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Election Barcelona 2011 – Executive Committee
The newly created Executive Committee of
Distripress was unveiled at the 2011 congress in
Barcelona. You may find the names below. Tony
Jashanmal of Jashanmal National in Dubai was
Tony Jashanmal
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elected as President for a second consecutive
term and Hinnerk de Boer of Hungaropress Hungary has been voted in as Vice President. The
Executive Committee will serve a term of three
years and will continue the necessary work of
adapting the association to the changing media
and distribution landscape.
Distripress Executive Committee (without John Seeley)
Hinnerk de Boer
DISTRIPRESS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2011-2014
Name
Alfred Heintze
Hinnerk de Boer
Tom Vermeirsch
Michael Cedzich
Carine Nevejans
Tony Jashanmal
Martin McEwen
Detlef Sauerbier
John Seeley
Lindsey White
Albert Schoeberl
Deputy members
Lynn Doughty
Wolfgang Rick
Malcolm Miller
Rob Alberts
Company
Bauer Media Group
Hungaropress Ltd.
AMP SA
DPV Worldwide GmbH
Presstalis
Jashanmal National Company
LMPI
Spiegel-Verlag
National Geographic Society
Bloomberg Business Week
Gold Key Media Germany GmbH
Country
Germany
Hungary
Belgium
Germany
France
UAE
Canada
Germany
USA
UK
Germany
Category
Publisher
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
Publisher
Publisher
Publisher
Ancillary Serv.P.
Comag
Morawa Pressevertrieb GmbH
Miller Distributors Ltd
Van Gelderen B.V.
UK
Austria
Malta
Holland
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
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DISTRIPRESS congress
December 2011/January 2012
Barcelona 2011 – in retrospect
Nearly 1,000 people representing the very best
of the international press distribution industry
gathered in Barcelona on October 17th for the
56th annual Distripress congress.
The congress started on Monday with a well
attended day of round tables and speeches. The
event was chaired by well known industry
expert Jim Chisholm and the theme was recognising the enduring value of the print channel
300 tables were laid out on one floor of the
CCIB so that publishers could tour the globe
meeting with their distribution partners to
review this past year and make plans for next
one.
For more information please go to the
Distripress website www.distripress.net to see
our first Distripress Congress video shot in Barcelona between the 17th and 20th October
2011. You will also find a wide range of images
of the congress as well as all the presentation
from the Forum day.
in an increasingly multi channel press industry.
Sessions on Spain, Travel Media, Digital printing and new advances in distribution made up a
busy day. In the evening all delegates were
We are now looking forward to the 57th
annual Distripress congress when we meet
again in Glasgow on October 1st-4th 2012.
This will be our first event in the UK for nearly
30 years and the first time ever our association
has been to Scotland.
Distripress Congress 2012
A note for your diary:
57th Distripress Congress Glasgow will take
place on October 1-4, 2012
taken by coach to the magnificent MNAC overlooking the city for an evening of tapas, wine
and conversation.
The rest of the week was spent in typical
Distripress fashion with a hectic mixture of
business discussions and social events. Almost
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Cannes 2014
Distripress recently signed a contract with the
Palais des Festivals home of the Cannes film festival for our congress 2014. Cannes last hosted the
December 2011/January 2012
PINBOARD
Journées Internationales Presstalis Pullman Paris Montparnasse,
France March 13 - 14, 2012
DPV Worldwide Meeting Timmendorf/Germany March 20 - 22,
2012
WAN-IFRA Printing summit Berlin/Germany March 21 - 22,
2012 http://www.wan-ifra.org
Publish Asia 2012 Conference & EXPO Bali/Indonesia April
2012 http://www.wan-ifra.org/events/publish-asia-2012
World Press Freedom Day May 3, 2012
INMA Los Angeles/USA May 6 - 8, 2012 www.inma.org
FIPP WMM, London/UK May 29 – 30, 2012 http://www.fipp.com
Periodical & Book Association of America (PBAA) Retail
Marketplace 2012 Conference Baltimore Marriott
Waterfront/USA June 10-11, 2012 http://www.pbaa.net
International Press Institute World Congress Trinidad & Tobago
June 23-26, 2012 www.freemedia.at
event in early September 1997 during the week of
Princess Diana's funeral. Since that time the venue
has been significantly refurbished and extended
making it a perfect size and location for our congress. The reserved dates are September 29th to
October 2nd 2014.
