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C o m p e t itive <strong>press</strong> u res o n t h e <strong>press</strong><br />

Presentati<strong>on</strong> to <strong>the</strong> Leves<strong>on</strong> Inquiry<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Claire</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Enders</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

6 October 2011<br />

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About <str<strong>on</strong>g>Enders</str<strong>on</strong>g> Analysis<br />

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¯ <str<strong>on</strong>g>Claire</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Enders</str<strong>on</strong>g> founded <str<strong>on</strong>g>Enders</str<strong>on</strong>g>Analysis in 1997 and leads a team of highly experienced analysts<br />

¯ <str<strong>on</strong>g>Enders</str<strong>on</strong>g>Analysis is an independent research and c<strong>on</strong>sultancy supplier serving 15o corporate, financial and<br />

government subscribers<br />

¯ We supply publicati<strong>on</strong>s and projects <strong>on</strong> technology, media and telecommunicati<strong>on</strong>s in <strong>the</strong> UK and Europe<br />

¯ <str<strong>on</strong>g>Enders</str<strong>on</strong>g>Analysis supports a number of charities in <strong>the</strong> UK, including <strong>the</strong> NSPCC and Natural History Museum<br />

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effects of<br />

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Apple, Amaz<strong>on</strong>,<br />

Google and<br />

Facebook<br />

Our research agenda<br />

E-commerce<br />

BSkyB, ITV,<br />

Virgin Media, BT<br />

Visi<strong>on</strong><br />

Future of media<br />

Mobile<br />

communicati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

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Recorded music<br />

and music<br />

publishing<br />

Fixed-line<br />

communicati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

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Clients of <str<strong>on</strong>g>Enders</str<strong>on</strong>g> Analysis include many UK newspaper publishers<br />

Press:<br />

Archant<br />

D C Thoms<strong>on</strong><br />

DMGT<br />

Guardian Media Group<br />

Hachette UK<br />

Haymarket Media Group<br />

IPC Media<br />

Johnst<strong>on</strong> Press<br />

L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong> Evening Standard &<br />

Independent<br />

Menzies Distributi<strong>on</strong><br />

Nati<strong>on</strong>al Magazines Company<br />

News Internati<strong>on</strong>al<br />

Newsquest<br />

Pears<strong>on</strong><br />

Telegraph Media Group<br />

Trinity Mirror<br />

Yell<br />

Advertising/Marketing:<br />

Publicis, WCRS, WPP<br />

Music/Radio:<br />

Bauer Media, EMI, PRS for<br />

Music, RadioCentre, Universal<br />

Music Group<br />

Film/Televisi<strong>on</strong>:<br />

Arqiva, BBC, BSkyB, Canal+<br />

Channel 4, Digital UK<br />

Discovery Communicati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

Europe, Freesat, Freeview<br />

IMG Media, ITV<br />

LOVEFiLM.com, MTV, NBC<br />

Universal Internati<strong>on</strong>al, News<br />

Corporati<strong>on</strong>, S<strong>on</strong>y Pictures<br />

Entertainment, stv, TF1<br />

Turner Broadcasting, UKTV<br />

UTV, Virgin Media, Vivendi<br />

Walt Disney, Warner Bros UK<br />

YouView<br />

Retail:<br />

Post Office<br />

Internet:<br />

AOL, Google, Microsoft<br />

Sling Media, Yahoo!<br />

Telecommunicati<strong>on</strong>s:<br />

AlcateI-Lucent, BT<br />

Everything Everywhere<br />

FT-Orange, H3G , Huawei<br />

Iliad, Nokia, 02, Oualcomm, SFR<br />

TalkTalk, Tesco<br />

Virgin, Vodaf<strong>on</strong>e, V<strong>on</strong>age<br />

Professi<strong>on</strong>al Services:<br />

Accenture, Booz & Co, Bost<strong>on</strong><br />

C<strong>on</strong>sulting Group, Cognizant<br />

Capgemini, Deloitte, KPMG<br />

McKinsey, OC&C, PwC<br />

Public Sector:<br />

DCMS UK, European Commissi<strong>on</strong><br />

Ofcom<br />

Fund Managers:<br />

Aberdeen Asset Management<br />

Alliance Trust, Baillie Gifford<br />

Cedar Rock Capital,, F&C Asset<br />

Management, Fidelity<br />

Internati<strong>on</strong>al, Highfields Capital<br />

Management, Martin Currie<br />

Investment Management<br />

Morgan Stanley Investment<br />

Management, Odey Asset<br />

Management, USS<br />

Investment Banks:<br />

Allen & Co, Barclays Capital<br />

BNP Paribas, Citigroup<br />

J Goodwin & Co, J P Morgan<br />

Moelis & Co, N.M. Rothschild<br />

Private Equity:<br />

Apax Partners, Bain Capital<br />

Cinven, Doughty Hans<strong>on</strong>, KKR<br />

Permira Advisors, Providence<br />

Eq u ity<br />

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Press in c<strong>on</strong>text: TV and internet have recovered from <strong>the</strong> recessi<strong>on</strong>, not <strong>press</strong><br />

