Digital Newspaper Consumption Reaches Record Highs

US newspaper digital adoption has hit new peaks this year as more adults have been embracing paid content. This October, roughly 166 million adults accessed newspaper content on digital platforms, such as replica editions and dedicated apps. This equated to a 17% increase over the previous year. The key growth area in digital newspaper consumption is directly attributed to the refinement of mobile and tablet apps.  Accessing newspapers on a mobile device has seen an increase of 85% year-on-year during October.  This figure should increase further as many media outlets have developed sophisticated app strategies to scale the audience. We are seeing to see a departure from the paywall strategy that the New York Times pioneered a few years ago and many properties all over the world have been embracing. The problem with paywalls is that it is primarily relevant when accessing the website from a PC and not indicative to a cohesive mobile strategy. Overall, publishers are scrambling to make more money off of digital readers either through paid online strategies or newer advertising mediums like native and branded content. There are a number of companies that are seeing a massive amount of success in the digital space that have non-conventional business models. Vancouver based Pressreader has been a major player in replica editions and offer access to thousands of internal papers for a low monthly fee. Instead of subscribing to one, you can subscribe to as many as you want, which certainly appeals to ex-pats or business executives traveling and don’t have access to their local paper under conventional means. Another company seeing success is Netherlands based Blendle, who  recently attained three million dollars from the NY Times and and German media giant Axel Springer. The company launched in 2013 and has been billing themselves as the iTunes of news. This has been a hot topic for quite a few years already, and this pay-for-what-you-read model is a huge step forward.  The Blendle service has attracted over 130,000 registered users in just over a year, by partnering up with hundreds of  news agencies and pay them a percentage of every article that is read. Each news item price is established by the publisher, so the pricing is not consistent, but everything is really cheap. Digital Newspaper Consumption Reaches Record Highs is a post from: Good e-Reader

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