After 22 years of hitting Nigeria’s news stands weekly, The News m​agazine ha​s​ transformed into a largely online newspaper after falling advertising revenues. The magazine will​ now be printed monthly, while resources are channeled into
feeding its online platform with fresh stories and breaking news, according to the management. The transition to online media came barely three weeks after the magazine’s sister publication and evening newspaper, PM News​,​ ended its print run. Announcing the decision to jettison the weekly hard copy in the July 27th edition of the magazine, Bayo Onanuga​, the magazine’s editor-in-chief,​ said that​ ​​rising cost of printing over the past few years had failed to keep pace with revenue​ inflow​. “The transition to internet publishing has been informed by the rising costs of production and declining advertising income, which make the continuous production in print form, very unprofitable,” Mr. Onanuga​ wrote in the magazine.

Welcome to the new world. Just make your website more mobile responsive.

There used to be a time i bought complete sports and punch almost everyday. Now I get all my info online, I've not bought a newspaper in at least 3 years. Fewer people buy and read newspapers these days, online publication is the best way to go.