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Revenues from news are down at most publishers<br />

A diverse industry of publishers, titles and business models<br />

Publishers are a mix: some are private (Telegraph Media Group,<br />

Ex<strong>press</strong> Newspapers); <strong>the</strong> Scott Trust is a charity (Guardian News<br />

and Media); o<strong>the</strong>rs resp<strong>on</strong>d to shareholders (News Internati<strong>on</strong>al,<br />

Trinity Mirror, FT Publishing)<br />

<strong>The</strong> prominence of nati<strong>on</strong>al titles obscures <strong>the</strong> 1,2oo regi<strong>on</strong>al and<br />

local titles that serve <strong>the</strong> UK’s cities and towns, where <strong>the</strong>y are part<br />

of <strong>the</strong> fabric of <strong>the</strong> local ec<strong>on</strong>omy. Trinity Mirror and DMGT publish<br />

both nati<strong>on</strong>al and regi<strong>on</strong>al/local titles<br />

Publishers adopt highly divergent business models: <strong>The</strong> Guardian is<br />

operated at a loss; <strong>The</strong> Sun operates at a profit and <strong>The</strong> Times titles<br />

at a loss; etc.<br />

Publishers have irreversible print revenue decline in comm<strong>on</strong>, and<br />

are cutting costs to manage <strong>the</strong> print decline<br />

Digital revenue growth has failed to offset print decline and added<br />

to costs<br />

¯ <strong>The</strong> FT’s global business model has made it more insulated<br />

Pressures <strong>on</strong> titles are <strong>the</strong> same, but <strong>the</strong> impact is different<br />

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Key competitive <str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>press</strong>ures</str<strong>on</strong>g> are <strong>on</strong> copy sales revenues and advertiser spend<br />

¯ Two key revenue sources for<strong>the</strong> print editi<strong>on</strong>s:<br />

- Copy sales revenue (sales at retail and subscripti<strong>on</strong>s)<br />

- Display (carried in editorial pages) and classified advertising<br />

(<strong>on</strong> listing pages)<br />

Both revenue lines are under <strong>press</strong>ure<br />

¯ Copy sales revenue:<br />

- Circulati<strong>on</strong> is in l<strong>on</strong>g term decline, which has accelerated<br />

since 2oo 5<br />

- Cover price increases have been cautiously implemented<br />

¯ Competing for advertisers:<br />

- Display has not been healthy due to <strong>the</strong> ec<strong>on</strong>omy<br />

- Internet search is a new opti<strong>on</strong> for display advertisers<br />

- Print classified listings spend has plummeted as spend<br />

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Circulati<strong>on</strong> (volumes) decline has accelerated since 2005<br />

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Factors behind <strong>the</strong> accelerati<strong>on</strong> of circulati<strong>on</strong> decline since 2oo5<br />

¯ Circulati<strong>on</strong> has been in l<strong>on</strong>g term decline for decades, roughly coinciding with new types of media for people to<br />

enjoy, such asTV, radio and internet<br />

¯ Cover prices have been raised to sustain copy sales revenues, but <strong>the</strong> strategy has a natural limit and cannot<br />

fully replace lost copy volumes<br />

¯ Salient factors affecting <strong>press</strong> copyvolume sales between 2oo 5 and 2OLO:<br />

- PC-based internet/broadband adopti<strong>on</strong> leapt from 34% to 68% of UK households<br />

- A deep recessi<strong>on</strong> in 2009, from which <strong>the</strong> c<strong>on</strong>sumer has yet to fully recover<br />

- Lack of engagement with print news media byyoung adults<br />

¯ <strong>The</strong> circulati<strong>on</strong> decline between 2oo 5 and 2OlO has been a c<strong>on</strong>sistent feature of all <strong>press</strong> categories:<br />

- Larger at <strong>the</strong> quality nati<strong>on</strong>als (-24%), which have lost nati<strong>on</strong>al market share<br />

- Lower at <strong>the</strong> popular nati<strong>on</strong>als (-17%), which have <strong>the</strong>n gained nati<strong>on</strong>al market share<br />

