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News Providers & Publishers: 2007 Final Market Size and Share Report

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Author: Ken Doctor, Affiliate Analyst

The News Providers & Publishers segment is still the behemoth of the $387 billon information industry, with $133.3 billion in revenues. However, it’s also the only information segment showing negative growth, at -1% globally. This report provides Outsell’s final 2007 market size and share data for the News segment and analyzes significant trends and issues facing top companies and their markets. It includes:

- 2007 revenue, growth rates, and market share estimates for the top 50 News publishers;
- Segmentation of the News market by content format, business models, and geography;
- Analysis of the competitive landscape, including Outsell’s take on promising companies in the News segment;
- Analysis of factors driving and inhibiting demand in the News segment;
- Essential actions for News publishers in order to be successful in the current market.

Outsell maintains and continuously updates a database of over 7,000 publishers and information providers worldwide and uses a supply-side methodology to size the information industry.


Pub Date: July 30, 2008
Type: Market AnalyAsis
Segment: NEWS
Keywords: Market Analysis, Market Statistics, Newspapers
Pages: 35
Format: PDF Application_pdf

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Table of Contents

  • Why This Market Size and Share Report?
  • Market Overview
  • News Providers & Publishers Market Size
  • Segmentation of News Providers & Publishers
    1. Content Format
    2. Business Models
    3. Geography
  • Leading Players
    1. Factors Impacting Share
    2. Market Share vs. Growth
  • Competitive Landscape
    1. Market Leaders
  • Market Demand Drivers and Inhibitors
    1. Market Drivers
    2. Market Inhibitors
  • Essential Actions
  • Related Research
  • Methodology and Definitions
  • Appendix

    • Tables & Figures

  • Table 1. Size of News Providers & Publishers Segment Compared to Other Information Industry Segments
  • Figure 1. Share of Total Information Industry Revenue, 2007
  • Table 2. Currency Effects of Conversion from Pounds, Euros, and Yen into Dollars
  • Figure 2. News Providers & Publishers Market Size and Growth, 2003-2007
  • Table 3. Revenue Performance of Top 10 Companies by Size, 2005-2007
  • Table 4. Top 10 News Providers & Publishers – Content Format
  • Table 5. Top 10 News Providers & Publishers – Business Models
  • Table 6. Top 10 News Providers & Publishers – Geography
  • Figure 3. Top 10 News Providers & Publishers - Growth and Market Share
  • Figure 4. Outsell’s News Providers & Publishers Leader Board – Mapping the Companies Positioned to Lead
  • Table 7. Top 50 News Providers & Publishers

Companies Mentioned

  1. Axel Springer AG
  2. CanWest Global Communications Corp.
  3. Cox Newspapers, Inc.
  4. Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT)
  5. Gannett Co., Inc.
  6. Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.P.A.
  7. Independent News & Media, plc
  8. John Fairfax Holdings Ltd.
  9. Johnston Press plc
  10. Koninklijke Wegener NV
  11. Le Monde
  12. Lee Enterprises, Inc.
  13. New York Times Company
  14. News Corporation, Ltd
  15. Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei)
  16. Quebecor Inc.
  17. Schibsted ASA
  18. The Asahi Shimbun Company
  19. The Hearst Corporation
  20. The McClatchy Company
  21. The Tribune Company
  22. The Yomiuri Shimbun
  23. Torstar Corporation
  24. Trinity Mirror plc
  25. Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck Gmbh
  26. Washington Post Company