Reuters: Print advertising downturn ending, says WSJ’s Thomson

Advertisers are looking to spend in more conservative ways, Robert Thomson told a Reuters conference.

“People are looking for a safe harbour in times of turbulence.”

Print advertising is a shrinking but valuable market, he added.

While digital ads are still growing at Dow Jones, ‘the link between the reader and the ad is more transient online’, he said.

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