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Publishing in the pandemic: Print squeeze, digital boost - Venture Insights

Report Overview

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Publishing in the pandemic: Print squeeze, digital boost

PublisherEnders Analysis.
Publish Date May 19, 2021
Sector Media, Press, UK Media.

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Contents

Contents

Hefty print losses in the past thirteen months

Digital soars: boom in traffic and subscriptions

Outlook for 2021: end of furlough and big tech payments

Appendix

Figures and Tables

Figure 1: Print press financials (£m)

Figure 2: Commuting during the pandemic versus pre-COVID baseline, UK

Figure 3: National newspaper year-on-year paid circulation change, selected titles

Figure 4: Weekday versus weekend editions, % circulation change

Figure 5: Online traffic (lha) & time spent (rha), UK news publishers

Figure 6: Digital subscriptions/membership, selected UK news publishers (000)

Figure 7: Effects on business metrics, users vs non-users of advertising on digital news brands

Figure 8: Estimated redundancies and furloughs in UK news publishing, 2020

Figure 9: Press advertising spend (£m, % year-on-year change)

Figure 10: Innovations in news publishing

Figure 11: Government funding and support