Misleading reporting, mainly online, perpetuates pathos of print's demise. The problem is, it's false.
With the onslaught of, mostly online, news stories this past couple of weeks about Spin Magazine ceasing its print edition, came the latest declarations of the demise of print. Courtesy of Mashable (surprise, surprise):
Spin became the latest magazine to pull out of print, halting production after 27 years.
Two weeks after its takeover by an online media company, Spin magazine’s future as a print publication was cast further into doubt on Friday when 11 employees — a third of the staff — were laid off and publication plans for the bimonthly magazine were suspended.
Like most music magazines, Spin has struggled with online competition and falling advertising. To compete with online forces like Pitchfork, Spin introduced an iPad app and beefed up its Web site. In March, it shifted the print edition from monthly to bimonthly publication and lowered the magazine’s rate base, the minimum guaranteed circulation, to 350,000 from 450,000
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