links for 2008-06-28
- Can A New Netflix-Like Service Save Magazine Industry? - Media Money with Julia Boorstin - CNBC.com
“I can imagine using it– I like not being locked into any commitments and it could be fun to try out magazines that are hard to find in ordinary airport newsstands. [...] While working on home construction I’d sign up for all interior design magazines.”
- Kevin Allman: Desperate times in the newspaper & magazine industries
“The whole point of magazine subscriptions is the set-it-and-forget-it model, which is why they always try to entice readers with steeply discounted 2- and 3-year plans.”
- Your choice of magazines « Lou Heldman on the News Media
“Some major challenges would seem to be: Rising paper and postal costs. The magazine industry’s traditionally slow execution starting new subscriptions. More and more magazine content being accessed on the Web.”
- Finally! Mix-and-match magazine subscriptions : Carolyn Erickson
“I’ve been waiting for this. While I hate to pay the newstand price for magazines, I often do. Why do I pay $4.95 for a single issue when I could subscribe for about $15 per year?”
- Maghound Sniffing for Long Tail | Media Industry Blog | BNET
“But, unless I’m missing something, we have a small problem here, and it has to do with the length of the magazine-lover’s best-friend’s tail. The company says it has 280 magazines signed up so far, and hopes to have 300 by launch.”