The New York Times reports that the Christian Science Monitor has decided to terminate the hard copy edition and try to make it online (with the addition of a weekend magazine).
The announcement of the decision from the Monitor includes the following quote –
“We plan to take advantage of the Internet in order to deliver the Monitor’s journalism more quickly, to improve the Monitor’s timeliness and relevance, and to increase revenue and reduce costs. We can do this by changing the way the Monitor reaches its readers.”
The article also indicates that sales have trended downward for 40 years. A video from major players at the Monitor offers a very informative account of trends faced by print publishers and their thinking in trying to make the move before other papers with a national distribution.
Sometimes, the idea of change seems remote and speculative. Sometimes, the idea hits you up alongside your head.
