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San Francisco May Ban Pet Stores

(CANVAS STAFF REPORTS) - In the city where (almost) anything goes, dogs, cats, hamsters, mice, rats, chinchillas, guinea pigs and other common pets could become contraband.

Newspapers looking to generate more revenue from web

Newspaper publishers agree they have to generate more revenue from the web, they just can’t agree on how to go about doing it. “There’s no silver bullet,” Deloitte’s technology and media research director Duncan Stewart told QMI Agency.

The Google Pot of Gold That No One Is Claiming

When it comes to finding a niche to get in front of real estate buyers and sellers, there are very few to choose from. As we know, most real estate agents currently run print ads in local publications, input listings in their local MLS

Trading Post Dumps Print Edition

In the latest confirmation of changing times in traditional publishing, the Trading Post is dumping its weekly print edition to move online. The classified advertising icon, which was immortalised in the hit film “The Castle” will publish its final print edition at the end of October.

GroupM Forecast: UK Classifieds Will Be Decimated In 2009

WPP’s GroupM ad buying agency is lopping even more points off its already dreary March advertising predictions, and now reckons 2009 UK ad sales will be 14 percent down from last year.

McClatchy Offers To Exchange Some Debt

McClatchy's woes go far beyond its balance sheet--the newspaper company has been staggering under the weight of lower revenue and a heavy cost structure--but today it took a small step toward better financial health by offering to exchange debt due starting in 2011 for new debt due 2014. The company said it can exchange about $350 million of its debt, buying itself a few more years on having to repay that chunk of loans. But even with that move, the company currently has almost $1.2 billion in debt on its books, which is a significant burden.

History of Classified Ads Part 1: Ancient World to the 19th Century

Classified advertising is a very old form of communication; in fact, it is probably older than anyone would have ever expected. Public notices carved on stones among the ruins of Pompeii reveal that the ancient world knew the power of the written word.

West Press Warns of Profit Slump

WEST Australian Newspapers has warned its profit could fall by close to a quarter this year because the global recession had put an end to the mining boom, hurting employment classifieds and other advertising.

Four Ways to Measure Print Advertising Effectiveness

Print advertising is a waning media vehicle. It has become less effective in the post-interruption era. However, in spite of this decline, printed display advertising and classifieds can still provide a solid return on investment (ROI) for some ecommerce merchants willing and able to measure and optimize their print campaigns.

Gannett Suffers Big Drop in Online Job Ad Revenues

Gannett, like its newspaper publisher brethren, continued to fall prey to toppling classifieds sales in Q1 2009. Yet, in addition to big decreases in print classifieds spending in Q1, the company also experienced a drop in online recruitment classifieds sold through its CareerBuilder service.

7 Ways to Make Your Local Newspaper Work For You

To many people, newspaper classifieds mean ink-stained pages and misprinted phone numbers. But most newspapers now have their websites, complete with original news content, aggregate content - and classifieds. Here are 7 quick and easy ways to make your local newspaper's website work for you.

US Classifieds fall 60% in Just Two Years

American newspaper print ad revenues fell to their lowest level in 14 years last year and online ad revenues fell for the first time in five years, according to figures for 2008 ad revenues from the American Newspaper Association.

Can Mobile Save Print Classifieds?

A simple “No” would have made this the shortest post I’ve ever written, and indeed that probably is the correct answer.

Upheaval in the Media

Salt Lake City's two daily newspapers are scrambling to stay vital in an information environment torn apart by epoch-making technological transformation and economic upheaval.