- High at <strong>the</strong> regi<strong>on</strong>als (-23%), lower for c<strong>on</strong>sumer magazines (-17%)<br />

¯ <strong>The</strong> circulati<strong>on</strong> decline has c<strong>on</strong>tinued into 2o11 based <strong>on</strong> first-half data<br />

¯ Looking ahead, we expect mobile internet adopti<strong>on</strong> will fur<strong>the</strong>r accelerate copy sales decline:<br />

- By 2o15, we estimate that 75% of UK adults will have purchased smartph<strong>on</strong>es (iPh<strong>on</strong>e, Android handsets)<br />

- Tablet penetrati<strong>on</strong>, although much lower, is also enabling mobile internet activities, including news apps<br />

Competiti<strong>on</strong> between newspaper titles for market share will become more aggressive<br />

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Titles compete for buyers through brands and c<strong>on</strong>tent bundles<br />

¯ Newspapers have much more than ’hard’ news <strong>on</strong> offer; c<strong>on</strong>tent includes editorial comment, sports, entertainment and lifestyle<br />

¯ ’Hard’ news makes up about 36% of page space at regi<strong>on</strong>al and local titles, 19% of page space at quality and mid-market<br />

nati<strong>on</strong>als, and just 12% at popular (tabloids)<br />

¯ Regi<strong>on</strong>al titles focus mainly <strong>on</strong> local news, nati<strong>on</strong>al titles <strong>on</strong> news of nati<strong>on</strong>al interest<br />

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Young people are less engaged with print media than all UK adults<br />

¯ UKadults have many choices to allocate <strong>the</strong>ir leisure time, and print media must compete with o<strong>the</strong>r media<br />

¯ Am<strong>on</strong>g UK adults, TV is <strong>the</strong> #1 medium (45% of time spent), and <strong>the</strong> internet is <strong>the</strong> #2 medium (220/~ of time spent)<br />

¯ Young adults spend more time <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> internet (3o%) and less time <strong>on</strong>TV (32%) than adults as a whole, and multitask as well<br />

¯ Buyers and readers of print media are aging, whilst <strong>the</strong> digitally engaged lose interest in print products<br />

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Digital news supply is a fur<strong>the</strong>r burden <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>press</strong> operating model<br />

¯ Newspapers offer <strong>on</strong>line buyers sites and mobile apps. Free <strong>on</strong>line news (BBC, Mail Online, Guardian) preclude pay-walls for all<br />

but <strong>the</strong> premium c<strong>on</strong>tent propositi<strong>on</strong>s. Free-to-<strong>the</strong>-user sites <strong>on</strong>ly generate revenues from <strong>on</strong>line display advertising<br />

¯ Fora quality title, a pay-wall subscriber is worth at best a quarterto a third of a print buyer<br />

¯ Costs of digital news supply are <strong>on</strong> top of costs of print, leading to dual costs in <strong>the</strong> print-to-digital transiti<strong>on</strong> (see Appendix)<br />

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Digital news supply generates low revenues from display advertising<br />

¯ Revenue from internet classifieds have risen faster and higher than display: direct resp<strong>on</strong>se, not display, has flourished <strong>on</strong>line<br />

¯ Online display revenues of news sites are low: cost-per-thousand page views (CPT) is a fracti<strong>on</strong> of print due to <strong>the</strong> vast inventory<br />

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Advertising revenues of regi<strong>on</strong>als have fallen <strong>the</strong> most from print classifieds decline<br />

¯ Print classified declines (see Appendix) have reduced regi<strong>on</strong>al and local title advertising spend by half between 2004 and 2010.<br />

C<strong>on</strong>solidati<strong>on</strong> of local titles is needed to prevent closure (note dissuasive OFT local media merger regime)<br />

¯ <strong>The</strong> Guardian has also been adversely impacted by <strong>the</strong> loss of print classified recruitment spend<br />

¯ Display spend has held up better at popular nati<strong>on</strong>als than qualities as advertisers focus <strong>on</strong> titles with <strong>the</strong> largest reach<br />

AdverUsing expenditure (~m)<br />

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Internet has disrupted <strong>the</strong> print classified model<br />

¯ Internet classified revenue (including search) crossed over print classified revenue in 2008, afterjust six years<br />

¯ Online classifieds offer <strong>the</strong> widest reach at a fracti<strong>on</strong> of <strong>the</strong> cost of print. Since <strong>the</strong> <strong>on</strong>set of recessi<strong>on</strong> in mid-2oo8, volumes of<br />

transacti<strong>on</strong>s in key verticals (recruitment, property and autos) have reduced<br />

