b'PUBLISHERS COLUMN 7Farewell Friend, Well Miss YouHave you heard the news? The final issue of Centerlines magazineAirport Improvement, 85% of our airport has been published. After serving ACI-NA members for 17 years, itsubscribers choose the printed edition, or will be missed.print and digital versions. Just 15% request While all airport magazines compete for advertisers in muchdigital only. Time and again, we hear that the same way airports compete for passengers and routes, werereaders prefer our project-based coverage in still part of a brotherhood that has a shared mission to supporta printed format, and simply like the feel of airports with information. We may be different in the stories weour paper stock. Its certainly less expensive produce, how we cover them, the exact circulation we serve, etc.,to produce digital publications. But if no onePAUL BOWERS, PUBLISHERbut we are a part of a very focused niche in a vibrant and criticallyis reading them, or sharing them, what good important industry. It takes several voices to provide an industryare they?with all the information that needs to be disseminated. With the void left by Centerlines, theres more pressure on Producing a magazine is not easy. Finding the stories andremaining publications to serve the airport market. And were managing circulation has always been challenging. But add indetermined to do our part! Since 2008, weve grown significantly advertising sales, paper shortages and skyrocketing prices, andby profiling and sharing your projects with industry peers. We many other magazines find their tipping point. cant predict the future, but were excited to continue our journey together.This is especially sad when you consider that our industrys appetite for printed publications is running counter to trends inCheers!other media. What do I mean by that? Well, in the case ofAirportImprovement.comJuly | August 2023'