Newspaper Publishing: Market Research Report
This report analyzes the Global market for Newspaper Publishing in US$ Billion by the following Revenue Streams: Circulation, Print Advertising, and Online Advertising.
Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2006 through 2015.
The report profiles 74 companies including Advance Publications Inc., Associated Newspapers Ltd., Cox Newspapers, Inc., Evening Post Publishing Company, Gannett Co, Inc., Guardian Media Group, HT Media, News Corporation, Osprey Media Group, Pearson Plc, People's Daily, South China Morning Post Publishers Limited, The New York Times Company, Trinity Mirror Plc, Times of India Group, Tribune Company, The McClatchy Company, The Economist Group, The Post Publishing Public Company Limited, The Washington Post Company, and Yomiuri Shimbun.
Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary research.
Company profiles are mostly extracted from URL research and reported select online sources.
Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2006 through 2015.
The report profiles 74 companies including Advance Publications Inc., Associated Newspapers Ltd., Cox Newspapers, Inc., Evening Post Publishing Company, Gannett Co, Inc., Guardian Media Group, HT Media, News Corporation, Osprey Media Group, Pearson Plc, People's Daily, South China Morning Post Publishers Limited, The New York Times Company, Trinity Mirror Plc, Times of India Group, Tribune Company, The McClatchy Company, The Economist Group, The Post Publishing Public Company Limited, The Washington Post Company, and Yomiuri Shimbun.
Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary research.
Company profiles are mostly extracted from URL research and reported select online sources.
I.INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & PRODUCT DEFINITIONS
Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations
Disclaimers
Data Interpretation & Reporting Level
Quantitative Techniques & Analytics
Product Definitions and Scope of Study
II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
Newspaper Publishing in the Age of Information Technology
Newspapers Unprepared for the Information Age
Saving the Vanishing Traditional Print Newspaper: Need of the Hour…
Apple’s iPad: Promises to Carry Newspapers to Safe Harbor
How Real is the Challenge of Reader Reluctance to Pay for Online News?
The Changing Business Models of Newspaper Publishers
Key Trends & Issues
Economic Recession: Applying Further Pressure on the Newspaper Market
Finding Opportunities in Troubled Times
New Circulation Formats & Ad Packages to Help Publishers Brave Recession
Traditional Newspapers Go “Online”
Emergence of Newspaper Publishing Outsourcing Industry
Innovation: “Name of the Game” for Newspaper Publishers in the Digital Era
Despite Falling Revenues, Print Ads Continue to Remain a Mainstream Revenue Source
Hardcore Readers Exhibit No Signs of Cozying Up to the Digital Print
Online Newspapers Face the Challenge of Free Digital Content
Exclusivity & Idiosyncrasy: Dear Options for a Double Whammy Success
Technological Development Prompts Shift in Reading Habits
Online Newspaper Readers Increase
Sustainability Issues Come to Forefront & Drag Online Publications into Limelight
Free Daily Newspapers to Play Complementary Role
Digitalization: Yet to Live Up to the Expectations
Advertising Revenues Continue to Drop for Newspapers
Competition: A Review
Declining Advertising Revenues Threatens Survival Of Newspapers
Circulation Revenues Slipping From Newspapers Grip
Newspaper Publishers Resort to “Extreme” Measures in Order to Save Cost
Changing Strategies: Key to Staying Afloat
Digital Printing
Brand Extension
Newspaper Circulation Statistics
2.FOCUS ON SELECT REGIONAL MARKETS WORLDWIDE
The United States
Newspaper Publishers Banking Upon Websites To Sell Ads
Online Classified Services Play Dampener For Newspapers
Newspapers Websites to Encourage Cross-Promotion Platform
Small Publications Demonstrate Better Recession Fighting Capability
Step Towards Offshoring
Europe
United Kingdom
China
India
A Fragmented Industry
Low Penetration of Newspapers
Rising Literacy Rate
Aggressive Marketing Strategies
Emergence of New Category of Advertisers
Rising Popularity of Color Advertisement
English Dailies Fetch Meatier Ad Rates Than Regional Newspapers
Attracting Foreign Money
New Zealand
UAE
3.PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Newspapers: An Introduction
Newspaper Articles
Editorial Process: A Review
E-Newspapers: A Definition
Newspaper Publishing: The Art & Science
Newspaper Publishing: The Process
