Mobile Future of Newspapers
Mobile Futureof Newspapers
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International Newsmedia Marketing Association
Non-profit news publishers’ association. 3000 members in 80 countries. Offices in Dallas, Antwerp and New Delhi.WWW.INMA.ORG
What’s INMA?
Who am I?
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Grzegorz PiechotaVice-President of INMA Europe (office in Antwerp). Head of Social Campaigns at Gazeta Wyborcza in Warsaw.PL.LINKEDIN.COM/IN/GRZEGORZPIECHOTA
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Oxford Tablet Summit 2010Just on-time seminar organized by INMA, Innovation and Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. May 2010.WWW.FORUM4EDITORS/TAG/OXFORD-TABLET-SUMMIT/
The first to report on tablets
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INMA/OPA Europe Conference 2010Three-day newsmedia conference in Kraków. September 29-October 1. Co-organizer: Online Publishers Association Europe.WWW.INMA.ORG WWW.OPA-EUROPE.ORG
Where will we share more?
Searching for the Holy Graal
What’s beyond print?
Jan 27, 2010
Hope & hype
What are the facts?
✖3,3 million iPads sold in three monthsCompare the number of days it took these devices to reach 1 mln units sold
Nintendo Wii
Nintendo DS iPad iPhone Netbooks BlackBerry iPod
13 15 28 74 180 300+ 360+Source: PC Magazine, “Apple reports record revenue on Mac, iPhone Sales”, 7/20/2010,
Morgan Stanley, “Internet Trends”, 7/6/2010
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Source: Morgan Stanley, Internet Trends, 7/6/2010
AOLStart: 9/1994
NetscapeStart: 12/1994
i-modeStart: 6/1999
~86 mln
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✖Mobile Internet ramping faster than desktop oneCompare the number of subscribers of mobile and desktop Internet services after 10 quarters since their launch
iPhone + iTouchStart: 6/2007
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Source: Morgan Stanley, Internet Trends, 7/6/2010
In 2 years smartphone > PC shipments Global unit shipments of desktop PCs, notebooks and smartphones: real data for 2005-08 and forecasts for 2009-13
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2012: inflection pointSmartphones > PC
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✖Mobile apps get as popular as mobile web browsingHow do Americans use their smartphones?
Mobile app usersMobile browser users2x
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Source: Morgan Stanley, Internet Trends, 7/6/2010
✖Mobile app usage unprecedentedCompare average number of apps downloaded by users
✖iPhone users have the widest choice of appsNumber of mobile apps available (paid and free, in thousands)
Source: Distimo App Store Analytics, “Mobile application stores. State of play”,18/6/2010
212 50 10 8 11iPhone/iTouch Android iPad BlackBerry Nokia
✖In general, most mobile apps are paidShare of paid apps on different platforms and their average price
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Source: Distimo App Store Analytics, “Mobile application stores. State of play”,18/6/2010
$4,01
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✖26% apps developed for iPad go into books or news categoryCategories of 10,000 apps (paid and free)
Source: MacStories.net, Federico Viticci, “Tha App
Store has now over 10,000 apps”,12/6/2010
Games22%
Social networking2%
Utilities, productivity9%
Lifestyle, hobbies13% Education, health
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Entertainment, music15%
News8%
Books, reference18%
iPad: is this a device for a weekend?Web browsing activity of iPad users grows significantlyon Saturdays and Sundays
Source: NetMarketShare.com, “iPad Share Jumps Upon International Release”,21/6/2010
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Evening iPad reading on a sofaHere’s when exactly iPad users browse the website of a Norwegian daily Aftenposten.no during an average day
Source: John Einar Sandvand, “Aftenposten”,21/6/2010
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iPad is NOT used like a mobile phoneCompare when Aftenposten.no users browse the site using their mobile phones and iPads
Source: John Einar Sandvand, “Aftenposten”,21/6/2010
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iPad is NOT used like a desktop PCCompare when Aftenposten.no users browse the site using their desktop PCs and iPads
Źródło: John Einar Sandvand, “Aftenposten”,21/6/2010
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Morning e-edition for an iPad? Wrong!Compare when readers of “Aftenposten” use the paper in print i when do they browse Aftenposten.no on their iPads
Source: John Einar Sandvand, “Aftenposten”,21/6/2010
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So how to unlock the future
of newspapers on new devices?
To focus on iPad or not?
What about Android phones,Kindle etc.?
Do we need to make apps?
Aftenposten.noRecoded home page’s serving ads just for iPad users.
iPad is so great for browsing, so maybe you don’t need an app at all?
If you believe you need an app...
Do publishers really need to invest in making iPad apps in-house? What other options are there?
To charge or not to charge?
Wall Street JournalPaid subscription: $3,99/week10 000 SUBSCRIBERS
Source: PaidContent.co.uk, 2/6/2010; 27/7/2010
Financial TimesFree (sponsored) app. 250 000 DOWNLOADS
Give them all or just a selection?
New York Times“Editors’ choice only” app.350 000 DOWNLOADS
GuardianFree news photo app.90 000 DOWNLOADS
Source: PaidContent.co.uk, 2/6/2010; MediaGuardian.co.uk, 8/6/2010
To fight aggregators or not?
Źródło: PaidContent.co.uk, 2/6/2010; New York Times
PulsePaid RSS aggregator in a conflict with the “NY Times”.35 000 DOWNLOADS SOLD
Are we going to allow the history to repeat itself?
How to sell ads for iPads?
Source: “Pointroll & AdMarvel Report” via BizReport.com, 16/6/2010
30 secondis an average time a user is interacting with an online ad on the iPad.6 xIt’s six times longer than he is when seeing the ad on his desktop PC.
How to make ads on iPad more engaging than those online?
How to manage our content?
Content
Where to look for all the answers?
Special session on tabletsat the INMA/OPA EuropeNewsmedia Conference29/9-1/10/2010Kraków, Polandwww.inma.org/inmaopaeurope