Das PC Magazine erscheint derzeit in USA zum letzten Mal als Printprodukt, nach dem Motto: “Go out of print or go out of business!”. Der Übergang zum reinen Onlinemedium ist geglückt: “PC Magazine Goes 100% Digital“.

So sieht der Business Case aus:

On the online side, he wouldn’t disclose the revenues for the PCMag brand, but said it was in “tens and tens of millions” of dollars. He said the revenues on the online side have grown an average of 42 percent yearly since 2001; digital is about 70 percent of the revenues for the PCMag brand, and overall is profitable. He said that despite the economic situation, the PCMag brand revenues grew about 18 percent in Q308, and thinks that it will hold up despite advertising downturn due to the power of the brand. Of course competition is heavy for those shrinking ad dollars, from everyone including other established brands like CNET, to newer ones like Engadget and others.

Ja, da können so einige deutsche Verleger noch was lernen. Heise ist übrigens mit seiner Strategie schon nahe dran an dem was die Amis machen …


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[...] 2008 an seine Leser schrieb habe ich übersehen, die deutschen Blog-Reaktionen ebenso (Media-Blog: “PCMag: Go out of print or go out of business!”, UPLOAD: “‘PC Magazine’ stellt Print-Ausgabe ein”, blog-O-rama, sehr [...]

PC Magazine: Pixel statt Papier « www.Sozialgeschnatter.de added these pithy words on Dec 25 08 at 1:25

Total turnover around 20 Mio. USD, 70 % of revenue and 80 % of profit from comes online …

Hugo E. Martin added these pithy words on Nov 20 08 at 9:51

Unglaubliche Zahlen, erinnern an Schibsted: http://blog.firstmedia.de/?p=1818

Frank Huber added these pithy words on Nov 20 08 at 9:54

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