Typesetting
Image Transference
Plate Making
Printing
Types of Newspapers
Daily Newspaper
Morning Newspaper
Bi-Weekly Newspaper
Weekly Newspaper
Fortnightly Newspaper
Newspaper Advertising: An Introduction
Types of Newspaper Advertisements
Classified Ads
Display Ads
Business Card Ad
Coupon Ad
Sale Ad
Spotlight Ad
Informational Ad
Organizational Structure of a Newspaper Company
4.STRATEGIC CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
Trinity Mirror’s Daily Mirror Announces Deal With Aintree Racecourse
Trinity Mirror Announces Plans to Takeover GMG Regional Media
Trinity Mirror Announces Deal with Nova International
Helium Enters Into Alliance with Hearst Newspapers
Persgroep to Take Over PCM Uitgevers
Copley Sells Borrego Newspaper to Patrick Meehan
Copley To Sell San Diego Union-Tribune to Platinum Equity
Tennessee Valley Printing to Acquire Timesdaily
Carolina Weekly Newspaper Takes Over Mountain Island Monitor
Lakeway Publishers Acquires Three Newspapers in Virginia
Nalanda Acquires 1.75% Interest in Sun TV Network
Atlas Media Invests in Screen Truepress Jet520
West 10 Newspapers Completes Acquisition of Suburban Community Newspapers
Media General Divests Stake in SP Newsprint
Amazon.com Completes Acquisition of Audible.com
The Amory Advertiser and Aberdeen Examiner Merge into Monroe County Journal
SouthComm Completes Acquisition of LEO
Paarl Media Acquires Print24 and Paarl Post
Holden Landmark Completes Acquisition of Worcester Magazine
Manassas Journal Messenger and The Potomac News to Merge into One Newspaper
Midland News Association Merges Express & Star and Shropshire Newspapers
Alma Media Merges Three Publishing Businesses
GateHouse Media, Inc. Takes Over Morris Publishing Group LLC
Preeda Pramote Co. Ltd. Acquires Nation Multimedia Group Public Co. Ltd.
Dolan Media Acquires Legal & Business Publishers
Active Interest Takes Over SNEWS
American Consolidated Media Acquires Chesapeake Publishing
Al Kateb Acquires 60.5% Stake in ECM&D
News Corporation Plans Acquisition of Newsday
Cablevision Announces Acquisition of Newsday
Bliss Announces Acquisition of CSI
Alma Media Plans Acquisition of Rannikkoseutu
World-Herald Acquires Two Nebraska-based Newspapers
VLT AB Announces Acquisition of GISAB
PGMP Plans Acquisition of Rzeczpospolita
5.PRODUCT LAUNCHES
Champion Media Plans to Launch Free Weekly in Merseyside
Morales’ State-Run Daily to Compensate ‘Anti-Government’ Local Media
Annette Lu Plans to Unveil Evening Newspaper
South China Morning Post Plans to Unveil Bilingual Newspaper in Taiwan
Gideon Plans to Unveil Daily Newspaper
Zimind Publishers Plans to Release ‘NewsDay’
Big Spark Plans to Roll Out Two Independent Regional Newspapers
Zimbabwean Private Weekly Plans to Unveil Evening Daily
The Sentinel News Launches Website and Free Weekly Paper
Yediot Ahronot Launches Free Daily ’24 Minutes’
Transcontinental Closes Daily News of Halifax and Launches Free Daily Metro
Sakshi Telugu Newspaper to Compete with Eenadu
New Weekly Paper in Cleethorpes
6.FOCUS ON SELECT PLAYERS
Advance Publications Inc., (USA)
Associated Newspapers Ltd., (UK)
Cox Newspapers, Inc., (USA)
Evening Post Publishing Company (USA)
Gannett Co, Inc., (USA)
Guardian Media Group (UK)
HT Media (India)
News Corporation (USA)
Osprey Media Group (Canada)
Pearson Plc (The UK)
People's Daily (China)
South China Morning Post Publishers Limited (Hong Kong)
The New York Times Company (USA)
Trinity Mirror Plc., (UK)
Times of India Group (India)
Tribune Company (USA)
The McClatchy Company (USA)
The Economist Group (UK)
The Post Publishing Public Company Limited (Thailand)
The Washington Post Company (USA)
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan)
7.GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE
III. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Total Companies Profiled: 74 (including Divisions/Subsidiaries - 76)
Region/CountryPlayers
The United States31
Canada
Japan
Europe
France
Germany
The United Kingdom
Rest of Europe
Asia-Pacific (Excluding Japan)
Latin America
Africa
Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations
Disclaimers
Data Interpretation & Reporting Level
Quantitative Techniques & Analytics
Product Definitions and Scope of Study
II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
Newspaper Publishing in the Age of Information Technology
Newspapers Unprepared for the Information Age
Saving the Vanishing Traditional Print Newspaper: Need of the Hour…
Apple’s iPad: Promises to Carry Newspapers to Safe Harbor
How Real is the Challenge of Reader Reluctance to Pay for Online News?
