Wednesday Media Digest

Print:
* circulation US 6-months as of Sep 05: -2.6% (2 up among Top 20: NYTimes +.05% and Star-Ledger NJ +0.01%; worst performer San Francisco Chronicle 16.4% as it ends subsidized circulation) (Audit Bureau of Circulations)

STM:
* results Oxford Open (since July 1, 2005): author-paid OA adopted by 9 of 21 journals, 9% of authors, only in Life Sciences and Medicine

TV:
* VoD: Comcast adds CBS-shows (CSI, Survivor, etc) at 99 c/show; DirecTV adds NBC Universal programming
* Place-shift: Brightcove hires ad executives, works with Publicis on business model
* HDTV: BBC plans trials mid 2006
* Analogue-digital transition: FCC requires small TVs digital as of March 1, 2007; Senate confirms date (Apr 7, 2009) and budget for subsidies ($3 bn)

P2P:
* Grokster closes