Business OF journalismEdit

Newspapers get more money from advertising than from sales of the newspapers.

The news industry has a relatively high profit margin, such as 20 percent, 30 percent or more.

More informationEdit

Book: "The Vanishing Newspaper," by Phillip Meyer

Also see: American Newspaper Circulation.

External linksEdit

• Advertising -- Articles from the American Press Institute
• Circulation
  • Audit Bureau of Circulations
  • Articles from the American Press Institute
  • Editor & Publisher article, Nov. 7, 2005
  • Dispelling the Myth of Readership Decline, Nov. 28, 2005, by Jennifer Saba in Editor & Publisher
• Classifieds -- Articles from the American Press Institute
• Company data and industry business news -- newspaper section of:
  • Google Finance
  • Hoover's
  • Yahoo Finance
• General
  • Journalism and Business Values, from Poynter
  • Journalism industry career information, from Vault.com
  • Media industry information from Hoover's
  • Media industry trends and issues, from the American Press Institute
• Marketing
  • American Press Institute articles
  • International Newspaper Marketing Association
• Newspaper publishing industry overview, from Hoovers
• Ownership --Who Owns What, by the Columbia Journalism Review
• Pay
  • Union wages, from the Newspaper Guild
  • Managers' compensation, at WSJ Career Journal, based on "Newspaper Industry Compensation Survey," 2005, Inland Press Association
  • General
    • Survey, National and California data on newspaper journalism positions. 1998 survey by the Inland Press Association, via the California Society of Newspaper Editors
    • Survey, Mediabistro
• SEC -- Securities and Exchange Commission filings for newspaper companies
• Union -- The Newspaper Guild

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