Following on from my post yesterday… this weekend’s Australian Financial Review carries a well researched feature by Neil Chenoweth.
In They’re Back, the big boys’ second bet on the internet (you’ll need an AFR log in!), Chenoweth takes us through the activity of 2005 by several Australian and international publishers as they try and stake a claim in internet businesses allied to their publishing businesses.
This article is essential reading for Australian newsagents and others in the newspaper supply chain, especially in the light of claims by many publisher representatives that newspapers have a bright future and that the current supply model is safe. It documents a slew of recent internet related investments – demonstrating the importance publishers place on the internet for their future.
Just as publishers are investing to cope with a changing world, so ought newsagents. No supplier is going to act to ensure their relevance in the shift to mobile for delivery of news and information.