reporter
Yakima Herald Republic
St. Louis Post‑Dispatch
The Virginian‑Pilot
Observer-Reporter
The Sunday News
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ONLINE REDESIGNS
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REDESIGN WHITEPAPER
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A redesign is a waste of time and money if it doesn't deliver a return on investment. Download our report to learn how to make your redesign pay off, then see how four newspapers boosted readership and revenue by following our advice.
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TARGETED PUBLICATIONS
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INTERACTIVE TOUR
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See in detail how a content-driven redesign did more than make a community daily look better – it made it a better paper.
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RADICAL STRATEGIES FOR CIRCULATION WOES
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FEBRUARY 2007

NEVER SAY NEVER

Brass Tacks Design

Last week NYT Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. admitted that he really didn't know whether he'd be printing the Times in five years. Based on recent events, he is wise to admit what he doesn't know and to "Never say never."

Before you say "never" about newspapers, consider this:
  • Two years ago, Tony Ridder never thought he'd sell the company that bears his name.

  • One year ago, Gary Pruitt never thought he'd buy Tony's company.

  • Six months ago, Gary never thought he'd sell McClatchy's "crown jewel" – the Star-Tribune. And certainly not at a half-billion-dollar loss.

  • One year ago, Dennis FitzSimmons never thought he'd put Tribune up for sale.

  • Six months ago, Dennis never thought a qualified buyer would be so difficult to find.

  • We never thought papers like The Boston Globe and The New York Times would cut their newsroom staffs.

  • We never thought newsroom layoffs and buyouts would become as common as typos.

  • We never thought a guy named Craig and websites with silly-sounding names like "Yahoo" and "Google" could undermine our main sources of revenue. And we never thought classifieds were so important.

  • We never thought The Philadephia Inquirer (winner of 17 Pulitzers in 18 years and the biggest paper in America's fifth-largest city) would see its newsroom staff and circulation drop to the size of a secondary market.

  • We never thought we'd publish our stories for free online before we published them for payment in print.

  • A year ago, we never thought we'd see bottom-page strip ads on section fronts (unless we worked for a Gannett paper).

  • Six months ago, we never thought we'd see bottom-page strip ads on front pages.

  • A week ago, we never thought we'd see display ads on front pages.

  • We never thought newsroom raises would be tied to newspaper revenue, as they are now at the Boston Globe. (Four months ago, I suggested that newsroom salaries should be tied to circulation, never thinking that anything close would happen any time soon.

 There's only one thing we can be sure of: More Never Say Nevers TK.

 
 


 
 

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