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The Inquirer Group and Mobile Javier Vicente D. Rufino [email protected]

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The Inquirer Group and Mobile

Javier Vicente D. Rufino

[email protected]

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The external situation (overall)

• It’s a TV market; print has only small share of reach and advertising spend

• But it’s an affluent, influential share.

• Print is the rudder of the media ship.

• Consumers are moving rapidly to digital.

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The external situation (mobile)

• High mobile penetration (over 90%)• SMS and voice revenue flat; data the next

frontier• Smartphone usage being pushed.• Tablets where mobile phones were a

decade ago (pricey status objects)

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The internal situation

• The old print business model is chugging along, but can’t and won’t last forever.

• Digital revenues are there but not “there yet.”

• Diverse business models in Group

• How to manage the digital transition?

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Where mobile comes in

• Add new revenue streams/business models to Group to replace old ones

• Help extend reach of Group brands to previously unserved segments

• Drive traffic to other platforms and enhance cross-platform effects

• Equalize the playing field with broadcast competition

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More specifically…

• Apply a freemium “glide path” approach to monetizing content on mobile

• Use replica technologies as a transitional phase to quickly secure revenues and footholds.

• Develop mobile-native content to further deepen footholds and effectively monetize.

• Maintain a platform-agnostic approach; ecosystem engagement but not entanglement.

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Yet more specifically…

• Acquired a mobile development firm to boost in-house skills and control.

• Worked closely with telcos for better revenue arrangements.

• Worked closely with all platforms so that mobile is viewed as an enhancement, not an existential threat

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Examples

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Free scheduled alerts with ads

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Premium real-time alerts

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Free sponsored mobile apps

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Mobile web

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Kindle edition

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Digital edition newsstand

• Apple iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad 1 and 2)• Android devices• Blackberries and Blackberry Playbook (via PressReader app)• Mobile-friendly web version works on almost any device• Multiple device access under one subscription.• All of Group’s print titles regardless of geographic area or web

presence

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Newsstand on the iPad

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With interactivity

• Not just a replica• Combines the ease of

use of print and online interactivity

• Features: Comments, social media sharing, audio

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Pricing

• Single issues at $0.99

• Subscriptions for regional titles $5.95/mo

• Flagship Inquirer title $9.95/mo (cheaper than a print subscription)

• Commuter freesheet Libre free with any subscription.

• Hinge magazines free with any annual subscription.

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E-Books

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E-Books

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E-Books

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E-Books