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THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH New Format Update. A Newspaper Re-imagined… Re-invented … Re-Invented. Contemporary, Compact, Convenient Designed to appeal to today’s “ smartphone and tablet ” sensibility Designed to bring the newspaper into the modern era - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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THE COLUMBUS DISPATCHNew Format Update
A Newspaper Re-imagined…Re-invented…Re-InventedContemporary, Compact, Convenient
• Designed to appeal to today’s “smartphone and tablet” sensibility• Designed to bring the newspaper into the modern era• A sectioned newspaper with the compact feel of a tablet
WHY DO IT…
• Two phase research Four focus groups (March 2011)300 prototypes tested with current Dispatch readers (June 2011)
• Testing designs and verifying news consumer attitudes• Response again overwhelmingly positive• Provide the Editorial team feedback from our readers and allow them to
create the best product in the new format• Provide marketing with key copy points
• Ad Impact/Recall StudyMid-March research; sample size = 600
14 ad units testedCompare impact/recall of same ad unit broadsheet vs. new format
Listening to the news consumer
An Overwhelming Majority Rated The Prototype Better Than The Current Format
How would you rate the prototype in comparison to the existing versions of the CD? Would you say that the… Base: Total Readers/Subscribers, 213 initial returns
None Of The Readers Would Discontinue Their Subscription If The Format Were To Change
Base: Total Reader/Subscribers, 213 initial returns; #21. Obviously, some readers will like the new prototype and others will prefer the existing format. Suppose more readers prefer the format that you do NOT prefer, how likely are you to continue reading CD?
Advertisements In The New Format Had Similar Or Better Recall
Source: Mulder Solutions LLC; March 2012. 394 total respondents; 13 same share of voice ad units tested.
More convenient, manageable, portable format
No price change for subscribers or single copy
Enhanced content, adding new sections, destination pages, and high value content.
Same uncompromised editorial quality and breadth of coverage
Benefits For ReadersBenefits to Readers
Strong recall Share Of Voice Increased readership leading to
better advertising ROI Enhanced reader experience &
convenient format in sync with the tablet generation
Continue with the use of modular ad units
New sections, adjacencies, and high impact opportunities
No changes to preprint advertising opportunities
No change to rate structure
Benefits to Advertisers
Straight mode production = 50% more output in same production window Current Output 3V Output50k cph (x 1.5) = 75k cph
Increase facility capacity; particularly useful in the premium newspaper production window—10 PM to 2 AM.
Improved press flexibility by being able to retain existing broadsheet capability and provide new 3V cutoff (two folders/press)
Fewer spliced rolls per production run. Achieve the faster output while running the
presses at the same or even slower speeds should help the “life” of the equipment
Newsprint Savings
Benefits to Production
WHERE ARE WE NOW…
Consumers: What They Are Saying
• Total Starts up 7% YOY; Voluntary up 38% YOY, averaging 1,115 per
week
• Acquired a younger, more affluent audience than traditional subscriber (compared to subscribers gained through other direct marketing efforts)
Younger. 46% of those subscribers are between ages 18-39.
More affluent. 58% have a HHI higher than $75K per year
More likely to have children. Nearly half of these new subscribers have children compared to less than a third of our more tenured subscribers
New Format Sales Results
Negative Comments for New Format Revolve Around The Following Key Themes
• The process demands that we not just turn what we do today into a future mini-version.
• Education is an ongoing must.
• The chance to "reinvent the wheel" has invigorated the Editorial staff, with 50-plus people involved in organized discussions about content and presentation
• We naturally think what we do is the best we can do, but we stripped the paper down to the studs and asked: what did readers tell us to do? And then we did it, using the new size to build a magazine-like newspaper...
Lessons Learned from Editorial…
• Change to UNIT pricing far in advance of any shift
• Implement a process to call on ALL top 80% of customers
• Invest in your own local, independent research
• Rethink the experience, don’t just downsize
From Advertising…
• Collation practice & time needed.
• Increase customer service availability.
• Biggest concern from insert advertisers: Will inserts fall out of the paper? We inserted the kraft jacket so that the open side of the jacket was placed inside the fold of the paper.
From Circulation…
• Think process and people. Technology hiccups can sometimes be solved faster than the staff embracing change, training new employees, and recruitment to cover a growing business.
• Build in as many buffers & contingencies of resources as you can all the way through the process.
• Change is inevitable; however, change as few things as possible in addition to the planned changes.
From Production…
• Since our launch we have doubled our newsprint volume bringing on Cincinnati and associated products—approximately 2,000 MT per month.
• Insert volume has increased by 50%. We now produce TMC, daily, and Sunday insert packages for 12 daily newspapers.o 438MM inserts 2012o 656MM inserts 2013 (P1-8 actual & P9-12 projected)
• Nearly doubled our press staff.
• Added 150+ PT packaging department staff.
• Typical press speeds are between 75-80K cph. Folder is rated at 90K cph.
Ongoing Operational Changes
Production Equipment Changes
Production Equipment Changes
Questions?
Kelly ClineProduction General Manager Dispatch Printing Company