Cross-media bursts into the print mix
Predictions of print’s future can tend toward the bleak, and this was certainly true on 7 July in Committee Room 10 at the House of Commons. Parliamentary marketing forum The Debating Group attempted to tackle the thorny issue through a debate entitled ‘The only future for print media is online’. The theme was bound to polarise, and the word ‘only’ proved a sticking point among attending publishers and advertisers, who rejected the motion.
21 August, 2008