Re: Penton Media Health?

["M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Scott,

 I was told by another Penton employee that they had plans to 
discontinue the print version.  I hope that this was just a trial 
balloon or an idea that was kicked around and rejected.  As a 
consumer of their products, I'm just reaffirming that elimination of 
the print version is unacceptable to me.

 -mark


At 8/29/2011 05:29 PM, you wrote:
> Hi Vern,
>
> > I would consider this a fortunate accident - not everyone uses the
> > nontech list.
>
> I agree that very few use the nontech list.
>
> However, I'm not sure that the post makes a lot of sense out of context.
> Evelyn's response basically says:
>
> 1) Penton Media is financially healthy.
> 2) They're not planning to eliminate printed magazines.
>
> Out of context, it would seem strange for someone to suddenly appear and
> say those things.
>
> What would you think if you were in a bar, and a stranger walked over
> and said "I'm NOT an alcoholic!  And I do NOT need to stop drinking!"
> Assuming this was out of context, your first instinct would probably be
> "ummm...  maybe you DO need to stop drinking..."
>
> And have you noticed the responses in this thread?  Eve said she has no
> current plans to discontinue printed magazines, yet the responses have
> been "print is more effective" and "going digital would not work for
> me". Gee, she just told you she WASN'T going to eliminate the print
> magazine.
>
> That's my take on it, anyway.