Comments on: Singing News Shrinks

By: Shelby T Mitchell

Shelby T Mitchell — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:06:59 +0000

It is a thing called the economy guys. And that the economy is affecting not just jobs. But magazines and newspapers, to shrink down.

By: SouthernGospelBlog.com » Singing News shrinks further

SouthernGospelBlog.com » Singing News shrinks further — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:24:44 +0000

[...] month, I commented on how the issue had shrunk to 76 pages from the 92 and 100 pages of the two preceding months. And [...]

By: GospelMusicFan

GospelMusicFan — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:50:33 +0000

Probably obtained more ads to make the magazine thick enough to be able to use the glue.

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:01:30 +0000

Costs, maybe?

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:35:13 +0000

I wonder why they changed for one month.

By: Andrew S.

Andrew S. — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:02:04 +0000

I called the SN circulation office today, and the secretary told me that January would be the only month like the old ones. In other words, they would be going back to the super-glue format with the February issue.

By: natesings

natesings — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:43:42 +0000

I still haven’t gotten my January issue…hopefully this week.

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:41:06 +0000

At least they still have Danny Jones. Even though he would not have as much say as his voice combined with either Templeton or Cumbee, I am sure he’s still as dedicated to keeping it going as in years past.

By: busing

busing — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:37:51 +0000

That’s true about the advertising being down. But there seems to be fewer articles in the magazine. That’s what is concerning me. If Salem is just looking at the bottom line it could be the end. The Singing News needs someone that has the passion of Whit or Maurice. A corp. has to answer to share holders. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

By: GospelMusicFan

GospelMusicFan — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:41:32 +0000

The economy is the reason that you saw a reduction in advertisers in the January issue of the Singing News.

Salem will have to hard at the point that poster #10 raised about eliminating the magazine version of the Singing News.

I would tend to think that the younger CCM fans are a lot more internet focused than the Singing News consumers.

The whole CCM movement started around the same time as the CCM’s fan base were graduating from high school and the advent of the internet. CCM followers grew up with the typing on internet while southern gospel music fan were still playing the piano of their favorite southern gospel songs.

How many times have you been to a southern gospel music and the speaker asks the question about how many saw this in the Singing News? You know the answer or I wouldn’t be asking you the question.

On a related matter, the artists, groups or organizations that have built up e-mail and USPS mailing lists are the ones that will survive the currents storms.