BusinessWeek Columnist Jon Fine Predicts that Time Inc. Will Sell its IPC stable of British Magazines
His other 2008 media predictions include: “daily” newsspapers doing away with slim, Saturday issues, additional music acts following Raidiohead’s lead and offering “pay-what-you-want” album downloads, and Wall Street Journal staffers conceding that News Corp. ownership hasn’t destroyed their paper. His last prediction devolves into a fantasy in which he pines for the U.S. Congress to pass legislation banning the phrases “The consumer is in control” and “If we build it, they will come,” the term “content,” and any references to media properties as “brands” and not mere newspapers, magazines or TV shows. BusinessWeek (Nov. 29, 2007)
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