Macworld magazine is shutting print edition

International Data Group is shutting down Macworld Magazine, the long-time Apple periodical, reports Seth Weintraub of 9to5Mac.com Weintraub writes, “The Macworld.com website will remain open [although as a shell of its former self -ed] with a reduced staff according to Miller, who himself is leaving in a month. “As a former contributor and fan of […]

CNBC’s ratings fall to 21-year low

Kenneth Schortgen Jr. of Examiner.com writes about CNBC hitting a 21-year low in terms of ratings. Schortgen writes, “On Sept. 5, an interesting dichotomy took place for the once popular business channel CNBC as viewership of the business programming fell to a 21 year low. And on the same day that CNBC’s ratings fell to […]

Computerworld publishing last print edition next week

Scott Finnie, the editor in chief of Computerworld, posted the following on the magazine’s website: On June 23, we will publish the last print issue of Computerworld. It was 47 years ago, almost to the day, that Computerworld‘s very first issue rolled off the presses: June 21, 1967. The newspaper’s first publisher was the late […]

Sun-Times disbands Grid staff

The Chicago Sun-Times has disbanded the staff of its business publication Grid, with publisher Brandon Copple leaving last week, reports Lynn Marek of Crain’s Chicago. Marek writes, “The Grid brand, which devolved from a print publication to an online product over the past year, will live on in Sun-Times papers. Other staffers have shifted to […]

Canadian biz magazines to merge in 2014

Canadian Business magazine is merging with PROFIT and the combined publication will put out a reduced number of issues, Rogers Communications Inc. announced Monday. Christine Dobby of the Financial Post writes, “The Toronto-based telecom giant’s publishing division owns both of the titles and said in a statement the new magazine, which will operate under the […]

PaidContent is shutting; content moves to GigaOm

Tom Krazit writes that that the PaidContent site that covered tech and media news is closing and its content is moving to GigaOm, which bought the site last year. Krazit writes, “paidContent has a rich legacy of cutting-edge media coverage, a place I called home for a little over a year before joining forces with […]

CNBC has worst quarter in 20 years

Matt Wilstein of Mediaite reports that business news channel CNBC just had its worst quarter in 20 years in terms of ratings. Wilstein writes, “The network hit a 20-year ratings low in the coveted 25-54 demo over the last three months. With just 38K viewers in the demo for total day, the network had its […]

Reuters to cut 5 percent of its editorial staff

Reuters plans to cut 5 percent of its editorial staff, editor in chief Steve Adler announced in a conference call on Wednesday. Kara Blomgarden Smoke of The New York Observer writes, “The cuts will be broadly distributed across the globe and across all levels of the news agency, including managers, Mr. Adler clarified during a […]

Reuters seeks to eliminate five positions tied to Reuters Next

The Newspaper Guild, a union that represents approximately 400 employees of the global information provider Thomson Reuters, announced Friday that management is seeking “to eliminate five Guild positions from the recently condemned Reuters Next project by Nov. 29, almost half of the current New York-based online team,” reports Joe Pompeo of Capital New York. Pompeo writes, […]

World’s longest-running biz paper to stop print edition

Lloyd’s List, which has provided shipping news from London since 1734, has decided to abandon print and go fully digital, reports Robert Cookson of the Financial Times. Cookson writes, “The world’s longest-running business newspaper started as a notice pinned to the wall of a coffee shop in the City of London, offering news and information […]