What are already hard times for New Mexico newspapers could get worse under a bill sponsored by House Speaker Ben Lujan, D-Nambé.
House Bill 895 would allow the publication of legal notices via television or radio in addition to newspapers. Currently, such notices must be published in newspapers, and that’s a major source of revenue for a struggling industry. Craigslist, which publishes classifieds online for free, has already taken lots of other classified advertising revenue from newspapers, and many papers’ classifieds are now anchored by legal notices.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer publishes its last dead-tree edition Tuesday, the latest newspaper to succumb to the harsh realities of an internet economy where delivering bits is an increasingly inefficient way of delivering the news.
OSLO, March 16 (Reuters) – Norwegian media group Schibsted (Oslo: SCH.OL) may sell some assets or look for a partner for its Classified Media unit as it seeks to raise fresh capital, its chief said.
NEW YORK The E.W. Scripps Company has chosen AdPay Inc. to provide Scripps with a new print and online classified-ad platform for users of their newspaper Web sites.
The Boston Globe, the revenue-challenged sibling of The New York Times, is laying off employees as it copes with a decline in advertising revenue made only worse by the recession. The thing is, it’s laying off advertising staff.
BOCA RATON, FL and CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES – SupportSave Solutions, Inc. (www.supportsave.com) (OTCBB: SSVE), a provider of Business Processing Outsourcing (“BPO”) services, has been selected by a leading jobs website to provide back-office support.
German publishing group Axel Springer AG said Wednesday it recorded its highest net profit ever in 2008, rebounding from a loss in 2007, when earnings were hurt by write-downs.
LAS VEGAS “” LiveDeal, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIVE), which combines Internet classifieds, Internet Yellow Pages directory and local customer acquisition services for small businesses, announced today that it has sold approximately 14,000 customers from the company’s directory business for approximately $3.1 million.
IRVINE, CA – (OTCBB: FNGP) – ForWant.com, a FREE Classified Network, announced that it has selected Oodle (www.oodle.com) to power its classified network. Oodle, which operates the largest network of classifieds services in the U.S., provides buyers access to more than 40 million listings aggregated from more than 80,000 different sites.
The McClatchy Co. said Monday it will cut about 15 percent of its work force, or 1,600 full-time jobs, as part of its restructuring.
KANSAS CITY, MO, March 09, 2009 (24-7PressRelease) — The Resume Group has announced they have formed a new strategic partnership with InovaHire.com.