Distripress Training Foundation
The Board of the DTF decided to offer a traineeship for young distribution experts from South
America during and after the congress in Barcelona 2011. The package which has been offered
included:
• participation in all trade and social programs
WAN/IFRA 64rd World Newspaper Congress and 19th World
Editors Forum Kiew, Ukraine September 2 - 5, 2012
http://www.wan-ifra.org/
Presse-Grosso Meeting Baden-Baden/Germany September 10 –
12, 2012 www.pressegrosso.de
57th Distripress Congress Glasgow/Scotland October 1 - 4,
2012 www.distripress.net
Frankfurt International Book Fair Frankfurt am Main/Germany
October 10 - 14, 2012 www.buchmesse.de
Logwin Media Meeting Going/Austria November 2012
British Press Meeting London / United Kingdom December 4 - 5,
2012
(Opening Ceremony, Executive Forum, Welcome
Reception, EXPO, Farewell Drink) of the Distripress
congress in Barcelona
• one week practical training at a company in
Europe
Three trainees from DINAP, Brazil got finally the
opportunity for this traineeship. They were hosted
by International News, Portugal for one week prior
to the congress. Additionally, they attended the
Barcelona Congress and could join all the social
programme as well as the FANDE meeting. At the
DTF meeting they held a presentation about
DINAP and about their experience in Portugal.
The trainees had a blog during their traineeship:
http://distripress.wordpress.com/
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Logwin Meeting in Going
Distripress attended the 21st annual Logwin Media
conference held on November 21/22 at the traditional and beautiful venue of the Biohotel Stanglwirt.
December 2011/January 2012
The rest of the conference was taken up with one to
one business discussions as per Distripress style until
we met altogether for Cocktails and our Gala
dinner. The entertainment was provided by two
quirky British guys called Mark and Simon
(www.marknsimon.de) who have spent the past 30
plus years entertaining German and English audiences with their unique brand of visual comedy, old
songs and Ginglish (German/English) jokes.
Many thanks to our hosts for a great event and we
look forward already to next year.
Vietnam’s media market holds a lot of potential
This hotel is situated near a charming town called
Going am Wilder Kaiser high in the Austrian Tirol
surrounded by the freshest air imaginable and (as its
name implies) in the shadow of the mighty Wilder
Kaiser mountain.
Over 100 Distribution industry executives gathered
from Sunday onwards to hear speeches, catch up
with old friends and to make new ones.
Although the German market was naturally well
represented this is a truly international gathering
with among others the following countries represented: France, Italy, Holland, Spain, Hungary,
Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Belgium, Austria and
Switzerland.
The plenary sessions on Monday were very well
attended and we heard speeches from Markus
Schöberl from ASV Vertriebs on a thoughtful 360
degree look at distribution in volatile markets, an
update on Distripress changes from David Owen, a
lively update on Mess Inter developments from
Dieter Wirtz and Piero Monico and a full review of
customs legislation changes and supply chain advice
from Erich von Grambusch from Logwin group.
A new study by the Association of German Magazine Publishers (VDZ) gives valuable and exclusive
insights into a dynamic media market – now available in English (address below). In his 12-page document the author gives deep insights based on his
expert knowledge of the country. Please find
details on the Author and on the conclusions of
the study in the last page of our Trade News
section. The study can be ordered as pdf document
for the price of 59 Euro (plus VAT) for members and
for non-members for the price of 79 Euro (plus VAT)
from Mrs. Karina Faust, k.faust@vdz-akademie.de
EWIP’s 4th Annual Conference in San Francisco
Exceptional Women in Publishing’s 2012
Women’s Leadership Conference is designed to
foster greater collaboration in magazine and digital
media. All attendees can expect a truly unique experience with ample time to participate in conversations, connect with industry leaders, and learn from
exceptional women in all phases of their careers. You
will hear about the innovative steps others are taking
in this digital age to increase a brand’s reach or
amplify an individual’s influence. What is your next
step? Join us on March 7. For more information:
www.ewip.org.
