Score another one for the Web 2.0 revolution. Just one day after Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX)'s Life magazine announced that it was done as a print publication, Meredith Corp (NYSE: MDP) is now saying that Child will become online-only. As I wrote earlier, I think that we will continue to see the collapse of numerous other print publications, newspapers and magazines alike. Many of them simply lack a compelling raison d'etre (Yep, I took French) with more varied, up-to-date content available on the internet. Why pay for a subscription to Child when you can read sites like BloggingBaby online for free? Why buy UsWeekly and Star when PerezHilton and Styleikon are there with up-to-the minute celebrity gossip?

If the print industry is to survive (without contracting severely) it will have to find ways to provide readers with additional value that they can't get online. Any ideas?

Child goes the way of Life originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

March 18 through 24, 2007, marks National Poison Prevention Week and it comes with some good news.

In the 1970s there were more than 200 child deaths a year attributed to the accidental ingestion of any manner of dangerous household chemicals, personal care products, over-the-counter medications, and cleaning agents. Due to the efforts of multiple agencies, the occurrence of these unfortunate accidents has been reduced to about 36 a year.

In 2005 about 91,000 young children visited hospital emergency rooms do to unintentional poisoning, and poison control call centers fielded more than 1 million calls. By maintaining constant availability and aggressive public awareness, organizations such as the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission seek to further reduce accidental poison fatalities.

To prevent these incidents, CPSC recommends the following safety steps:

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National Poison Prevention Week and other good news! originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.