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When does it make sense NOT to have a paywall? And generalizing a Paywall Principle.

September 18, 2012 By Sajith Pai in News Media No Comments Tags: Advertising Revenues, Fitness, Online, Online / Digital, Paywalls, The Hindu, The New York Times, The Times of India, Washington Post

Today, most newspapers in USA have either instituted a paywall (typically some variant of the metered model) or are considering one actively. Hey, even Buffett the legendary investor recommends paywalls stating “…you shouldn’t be giving away a product you’re trying to sell. That’s key to the future of the newspaper”.

However, one of Buffett’s investee companies, The Washington Post Co has thus far been content to stay away from any …

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Survival Plan for Newspapers : Become a magazine!

September 13, 2012 By Sajith Pai in News Media No Comments Tags: Advertising Revenue, Circulation Revenue, Magazines, Preprints, Sunday Newspapers, The Economist, The New York Times

A recent update on the State of the Media website commenting on the Newspaper Industry’s performance in 2011, spoke about the disproportionate importance of the Sunday edition, and how it could lead Publishers into de-emphasizing the weekday edition.

Thank God it’s Sunday!

According to the State of the Media report, about 35-50% of newspaper advertising revenue now comes from the Sunday edition. If we add to it the Sunday edition’s …

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Why is Warren Buffett buying newspapers?

September 7, 2012 By Sajith Pai in News Media No Comments Tags: BH Media, Buffalo News, Lee Enterprises, Media General, Mergers & Acquisitions, Omaha World Herald, USA Newspapers, Warren Buffett

Originally written on 24 May ’12, updated subsequently.

Last week’s announcement that Warren Buffett’s World Media Enterprises Inc., is acquiring 63 daily + weekly papers across Southern USA from Media General for $142m has created significant buzz across news blogs and commentary sites.

This is Buffett’s 2nd deal in the newspaper space of late – previously in Dec’11 he announced the acquisition of Omaha World-Herald, and other dailies …

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Why did Jagran Prakashan buy Nai Dunia, and at such a price?

April 6, 2012 By Sajith Pai in News Media No Comments Tags: Acquisition, Jagran Prakashan, Mid-day, Nai Dunia, Valuation

On 2 April, Jagran Prakashan (JPL), the publishers of Dainik Jagran announced the acquisition of Nai Dunia. 

The deal was concluded at an effective price of 150crs (thanks to a tax shield due to accumulated losses of 250crs in the books of Nai Dunia) for a brand that had revenues of 100crs and EBITDA of -25crs (FY11).

ICICI Securities in its report on 3 Apr 12 calls …

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