When and Where: March 7, 2012, Parc 55 Hotel,
55 Cyril Magnin Street, San Francisco Union Sqare
Obituary – Robert Degois
We have the sad duty to inform you about the passing away of Robert Degois beginning of November
2011 at the age of 74. He had a long and successful
career in the press distribution industry. Before he
retired, Robert Degois was export manager of the
French press at NMPP (now Presstalis). The members
of Distripress will keep a very fond memory of him.
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Australia
Newspaper circulation falls 3.5 per cent
Australian newspaper sales have continued their
decline as readers move to digital platforms, a
report says. Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC)
data showed Monday to Saturday newspaper
sales fell by 3.5 per cent in the three months to
September 30, compared with same period last
year. The Newspaper Works, a non-profit body set
up to promote the industry, said the decline was
less than the 4.2 per cent fall the previous quarter
and came in "testing retail conditions and shifting
consumer confidence". "The ABC printed newspaper figures only tell part of the story because
smartphone and tablet newspaper apps are not
yet measured," The Newspaper Works chief
executive Tony Hale said in a statement. "There's
no doubt that newspaper audiences are expanding and newspaper content is being delivered
how, when and where consumers want it, and it's
working." During the three-month audit period,
Fairfax had released figures showing more than
200,000 apps had been downloaded for its The
Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers.
The slide in circulation was widespread but three
metropolitan city newspapers managed to buck
the trend. Paid sales at the Saturday edition of The
West Australian rose 0.7 per cent, while The Age's
Sunday edition posted a 0.9 per cent increase and
weekday sales grew by 0.3 per cent. Despite a 4.6
per cent decline, Sydney's Sunday Telegraph
retained its place as the nation's top-selling newspaper with 606,101 copies.
www.news.com.au, 11. 11. 2011
Austria – Germany
Austrian tabloid holds Axel Springer’s interest
German print and digital media company Axel
Springer said on November 7th it remained interested in Austrian tabloid Kronenzeitung as part of
its strategy to buy established print “superbrands” and shift their business to the web.
Presenting solid third-quarter results, chief executive Mathias Döpfner said “digitising Kronenzeitung would interest us very much,” although he
declined to say if any of the paper’s owners were
willing to give Springer a look-in. He said the move
December 2011/January 2012
could mirror the migration on to the web of
Springer’s German tabloid Bild, whose success
already inspired a joint venture with Swiss publisher Ringier to try the same thing in five eastern
European markets.
Bild’s metamorphosis from a profitable print product to a hugely profitable online portal – offering
news, videos, and a litany of Bild-branded products – has helped fund numerous purchases in the
digital sphere over past years. Aside from pushing
print content on to the web, the company has
used these acquisitions to shift its classified-ads
and ad-marketing expertise online, leading to a
surge in digital revenues as print circulation continues to erode.
Springer said third-quarter sales rose 11.5 per cent
to €792.6m ($1.08bn) and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (ebitda)
climbed 26.5 per cent to €157.6m, both through
acquisition and organic growth. Net profit fell 6.1
per cent to €82m after one-off 2010 gains. After
buying French house-sales site SeLoger and
German online-shopping site KaufDa, digital
ebitda jumped to €40.5 from €15.8m, while
digital sales rose 42 per cent to €242.6m – some
31 per cent of quarterly group sales.
www.ft.com, 07. 11. 2011
Ecuador
Press freedom fears in Ecuador
A five-day mission by the World Association of
Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) in
Ecuador has discovered "a bitter conflict between
private media professionals and the government
and media favourable to the government." The
organisation has been monitoring the situation
since April and believes that the problem is
broader than just attacks on the press, contending
that there "seems to be a pattern of criminalisation not only of dissent, but also of social protest."
