Internet Partners

This is not to say that people are losing interest in the world around them, far from it. Instead, it’s the increasing number of us who are using the Internet as the primary source of information that’s putting the dent into print circulation. This migration to the Web has been anticipated and there isn’t a newspaper executive around who’d deny this trend.

It’s estimated that 60-70% of online advertising for newspaper comes from classified ads, even with the boom of free advertising offered by sites like Craigslist. While this free advertising is both welcome and terrific, advertisers often find better results by paying up for the advantages offered by newspapers online. Internet advertising should account for 7% of total newspaper revenue in 2006, up from 5% last year. I believe that the healthy online classified outlook is because many advertisers subscribe to the “you get what you pay for” point of view

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