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Two Trends For Magazines, -- Show Any Weakness And The Publication Is Consigned To The Internet Only Or Worse, And The New Buzz Word is Video --- Philip M. Stone March 19, 2007
With all the bad news about magazines closing, or being consigned just to the Internet, the surprising news from the Magazine Publishers of America is that in 2006 some 262 magazines were actually launched – that’s a 2% increase over the year before. But what the figures don’t say is how really tough it is out there these days.

Finnish Government Shuffles, Expands Commercial Radio Licenses --- Michael Hedges - June 3, 2006
Publishing giant SanomaWSOY received two new radio licenses while MTV Media and SBS each lost one. The Transport and Communications Ministry issued six national and 47 local radio licenses for the five-year term beginning January 1, 2007

East Europe Is Still The Prime Battlefield For European Publishers With Axel Springer Launching In Poland An Upscale Daily, Dziennik, Just Six Weeks After Agora dropped its Upscale Nowy Dzien. --- Philip M. Stone April 13, 2006
No sooner does Poland’s Agora drop its three-month-old up market Nowy Dzien (New Day) because shareholders were up in arms over its losses, then along comes Axel Springer saying it is launching its own upscale broadsheet in Warsaw on April 18, with the paper said to be modeled on Springer’s successful Die Welt brand in Germany.

Renewal, Reorientation, Redundancies: Plan A --- Michael Hedges November 4, 2013 Follow on Twitter
Big media houses are finishing 2013 with a sense of renewal. The financial picture for most isn't getting much better but it isn't getting much worse. Digital transition is a foregone conclusion but the end result remains hazy. Possibilities, once so numerous, all lead one direction.

A Tale Of Tabloid Troubles --- Michael Hedges September 17, 2012 Follow on Twitter
Every tabloid editor knows what moves eyeballs. It's a skill passed on generation after generation, unbound by geography. Dirt on celebrities and politicians is fine but nothing beats that grainy photo of a well-known somebody starkers. Brilliance is causing talk on the street, any street, and maybe a lawsuit. Leveraging a better business deal is genius.

Murdoch May Get Out-Murdoched --- Philip M. Stone June 24, 2010 Follow on Twitter
UK national newspaper publishers still shudder at the Rupert Murdoch inspired newsstand war fought to protect The Times that began in 1993 and took 15 years to end with rivers of red ink flooding Fleet Street. Now Richard Desmond who has his own tabloid and magazine publishing empire says come July he’s starting another price war targeting tabloids by cutting the price of his Daily Star by half.

British Politicians And Scotland Yard May Be Afraid To Take On Murdoch, But Not So The New York Times – It’s A Trans-Atlantic Newspaper War Aimed At The Jugular --- Philip M. Stone September 8, 2010 Follow on Twitter
Rupert Murdoch makes no secret the editorial changes he has made at his Wall Street Journal are intended to topple The New York Times as America’s newspaper of record.