The right way for the Sunday papers’ future?
June 10, 2007
Yet another step in the right direction for the British The Independent on Sunday newspaper. The paper merged all its sections starting last Sunday into one and did the same with the magazine. The editors wrote in last Sunday’s paper, ” Compact, concise and comprehensive, The Independent on Sunday will give you everything you want from the Sunday papers in one big newspaper and one big magazine. With a fresh approach to news presentation, new features, columns and a crisp, modern new design, the paper will give you the latest news and will also offer a comprehensive review of all the big stories and talking points of the past week, as well as all the big issues and big names that will be making the news in the week to come.
In the age of information overload, The Independent on Sunday will make sense of an increasingly confusing world, with all the news values of a daily paper and the production values of a weekly magazine.” Read the whole story here. In the meantime I will continue to watch the North American newspapers march slowly on the road of suicide. You all saw the news last week, we are the only continent that has witnessed a drop in newspaper circulation…the only one worldwide.
Mr. Magazine 
This turned out to be a good idea done badly, in my opinion. Too much like a poor newspaper without any magazine benefits.
At first blush, a good idea.
But at my house on a Sunday, I’m reading the front section, my partner has the metro, sports section, one of the kids is reading the comics and another the magazine. Bind it all up into publicatiosn and we’ve got one hell of a fight on our hands.
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