In short
Mayor Dave Maughan writes that the publisher of the Syracuse Connection told the city at the end of April 2024 that it could no longer publish the magazine. The reason given is financial: the magazine was funded mostly by advertising, and advertisers are shifting from print to online. The city has already begun moving the publication to an online format on the city website, and the council is still debating options for print. The mayor can be reached at [email protected] or 801-927-7752.
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Why the magazine ended
- The publisher notified the city at the end of April 2024 that it could not continue publishing the magazine.
- The mayor writes that the decision is primarily financial, and that printing costs have grown significantly in the last year.
- He writes that advertisers prefer online because it offers tracking and metrics that print cannot, and that printers are no longer willing to work on smaller margins as print volume drops.
- Any print option would be a significant new cost in the city budget, and the council has been debating what to do.
What replaces it
- The city has begun moving the magazine to an online format that will be available on the city website.
- The mayor writes that a digital version can link to the city services it mentions, include video and audio, and grow without a page limit.
- The city is working on a subscription option so residents can opt in to be notified when each new publication is released.
- The mayor writes that print will be missed and may still happen on occasion, and asks residents to find the publication on the city website.
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