President Raphael Correa has become increasingly
critical of the media. His weekly speeches on TV
and radio are laced with criticism of journalists,
newspapers and publishers. Yet his government
controls over 15 media outlets (TV, radio, newspapers, magazines and websites), and this apparatus
has
been
developed
into
a
power-
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ful propaganda tool. Critics have also been cowed
by the use of criminal defamation actions with
excessively punitive claims for damages. This
serious decline of freedom of expression in Ecuador has been condemned by several international
organisations, such as the CPJ (Committee to
Protect Journalists), Reporters Sans Frontieres, the
Inter-American Commission of Human Rights,
Human Rights Watch and others.
www.ejc.net, 10. 11. 2011
France
French government scheme to give free
newspapers to young people enters its third
season
On October 5 the French ministry of culture and
communication launched season three of 'Mon
Journal Offert' ('My Free Newspaper'), an initiative
established in 2009 as part of a government bailout of the press, aimed at encouraging people
between the ages of 18 and 24 to read daily
newspapers in print. The scheme allows any
citizen of France or one of its departments, aged
between 18 and 24, the chance to claim a free
daily newspaper - selected from a range of 61
titles - one day a week for a year. Admirable as this
scheme is, what the rest of the world will be
asking is: does it work? Are young people becoming more engaged in current affairs and, most
crucially, more interested in print publications as a
result? A survey undertaken in June and July this
year seems to indicate the scheme has managed
to raise interest in current affairs, as 64% of those
questioned stated they were more interested in
current affairs than before taking part in the
scheme. After having taken part in 'Mon Journal
Offert', 41% of young people interviewed stated
they neither want to subscribe to a paper nor buy
it at a press kiosk. This figure isn't encouraging,
but it is an accurate reflection of the difficult times
the newspaper industry is facing.
www.editorsweblog.org, 05. 10. 2011
Lagardère warns of 12% fall in full-year
profit
Lagardère warned that full-year profit might be
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lower than previously forecast as the French media
conglomerate widened the range of an expected
drop, citing concern over its sports-related businesses and the overall economic outlook. Full-year
operating profit is expected to fall by up to 12 per
cent on a constant exchange rate basis, down
from previous guidance in August that this would
be in the range of 5-7 per cent, the group said as
it reported third-quarter results. Net sales in the
three months to September 30 were €1.98bn
($2.7bn), down 5.8 per cent compared with the
same period last year, although up 1.3 per cent on
a like-for-like basis owing to the impact of selling
the international magazines business to Hearst in
January.
www.ft.com, 08. 11. 2011
Paris headquarters of Charlie Hebdo set on
fire
The offices of French satirical weekly Charlie
Hebdo were partly destroyed by a deliberate fire
in the night of November 1. The fire was presumably caused by firebombs thrown by Muslims, as
a protest against the issue heading to the newsstands the following morning, being subtitled to
„Charia Hebdo”, as a reaction to the instauration of Charia in Libya, and „co-edited by
prophet Muhammad”. The issue had the caricature of the prophet on the cover, threatening
with „100 whip-lashes if you don’t die laughing”. The complete electronic system and all PC
workstations were burned. „Everything was
destroyed”- said the editor in chief and director
Charb, who also expressed that Charlie Hebdo
published a caricature of Muhammad almost
every week, so it was not understandable why
this particular issue provoked so much. The
director also refused being specifically antimuslim, as the weekly has always been heavily
criticising all major religions, mainly the catholic
church. The website of Charlie Hebdo was also
hacked, highlighting a message „No God but
Allah”.
The editorial office gathered in the hall of the
destroyed office the next day and started immediately to work on the following issue.
lemonde.fr, 02. 11. 2011
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Germany
WSJ launching German digital-only editions
Dow Jones is building its German-language news
wire service in to a full-fledged Wall Street Journal
edition for Germany. Published on web, mobile and
tablets, the edition is due to launch in January and
shows what is now likely a strategy for many media
companies - launching in new markets, but not with
analogue media. The service will include both free
and subscriber-only content from WSJ and Dow
Jones.
WSJ already has a Europe edition plus local
language services in China and Japan. But
Germany’s place as Europe’s key economy is only
increasing.
www.paidcontent.org, 19. 10. 2011
Global
Newspapers to disappear by 2040, UN
agency chief forecasts
Newspapers will disappear and be replaced by
digital versions by 2040, the UN intellectual property
agency's chief said in an interview published at the
end of September. Francis Gurry, who heads the
World Intellectual Property Organisation told the
daily La Tribune de Geneve that "in a few years,
there will no longer be printed newspapers as we
know it today." "It's an evolution. There's no good
or bad about it. There are studies showing that they
will disappear by 2040. In the United States, it will
end in 2017," he said.
