Is Print Dead?

is PRINT -dead? WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE INDUSTRY: The printing industry 594,100 jobs in 2008 had about wage and salary Commercial screen 11.3% printing 8.1% Other commercial printing 6.4% Commercial flexographic printing 38.6% 5.1% Manifold business forms printing 4.8% Books printing Commercial lithographic printing 4.1% Digital printing 3.8% Prepress services 2.4% Commercial gravure printing 1.4% Blankbook and looseleaf binden manufacturing MAGAZINES 93% OF U.S. ADULTS READ MAGAZINES 96% OF THOSE UNDER 35 READ MAGAZINES GROWTH TRENDS (Percent Change, 2005 vs 2009) Age 18+ Age 18 - 34 1.4 Age 35 - 49 0.3 Age 50+ 4.3 -3.9 2.4 3.5 -9.8 -1.6 -0.9 19.0 14.6 -9.9 -2.4 -1.1 11.1 34.3 10.8 5.1 10.8 10.3 HOW MANY CONSUMERS IN THE U.S. PLAN TO PURCHASE A TABLET WITHIN THE NEXT 3 YEARS? ALMOST 60% NEWSPAPERS $34.74 BILLION IN ADVERTISING IN 2008, ONLY $24.821 BILLION IN 2009 REVENUE PEAKED IN 2000 WITH $48.67 BILLION FROM PRINT ALONE PRINT $$$ TOTALS 2000 - 2010 OVER THE NEXT 8 YEARS, THE INDUSTRY IS EXPECTED TO LOSE 25% OF JOBS NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IS THE LOWEST ON RECORD, 41.1 MIL A GALLUP SURVEY FOUND ONLY 25% OF AMERICANS ARE CONFIDENT IN NEWSPAPERS' REPORTING. U.S. BOOK BOOKS SALES UP 11.4% YEAR-TO-DATE IN JUNE 2010 Sales for higher education publishing increased 27.4% for the year E-book Sales up 204.2% for the Year to Date SKETCHEE.COM Magazines IC Newspapers Television