There’s been a few stories on the web recently about newspaper industry revenue, including online. This Phil Rosenthal piece sums up the situation best.
Here’s the math problem confronting newspapers:
If online advertising goes up 31.5 percent in 2006 while print advertising falls 1.7 percent, is it a good year?
The answer: Almost.
…. The $637 million increase from the Internet couldn’t offset the $797 million decrease on the print side, which left a $160 million shortfall in 2006.