Gurry noted that in the United States there are
already more digital copies sold than paper copies of
newspapers. In cities, there are also fewer bookshops. A key problem is the revenue system.
"How can editors find revenues to pay those who
write these articles?" asked Gurry, noting that "the
copyright system must be safeguarded as a mechanism to pay these writers.”
http://news.yahoo.com, 02. 10. 2011
A positive financial outlook of print’s long
term future
Ron Davis, vice president and chief economist, Printing Industries of America, has released a financial
report focusing on the long term future of print and
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print markets. The report explores how leveraging
multiple functions of print can increase the longevity
and viability of a printer’s success in the marketplace. The report breaks down print products and
services into three different categories:
* Print intended to inform or communicate factual
and editorial information such a magazines, newspapers, books, and reports.
* Print providing product logistics to manufactured
products - packaging, labels, wrappers, and product
user manuals.
* Print intended to market, promote, or sell various
products, services, political candidates, positions, or
ideas - marketing and promotional print such as
catalogs, direct mail, and brochures.
Of the three functions, only one - print logistics - is
not subject to competition and substitution by
digital media. Conversely, print's "inform or communicate" function is subject to the highest risk of
substitution from digital media. Print as a marketing, promotion, and sales media appears to be in
the middle.
Davis says: The key conclusion from this analysis is
that there can be a very positive future for print and
printers. Today's printers that are aware of the
emerging industry environment and crucial business
strategies and tactics have a very bright future. Printers can create their own positive future by understanding and taking advantage of the emerging
changes - the changes that are shaping the printing
industry of today and tomorrow.
AAIND News, 12. 10. 2011
Study: 'Tabloid-broadsheet divide has blurred'
Research by PR company Clarion Communications
claims the once clear distinctions between quality
newspapers and the tabloids has been eroded over
the last 25 years. Clarion analysed editions of The
Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, News of the World,
Sunday Express and The Sunday Times in July 1986
and July 2011, looking at column inches over the
first six pages. The closure of the News of the World
in mid-July meant the Sunday Mirror and the People
were substituted in its place. The research concluded that papers across the tabloid-broadsheet
spectrum now broadly reported “identical content”. This is largely a result of the “digital revolution”, the study found.
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The main findings were:
* Celebrity and celebrity-related TV, film and
music news has rocketed in terms of coverage
across all titles, particularly the Sundays, since
1986.
* At the same time, older newspaper story staples
such as court reporting have sharply declined,
again particularly in Sunday papers.
* International news across all papers receives 25
per cent less coverage across 2011 than it did in
1986 (from 4 to 3 per cent).
The study claimed “tabloids are now more likely to
give space to hard news” but that broadsheets are
“increasingly covering celebrity and other populist
news stories”. “And while newspapers attempt to
keep up with digital rivals, their news coverage
has become homogenised - as tabloids and broadsheets move closer than ever before in terms of
style, content and subject matter, with once clear
distinctions between newspaper types becoming
eroded,” it added.
www.pressgazette.co.uk, 17. 10. 2011
Newspapers
increases
show
Sunday
readership
One underreported story of the contemporary
newspaper industry is the success that many
newspapers are experiencing from targeted
efforts to grow Sunday circulation. More consumers are recognizing the value of their Sunday products through relevant content, special promotions
and community events that boost brand awareness, resulting in increased Sunday home delivery
and single-copy sales. For many papers, Sunday is
the most profitable day of the week, given heavy
advertising spending in both display and preprint
advertising to reach a broad, local audience. In
addition to the traditional Sunday print edition,
newspaper publishers are launching free opt-in
products to nonsubscriber audience segments
highly valued by advertisers.
“The latest data confirm there are a number of
clear success stories emerging in terms of Sunday
circulation and readership growth,” says John
Murray, vice president and audience development
at the Newspaper Association of America. “These
are the newspapers that have made thoughtful,
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strategic investments in the quality of their journalism, improved their marketing expertise, and
developed new distribution channels to meet consumer preferences. It also helps that the Sunday
newspaper has become a great example of value
in a tough consumer economy.”
