College Football Playoff Title Game Coverage

More top-line revenue? Yes. Enough to cover the costs of production? Soon, no. Year-over-year growth? Definitely no. And with inflation having reared its ugly head, the ability to tread water by raising the price of the print product won’t work anymore. As the price of everything else goes up, readers are catching on to that.

The print product exists to serve a market that is aging out, and its customers aren’t being replaced. It’s not like people my age (mid-50s) are suddenly going to start subscribing to print newspapers when we turn 70.

 

I was referring to the editorial content of newspapers. There was one nomination for best game story in a print edition. And it was well done. But I don't think that very many papers carried a game story at all due to early deadlines.

Financially youa re right. At Gannett print subscriptions are about a third revenue, print advertising another third and digital about a third. I think Lee is about the same. I would be surprised if any local newspaper, with the possible exception of the Boston Globe, receives a majority of its revenue from digital.

 

I’m maybe a month away from not even having a daily print newspaper for my city, although truthfully it has been in a vegetative state for some time. (I suppose I made a part time living for a while changing the bedpans once it ceased to be fully functional.)