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August 2007 

What consumers want from online news

McKinsey research shows that different groups of consumers have different attitudes about news products. Media companies should segment their digital offerings.

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2001

2000

  • May 2000 

    Good news for newspapers

    Newspapers around the world have been aggressively raising their prices, and in seeming defiance of the standard inverse relationship between price and circulation this hasn’t driven away readers.

1999

  • August 1999 

    Beyond print: A future for magazines

    The World Wide Web threatens all but the strongest titles. Print publishers must respond by creating their own on-line operations, for magazines with a presence in both media will have an advantage over those that do not.

  • February 1999 

    Wanted: More newspaper ads

    Buyers are questioning the value of print ads because the people who sell it don't know themselves. To get more ads, newspapers should reorganize, not cut rates.

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