AAIND News, 14. 11. 2011
Russia
Allure Magazine to launch in Russia
Allure has become the leading beauty media
brand in the world since it was launched in the
United States in 1991, says Condé Nast International. Russia will become the third market for
Allure, joining the US title, which has a circulation
of just over 1.1 million, and Korea, where Allure
was launched in 2003. In addition to the printed
title, there will be an Allure website and digital
products.
Allure will become the eighth magazine title published by Condé Nast Russia, a wholly owned
division of Condé Nast International, which began
in 1998 with the launch of Russian Vogue. Other
magazine titles include Glamour, Gentlemen’s
Quarterly (GQ), GQ Style, AD, Tatler, and Condé
Nast Traveller. There is also a digital division
producing several websites and tablet editions
including Glamour and GQ.
www.arpp.ru, 02. 11. 2011
United Kingdom
Lebedev to stop printing overseas copies of
Indy titles
Alexander Lebedev is set to axe printing international editions of The Independent and The Independent on Sunday, cutting around 50,000 copies
off its monthly audited figure, mirroring a recent
move by Guardian News & Media (GNM), publisher of The Guardian and The Observer. The
dropping of the international copies comes as the
Independent titles owner and other newspaper
publishers move to cut costs across their businesses. According to Audit Bureau of Circulations
figures (ABCs), The Independent published an
average of 23,558 daily overseas copies, not
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including the Republic of Ireland, in August, out of
an overall headline circulation of 180,470 copies.
The Independent on Sunday published 27,597
overseas daily copies, discounting the Republic of
Ireland, out of a headline circulation of 164,518,
in the same month. The two papers are printed in
France, Spain and a number of other northern
European countries.
In July, GNM announced that it was axing international issues of The Guardian, around 19,000
copies, and around 18,000 copies of The
Observer.
Quality rivals, The Times and The Daily Telegraph
still publish overseas copies. The Times published 33,265 overseas copies out of a headline
circulation of 414,153 in August. In the same
month, The Daily Telegraph published 24,936
overseas copies, out of a total of 632,070
copies.
www.mediaweek.co.uk, 04. 10. 2011
Resources from axed Guardian international
edition transferred to digital projects
Editorial resources from The Guardian’s axed international edition are to be focused on digital
projects such as the iPad edition, according to the
paper’s readers’ editor Chris Elliott. These
resources include the journalists involved repackaging content from the UK paper for the slimmer
international version. He reports that The Guardian has responded to 75 complaints since stopping the international version of the paper last
month and he has also provided some transparency about the circulation figures. While the
foreign edition added between 12,000 and
15,000 copies a day to The Guardian’s ABC sales
figure - it turns out that just 3,500 to 5,000 of
these were actually sold. Due to a quirk in the
ABC rules, all copies distributed abroad count
towards the ABC sales total - even those which
haven’t been sold. Elliott believes that other
papers’ international editions are set to follow
suit. “International editions were always more
costly to produce, and eventually the costs were
disproportionate in an era when all papers are
facing declining revenues.”
www.pressgazette.co.uk, 17. 10. 2011
December 2011/January 2012
FT Group revenue up 6%
Pearson has reported a 6% year-on-year revenue
increase at FT Group, the division that publishes
the Financial Times, announcing that ebook sales
at Penguin have more than doubled in the first
nine months. Pearson, which owns an extensive
educational publishing operation as well as Penguin, said that paid-for digital subscriptions at the
FT have increased 30% year on year to almost
250,000. By the end of September the company
said it had seen 790,000 users of the FT's new
web app, with mobile devices now accounting for
20% of all traffic to FT.com. About 15% of new
subscriptions come from mobile devices.
Pearson said the rise of eBook sales, which more
than doubled in the first nine months of the year,
helped offset the decline in physical sales of
titles.Publishing highlights in the third quarter
included Kathyrn Stockett's The Help in the US, a
film version of which is currently in UK cinemas,
and in the UK authors including Jamie Oliver and
Dawn French.
