Wow! Christian Science Monitor ends weekday editions
October 28, 2008 in industry news
Via the New York Times: #
 After a century of continuous publication, The Christian Science Monitor will abandon its weekday print edition and appear online only, its publisher announced Tuesday. The cost-cutting measure makes The Monitor the first national newspaper to essentially give up on print. #
The paper is currently published Monday through Friday, and will move to online only in April, although it will also introduce a Sunday magazine. John Yemma, The Monitor’s editor, said that moving to the Web only will mean it can keep its eight foreign bureaus open while still lowering costs. #It should be noted that the Monitor is a non-profit, and doesn’t derive most of its revenue from print ads. Still, that’s a huge shift for a large newspaper. #
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@Bryan,
Now if everyone listened to my podcast series, this wouldn't have come as much of a surprise.
John Yemma and I discussed this as a real possibility for the Monitor a few weeks. In fact, it was one of two possible scenarios they were looking to adopt.
The other option the Monitor researched was adding a weekend edition while keeping weekday publication. That would have doubled down on print. The Monitor instead decided to put less faith in print. I think that's a wise move.
You'll find out a lot more about the Monitor's decision and why I think it makes sense on my blog. I'm hoping to interview Yemma again about the Monitor this Thursday or Friday.
I don't think this will have much, if any, impact on the college media. We have a built in advertising / classified base, and subscription revenue is usually moderate at best.
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