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The Power of Finnish Premium – IIThe case for local publishing brands in Finland
Joris Goossens VP SALES NORTHERN EUROPE
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What’s the point?
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Besides the point: some general observations first.
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Surprise? The old, trusted desktop is still growing…
Source: comScore MMX, Desktop Only, Finland, January 2018
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+1%Total Unique Visitors / Viewers (000)
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Triopoly? Reach of Amazon lowest in Finland – for now
Source: comScore MMX, January 2018
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9485 90
United Kingdom Spain Norway Finland
Amazon Facebook Google
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Point 1: the Web in Finland is still a highly local affair.
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An American affair: Top 20 websites in the United Kingdom
Source: comScore, MMX Desktop Only, UK, January 2018
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¡Ay, caramba! Local sites in Spain in the minority
Source: comScore, MMX Desktop Only, Spain, January 2018
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Bring on Finland: more than half of the Top 20 sites are local.
Source: comScore, MMX Desktop Only, Finland, January 2018
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A very similar picture in Norway
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Source: comScore, MMX Desktop Only, Norway, January 2018
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Point 2: the News category in Finland is among the strongest in
around the globe
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Breaking: reach of news category on Desktop highest in Finland
Source: comScore MMX Desktop Only, January 2018
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Finland United Kingdom Spain
Category Reach (%)
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And also at the top on a Global level from a multi-platform angle
Source: comScore MMX MP, January 2018
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Category Reach (%)
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Biggest commercial news sites in Finland have higher reach than EU colleagues
75%69% 66%
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Source: comScore MMX MP, February 2018
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Point 3: there are very specific advertising opportunities within the
news category
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Big unique audience on both sides of YLE and Facebook
YLE (P)2.747
Facebook(P)2.606
Total Unique Visitors (000)
Source: comScore MMX Desktop Only, February 2018
Duplicaton
1.363
Unduplicated
audience: 3.990
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YLE.fi reaches significantly more teenagers than Facebook
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Facebook (M) YLE.fi (M)Source: comScore, MMX Desktop Only, Finland, February 2018
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Point 4: mix with some other (external) research if you like.
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No fake news: the Fins really trust the news
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Source: Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2017
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The Nordics lead the way for online news subscriptions
Source: Reuters
Institute Digital
News Report 2017
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No side doors: Fins access there favorite news brands directly
Source: Reuters
Institute Digital
News Report 2017
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Premium publishers drive premium performance for brands
Source: comScore Halo Effect Study 2016
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Overall, Premium Publishers had 67% higher brand lift effectiveness
% Average Brand Lift*
0.89Premium Publishers 0.53
Non-Premium Publishers
*impressions-weighted
Source: comScore Halo Effect Study 2016
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Thank you!
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Joris GoossensVP SALES NORTHERN EUROPE