Overall Pearson reported underlying revenue
growth of 1% year on year in the first nine
months, with operating profit climbing 13%. The
company, which said all divisions are trading in
line with expectations, reported a sales increase of
6% year on year when taken on a constant
currency basis.
www.guardian.co.uk, 03. 11. 2011
British Newspaper Archive goes online
The British Library has launched the British Newspaper Archive website which provides access to
up to 4m fully searchable pages, featuring more
than 200 newspaper titles from the UK and
Ireland. The newspapers mainly date back to the
19th century, but include runs dating back to the
first half of the 18th century. According to the
British Library, they cover every aspect of local,
regional and national news. The website was
created as part of a 10 year partnership between
the British Library and online publisher brightsolid,
which was announced in May 2010. Over the past
year brightsolid's digitisation team, based at the
British Library Newspaper Library at Colindale, has
been digitising up to 8,000 pages of historic
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newspapers each day. The project is expected to
scan up to 40m newspaper pages. The British
Library said that brightsolid is negotiating with a
number of rightsholders to obtain permission to
digitise a range of more recent newspaper runs.
http://www.guardian.co.uk, 29. 11. 2011
USA – France
Huffington Post partners with Le Monde,
LNEI on French edition
The Huffington Post is planning a French edition Le Huffington Post - with two established partners
who will share equity: The Le Monde Group and
Les Nouvelles Editions Indépendantes. Confirmation of Le Huffington Post comes four months
after HuffPo launched in the UK. Arianna Huffington first mentioned it when she was in Cannes in
June as she heralded the coming of a dozen international sites. Other planned expansion sites
include Latin America, Australia and India.
Le HuffPo will make use of Le Monde’s and LNEI’s
local edit resources. In addition to the flagship
Paris-based daily newspaper, Le Monde also publishers several weekly magazines, including
Télérama, Courrier International and La Vie. The
other partner, LNEI, is the holding company of
Matthieu Pigasse, which runs the French weekly
culture magazine and Les Inrockuptibles group,
which shares controlling stake in Le Monde Group
jointly with Pierre Bergé and Xavier Niel, and
which also holds various stakes in the French
media landscape.
www.paidcontent.co.uk, 10. 10. 2011
USA
Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York
Times top latest circulation report
ABC has released circulation figures for the sixmonth period ending Sept. 30, 2011. This is the
second reporting period in which ABC is counting
circulation differently, so you can’t compare current
figures to previous periods. The Wall Street Journal,
USA Today and The New York Times top the list of
top 25 daily newspapers. The San Jose Mercury
News, Dallas Morning News and the Chicago SunTimes all rank high due to the inclusion of
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“branded” copies - editions with a different nameplate and some distinct content. For digital editions,
ABC also has distinguished between “replica”
(identical to the printed paper) and “non-replica.”
In that measure, the Journal leads the Times,
roughly 537,000 to 380,000; USA Today is well
down the list. The Times’ Jeremy Peters reports that
growth in digital shows “a growing willingness by
consumers to pay for digital newspaper editions.”
www.poynter.org, 01. 11. 2011
Vietnam
VDZ study scopes potential of Vietnamese
market
A new study by the Association of German Magazine Publishers, VDZ, gives insight into the Vietnamese media market. The report, Media Market
Vietnam, is authored by Florian Tausch, who lived
in Vietnam for four years and worked for Burda
Rizzoli and Sun Flower Media as head of the development department and head of marketing. In addition to this he has obtained insights by several other
experts of the subject for his documentation.
“There are many good reasons why the Association
of German Magazine Publishers (VDZ) focuses on the
media market Vietnam”, said Kai H. Helfritz, Managing Director of VDZ Akademie and also responsible
for the resort Foreign Markets within the VDZ:
• With an average annual growth of 7.5% in the
last decade Vietnam is one of the absolute winners in the boom region Asia.
• The population is young and, among other
things, with a literacy rate of 93% well qualified.
• The number of internet users has risen by
12,000% between 2000 and 2010. 31% of the
Vietnamese population is using the internet, two
thirds of them on a daily base. More than 40% of
internet users are using mobile services.
• Interest in media, particularly in magazines, is
very high. As an ongoing trend poorly produced
titles are still being replaced or complemented by
those of higher quality.
• Advertising expenditures for magazines are
rising. According to an Advertising Expenditure
Forecast by Zenith Optimedia they amounted to
57 Mio Dollar in 2011, twice the amount of 2005.
www.fipp.com, 04. 10. 2011
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