The Changing Business Models of Newspaper Publishers
Key Trends & Issues
Economic Recession: Applying Further Pressure on the Newspaper Market
Finding Opportunities in Troubled Times
New Circulation Formats & Ad Packages to Help Publishers Brave Recession
Traditional Newspapers Go “Online”
Emergence of Newspaper Publishing Outsourcing Industry
Innovation: “Name of the Game” for Newspaper Publishers in the Digital Era
Despite Falling Revenues, Print Ads Continue to Remain a Mainstream Revenue Source
Hardcore Readers Exhibit No Signs of Cozying Up to the Digital Print
Online Newspapers Face the Challenge of Free Digital Content
Exclusivity & Idiosyncrasy: Dear Options for a Double Whammy Success
Technological Development Prompts Shift in Reading Habits
Online Newspaper Readers Increase
Sustainability Issues Come to Forefront & Drag Online Publications into Limelight
Free Daily Newspapers to Play Complementary Role
Digitalization: Yet to Live Up to the Expectations
Table 1. Global Media Preference Index for Accessing News & Other Background Data (2008): Percentage Breakdown of Readers Choice by Media Type (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Advertising Revenues Continue to Drop for Newspapers
Competition: A Review
Table 2. Global Advertising Market: Percentage Share Breakdown of Revenues by Channel for the years 2004, 2009, and 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Declining Advertising Revenues Threatens Survival Of Newspapers
Circulation Revenues Slipping From Newspapers Grip
Newspaper Publishers Resort to “Extreme” Measures in Order to Save Cost
Changing Strategies: Key to Staying Afloat
Digital Printing
Brand Extension
Newspaper Circulation Statistics
Table 3. World Newspaper Market (2008): Top 30 Newspaper Dailies Ranked by Average Annual Circulation (in Thousands) (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 4. US Newspaper Market: Breakdown of Daily Circulation of Top 25 Newspaper Publications for the Period April to September 2009 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 5. Canadian Newspaper Market: Top 25 Newspaper Publications Ranked by Weekly Circulation As of the Year 2008 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
2.FOCUS ON SELECT REGIONAL MARKETS WORLDWIDE
The United States
Newspaper Publishers Banking Upon Websites To Sell Ads
Online Classified Services Play Dampener For Newspapers
Newspapers Websites to Encourage Cross-Promotion Platform
Small Publications Demonstrate Better Recession Fighting Capability
Step Towards Offshoring
Europe
United Kingdom
China
India
A Fragmented Industry
Low Penetration of Newspapers
Rising Literacy Rate
Aggressive Marketing Strategies
Emergence of New Category of Advertisers
Table 6. Percentage Breakdown of Revenue Sources for Newspapers in India in 2007 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Rising Popularity of Color Advertisement
English Dailies Fetch Meatier Ad Rates Than Regional Newspapers
Attracting Foreign Money
New Zealand
UAE
3.PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Newspapers: An Introduction
Newspaper Articles
Editorial Process: A Review
E-Newspapers: A Definition
Newspaper Publishing: The Art & Science
Newspaper Publishing: The Process
Typesetting
Image Transference
Plate Making
Printing
Types of Newspapers
Daily Newspaper
Morning Newspaper
Bi-Weekly Newspaper
Weekly Newspaper
Fortnightly Newspaper
Newspaper Advertising: An Introduction
Types of Newspaper Advertisements
Classified Ads
Display Ads
Business Card Ad
Coupon Ad
Sale Ad
Spotlight Ad
Informational Ad
Organizational Structure of a Newspaper Company
4.STRATEGIC CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
Trinity Mirror’s Daily Mirror Announces Deal With Aintree Racecourse
Trinity Mirror Announces Plans to Takeover GMG Regional Media
Trinity Mirror Announces Deal with Nova International
Helium Enters Into Alliance with Hearst Newspapers
Persgroep to Take Over PCM Uitgevers
Copley Sells Borrego Newspaper to Patrick Meehan
Copley To Sell San Diego Union-Tribune to Platinum Equity
Tennessee Valley Printing to Acquire Timesdaily
Carolina Weekly Newspaper Takes Over Mountain Island Monitor
Lakeway Publishers Acquires Three Newspapers in Virginia
Nalanda Acquires 1.75% Interest in Sun TV Network
Atlas Media Invests in Screen Truepress Jet520
West 10 Newspapers Completes Acquisition of Suburban Community Newspapers
Media General Divests Stake in SP Newsprint
Amazon.com Completes Acquisition of Audible.com
The Amory Advertiser and Aberdeen Examiner Merge into Monroe County Journal
SouthComm Completes Acquisition of LEO
Paarl Media Acquires Print24 and Paarl Post
Holden Landmark Completes Acquisition of Worcester Magazine
Manassas Journal Messenger and The Potomac News to Merge into One Newspaper
Midland News Association Merges Express & Star and Shropshire Newspapers
Alma Media Merges Three Publishing Businesses
GateHouse Media, Inc. Takes Over Morris Publishing Group LLC
Preeda Pramote Co. Ltd. Acquires Nation Multimedia Group Public Co. Ltd.
