Mainstream print media stats for 2020, which will be the next one to go?

[Blantyre]

Associated Media was the big casualty of 2020 having shutdown. COVID probably did play a role but this industry was in crisis even before the onset which just sped things up.

 

[biometrics]

Associated Media was the big casualty of 2020 having shutdown. COVID probably did play a role but this industry was in crisis even before the onset which just sped things up.View attachment 12665

I assume that's daily (when in print)?

 

[Blantyre]

I assume that's daily (when in print)?

Yes, these are daily print publications.

Associated Media owned Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan and House and Leisure.

 

[Smuggy]

I assume that's daily (when in print)?

Yes, I work for a printing company and we had to let people go..

 

[biometrics]

Yes, these are daily print publications.

Associated Media owned Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan and House and Leisure.

Wow! Iqbal really fucked up the Cape Argus and Cape Times. They used to be huge.

 

[Blantyre]

Wow! Iqbal really fucked up the Cape Argus and Cape Times. They used to be huge.

It's a mystery how long they will last. No way those titles are profitable based upon readership.

 

[biometrics]

It's a mystery how long they will last. No way those titles are profitable based upon readership.

The Argus and Cape Times used to be massive. I used to read it daily since 1989+. Sometimes more than one a day. Shows you, bring underhand politics and public manipulation into a publication and your loyal base will leave you in droves. So sad. No ways they can cover costs at 9,000 a day. Pathetic.

 

[Blantyre]

So sad. No ways they can cover costs at 9,000 a day. Pathetic.

Probably surviving on PIC and Chinese funding but how long will that last? I highly doubt the lost readers will head back, if anything they will lose more.

If there is another scandal in which someone takes court action, it could be game over.

 

[biometrics]

Probably surviving on PIC and Chinese funding but how long will that last? I highly doubt the lost readers will head back, if anything they more will lose more.

If there is another scandal in which someone takes court action, it could be game over.

Do they still own and operate from this block?

 

[Blantyre]

Do they still own and operate from this block?

Not sure, I only know their Durban office which they still have.

 

[Blantyre]

Yes, I work for a printing company and we had to let people go..

Any inside info if more publications are in danger and will go in the near future?

 

[Smuggy]

Any inside info if more publications are in danger and will go in the near future?

No, our core work is retail advertising but it is worrying as newspapers do affect our bottom line.