¯ <strong>The</strong> outcome is a classified marketplace that has downsized in relati<strong>on</strong> to <strong>the</strong> peak in 2007<br />

Press and internet (incl. search) classified revenue (£bn) and respective shares<br />

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Appendix<br />

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Definiti<strong>on</strong>s and data sources<br />

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Annual circulati<strong>on</strong>: average circulati<strong>on</strong> (volumes of copies) per issue multiplied by approximate<br />

frequency per year, assuming daily newspapers are published 312 per year and Sunday newspapers 52<br />

times<br />

¯ Classified advertising: <strong>the</strong> distincti<strong>on</strong> between classified and display advertising is not always as clearcut<br />

as sometimes implied, with print advertising at some publishers effectively collated by sector<br />

(’property’) ra<strong>the</strong>r than style or objective<br />

¯ Classified advertising expenditure: <strong>the</strong> final value of campaign commitments to classified inventory<br />

directly transacted by media owners. For newspaper and magazines we use data reported by <strong>the</strong><br />

Advertising Associati<strong>on</strong>/WARC Expenditure Report (AA/WARC); for directories and internet, we<br />

estimate classified expenditure based <strong>on</strong> AA/WARC, market leader company data and our <strong>on</strong>going<br />

c<strong>on</strong>versati<strong>on</strong>s with leading industry players<br />

¯ Company data: newspaper publisher revenues are sourced from annual reports by fiscal year (FY).<br />

News Internati<strong>on</strong>al: FY ends June/July; DMGT, Trinity Mirror, Pears<strong>on</strong> (FT Group), Telegraph Media<br />

Group, Ex<strong>press</strong> Newspapers, Johnst<strong>on</strong> Press and Gannet (Newsquest): FY ends December/January;<br />

Guardian Media Group: FY ends March/April<br />

¯ Copy sales revenue: <strong>the</strong> value of copy sales, i.e. UK circulati<strong>on</strong> multiplied by basic cover price. We <strong>the</strong>n<br />

factor in discounting, free distributi<strong>on</strong> and subscripti<strong>on</strong> pricing. Our estimates are based <strong>on</strong> ABC data for<br />

recent years; we use Newspaper Society data to extrapolate back to 1985<br />

¯ Display advertising expenditure: reported by AA/WARC as <strong>the</strong> final value of campaign commitments<br />

to display (n<strong>on</strong>-classified) inventory, gross of agency commissi<strong>on</strong>s<br />

¯ Forecasts: all forecasts are c<strong>on</strong>structed by <str<strong>on</strong>g>Enders</str<strong>on</strong>g> Analysis, based <strong>on</strong> our research and analysis of<br />

underlying market c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s and directi<strong>on</strong>s, unless o<strong>the</strong>rwise stated<br />

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Nati<strong>on</strong>al and regi<strong>on</strong>al newspaper company operating profits<br />

N atio n a l n ews p a p e rs<br />

Te egra~h Med a GrOUp 60 i9%<br />

EY Group (Pea~s<strong>on</strong>)~ 66 i5% ~5%<br />

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<strong>The</strong> transiti<strong>on</strong> from print to <strong>on</strong>line by classified category<br />

Each sector is migrating from print to <strong>on</strong>line media at<br />

different rates<br />

Property is lagging behind in <strong>the</strong> growth of <strong>on</strong>line share:<br />

- Agents still rely <strong>on</strong> print for its premium display<br />

characteristics, but this model will come under severe<br />

<strong>press</strong>ure with <strong>the</strong> proliferati<strong>on</strong> of tablets offering similar<br />

display envir<strong>on</strong>ments<br />

- Property addresses an older demographic than o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

verticals, giving regi<strong>on</strong>al and local <strong>press</strong> effective reach<br />

Estimated print and <strong>on</strong>line classified advertising revenue (£m), 2oo5-±o<br />

~i~!!~ ~ ~°/o<br />

Digital revenue growth in <strong>the</strong> classified sectors will<br />

increasingly rely <strong>on</strong> n<strong>on</strong>-listings activities, such as display,<br />

data-driven lead soluti<strong>on</strong>s, enhanced listings and so <strong>on</strong><br />

Unfortunately for print media, such developments will make it<br />

still harder to develop print advertising in <strong>the</strong>se categories,<br />

though great display platforms will have an important place<br />

for <strong>the</strong> foreseeable future, particularly in property<br />

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Newspaper costs structure<br />

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