We are beginning to witness significant changes in the business world as companies come to grip with the reality of the challenging economy. Some of the changes are big – others are small. Some affect many jobs, but will give the business the best chance of survival.
An interesting trend, and a good one in the long run, is the move from printed material to online only. This is becoming the reality for magazines and even newspapers, as both see circulation and advertising numbers both in the decline.
The latest announcement came from Ziff Davis Media, as the declared the future of PC Magazine will be online-only, and will cease printing at the end of 2008.
We will being to see a lot more of this trend amongst the big names in publishing. It’s not a bad thing really, as it will hopefully allow the publication to survive the economic downturn – and will most certainly reduce waste with the discontinuation of the ink and paper tradition.
Online-only publishing also allows the publisher to provide a much quicker turnaround on articles, releasing them from the longer production times involved with print.