Newspapers printing, distribution costs…

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, average subription prices for the following magazines are:

Newsweek:                     $0.47

BusinessWeek:             $0.77

The New Yorker           $0.87

Fortune:                         $0.89

Allure:                            $0.89

Bon Appetit                  $1.00 (slightly above)

The Economist:            $1.96

Today, 13th of April saw an interesting spike in articles by major newspapers about the newspaper-business.

When newspaper make the news

The New York Times talks about:

• ‘Hyperlocal’ Web Sites Deliver News Without Newspapers
  

and how a” handful of Web sites emerge to cull local content from government data, blogs and news media.”

• That the sale of the Boston Globe “has brought together civic leaders and residents, speaking out about the paper’s role in the region.”

• and that some Magazines Think About Raising Prices

Meanwhile, the Boston Globe reports about “what went wrong” at… the Globe itself.

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