Post #97,780
4/22/03 12:45:56 AM
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IW Fallout: early warning
An editor on a competing rag shares my ferry ride occasionally. I'd heard whispers that Gillmor might be heading onwards about a month ago, though I didn't see confirmation, or have any idea it was part of a larger push. Looks like they're going from 13 columnists to 4, and it's [link|http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/16noise_1.html|good news]. Hell, if that's good news, I'd hate to see bad. Or as the jIWT comment went: how many are required to reprocess Microsoft PR releases? Indeed. --\r\n
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Post #97,800
4/22/03 6:04:07 AM
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Obstreporous LRPD:____ Determined absurdity
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Post #97,844
4/22/03 10:21:03 AM
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Note the creative use of the word "tabloid"
I also like the "Leaderboard". "When we have nothing new to print, we can still fill a few pages"
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Inquiring minds want to scream.
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Post #97,932
4/22/03 3:38:32 PM
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IDG Cost Cutting?
I would be interested to see if other IDG publications are doing the same thing...
LinuxWorld?
ComputerWorld?
Network(ing)World?
I'll bet that since ad revenues are down, so are funds to pay writers. Can the complete collapse of IDG be far behind? Also, IDG was slower to get into the "new media" than Ziff Davis, and I'll bet it hurt them bad.
Same thing happened to newspapers when the Internet debutted in 1995. Many were "slow" to get in on the Internet and it cost them. Some still haven't recovered.
If you're a packrat, go pick up a 1999 Infoworld and compare them. No comparison. This rag used to be 150+ pages on a good week. Now they're lucky to get 50-70 pages.
I don't want slick press releases, I want someone to tell me if a new technology is BS or not. I want someone to tell me who's using the new tech, and if they're having problems. I want someone to "call it" on the technology, based on market conditions.
It sounds like the suits have won at IDG, so it's time to find all these fine author's Blogs, and get into newsgroups and find ways to connect these authors back together without a "formal" corporate structure like IDG.
Finally, it will probably be very refreshing to hear some of these authors "unchained", so they can tell the truth, not what IDG wants them to say.
Glen Austin
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Post #97,934
4/22/03 3:40:41 PM
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Computer Reseller News is also shrinking
Just over the last year... the magazines are smaller. This is because of less advertising, I'm sure.
I wonder how long it will be before panic starts to set in?
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Post #97,936
4/22/03 3:44:16 PM
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LW is long dead
Nick was at ComputerWorld briefly, as an occasional columnist.
The destruction of the computer press is directly traceable to their being in bed with MICROS~9. Who wants to read a lousy rag with no content? The old InfoWorld could be counted on for honest and informed opinions. HEY! THAT'S WHY PEOPLE READ IT! AMAZING!
Was there ever a company as pernicious as Microsoft? Everything they touch, they ruin.
-drl
Light is heavy:
R{} = (2R/W)T - (1/2W){D-2,D-2}W
Heavy is light:
(D-3)(RF[] + 5/4 g) = 0
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Post #97,938
4/22/03 3:45:39 PM
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Visited IDG's Website...
I'm betting that InfoWorld is rolled into ComputerWorld in less than 1 year. They will "re-subscribe" InfoWorld readers to ComputerWorld, or ComputerWorld will "go pay" and the IDG free magazine era will be over.
That's my bet, they aren't pulling enough advertising revenue and so they're consolidating their lines into a few winners (ComputerWorld), and pushing paid subscriptions (PC World, Mac World).
From a business perspective, probably a survival move in these "fun" times.
I forgot to mention Mac World, PC World, Bio-IT World, and oh yes, CIO.
The www.idg.com website says they have 300 magazines (but many are probably International in nature).
But, the whole print magazine era may be coming to an end anyway...
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Post #97,952
4/22/03 3:59:34 PM
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Re: Visited IDG's Website...
The www.idg.com website says they have 300 magazines (but many are probably International in nature).
Nah, that's a stack of old Playboys - but there could be a coupla Cheris in there..
-drl
Light is heavy:
R{} = (2R/W)T - (1/2W){D-2,D-2}W
Heavy is light:
(D-3)(RF[] + 5/4 g) = 0
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