Random Media Notes
Book sales dip 10.8% in February.
Sam Zell on buying the Chicago Tribune: “I made a mistake.”
Newsprint maker files for bankruptcy.
A study suggests that newspapers will lose more than they gain if they ditch print and go online only. (via Mediabistro)
Times will cut sections to lower costs.
The Wall Street Journal releases iPhone app that allows you to read the paper for free.
Margaret Drabble stops writing novels. Doesn’t want to become “repetitive.”
First we will get their mailing list. Then we will burn down their houses. Worth Magazine, the publication for the insanely rich, delivered free if your “upper middle-class” house has more than twelve bedrooms, relaunches.

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