Dolan Media Acquires Legal & Business Publishers
Active Interest Takes Over SNEWS
American Consolidated Media Acquires Chesapeake Publishing
Al Kateb Acquires 60.5% Stake in ECM&D
News Corporation Plans Acquisition of Newsday
Cablevision Announces Acquisition of Newsday
Bliss Announces Acquisition of CSI
Alma Media Plans Acquisition of Rannikkoseutu
World-Herald Acquires Two Nebraska-based Newspapers
VLT AB Announces Acquisition of GISAB
PGMP Plans Acquisition of Rzeczpospolita
5.PRODUCT LAUNCHES
Champion Media Plans to Launch Free Weekly in Merseyside
Morales’ State-Run Daily to Compensate ‘Anti-Government’ Local Media
Annette Lu Plans to Unveil Evening Newspaper
South China Morning Post Plans to Unveil Bilingual Newspaper in Taiwan
Gideon Plans to Unveil Daily Newspaper
Zimind Publishers Plans to Release ‘NewsDay’
Big Spark Plans to Roll Out Two Independent Regional Newspapers
Zimbabwean Private Weekly Plans to Unveil Evening Daily
The Sentinel News Launches Website and Free Weekly Paper
Yediot Ahronot Launches Free Daily ’24 Minutes’
Transcontinental Closes Daily News of Halifax and Launches Free Daily Metro
Sakshi Telugu Newspaper to Compete with Eenadu
New Weekly Paper in Cleethorpes
6.FOCUS ON SELECT PLAYERS
Advance Publications Inc., (USA)
Associated Newspapers Ltd., (UK)
Cox Newspapers, Inc., (USA)
Evening Post Publishing Company (USA)
Gannett Co, Inc., (USA)
Guardian Media Group (UK)
HT Media (India)
News Corporation (USA)
Osprey Media Group (Canada)
Pearson Plc (The UK)
People's Daily (China)
South China Morning Post Publishers Limited (Hong Kong)
The New York Times Company (USA)
Trinity Mirror Plc., (UK)
Times of India Group (India)
Tribune Company (USA)
The McClatchy Company (USA)
The Economist Group (UK)
The Post Publishing Public Company Limited (Thailand)
The Washington Post Company (USA)
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan)
7.GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE
Table 7. World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Newspaper Publishing by Geographic Region/Country – US, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World Independently Analyzed by Annual Revenue in US$ Billion for the Years 2006 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 8. World 10-Year Perspective for Newspaper Publishing by Geographic Region/ Country– Percentage Breakdown of Revenue for US, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World for the Years 2006, 2009 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 9. World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Newspaper Publishing by Revenue Stream – Circulation, Print Advertising, and Online Advertising Independently Analyzed by Annual Revenue in US$ Billion for the Years 2006 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 10. World 10-Year Perspective for Newspaper Publishing by Revenue Stream– Percentage Breakdown of Revenue for Circulation, Print Advertising, and Online Advertising for the Years 2006, 2009 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
III. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Total Companies Profiled: 74 (including Divisions/Subsidiaries - 76)
Region/CountryPlayers
The United States31
Canada
Japan
Europe
France
Germany
The United Kingdom
Rest of Europe
Asia-Pacific (Excluding Japan)
Latin America
Africa
