We are witnessing the rapid collapse of media institutions that have existed for more than a century. The newspaper industry is undergoing a process of ritual destruction. Broadcast markets are fragmenting into a patchwork of special interests. The next generation of consumers relies on Facebook friends to deliver the kind of value formerly provided by The New York Times.These trends are scary to those of us who have grown up in a world of mass media, but they are inevitable and they will ultimately give birth to a new breed of special interest media that will be richer, more diverse and less predictable than the institutions they replace. For now, we're in an uneasy middle stage: Trusted institutions are going away but the institutions that will replace them have yet to be defined. What does the media landscape of the future look like and what does this mean for businesses that are trying to reach their constituents?
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World Without Media - What Will Fill the Void? From the Inbound Marketing Summit, 10/8/09
1. World Without Media:
What Will Fill the Void?
Paul Gillin
Author, The New Influencers and
Secrets of Social Media Marketing
2. Mainstream Media Collapse
Decline in circulation of top 10
newspapers in 2008: 635,000
Average age of US daily newspaper
reader: 57
Reduction in US newsroom staffs
since 2001: 45%
Growth in NBC prime time
audience, 2008: -14.3%
Age of average network evening
news viewer: 63
TV Guide was sold in October for
$1, or $2 less than a single copy.
2009 TV station ad revenue to drop
20 - 30% (Bernstein Research)
Cost of reaching 1,000 households
with 30-second TV spot in 1986:
$8.28
In 2008: $22.65 (Media Dynamics)
2001 circ. 2009 circ. Change
Woman’s
Day
1.61M 410,000 -74%
Redbook 556,300 154,600 -72%
Playboy 522,800 203,200 -71%
Country
Living
380,200 134,900 -64%
National
Enquirer
1.65M 591,300 -64%
Reader’s
Digest
750,000 270,000 -64%
ESPN
Magazine
54,350 25,200 -63%
US Magazine Circulations
3. New Media Facts
Teens watch 60% less TV than
their parents. They spend 600%
more time online (Arthur W. Page
report)
Twitter membership up 1,400%
last year (Nielsen)
If Facebook was a country, it
would be world’s fifth largest
% of Americans under 33 on
social networking sites: 67
% over 55: 9
Word-of-mouth marketing
spending to hit $3B by 2013
One-third of Americans under
40 say the Daily Show and
Colbert Report are replacing
traditional news outlets.
4. You Read it Here First
Source: Gallup (Dec., 08)
18. The Future of Media Is…
Small
Aggregated
Inclusive
Community-driven
Conversational
Fast
Flexible
Experimental
19. Community as Content
By contributing to the body of knowledge, members
gain insights they couldn’t learn from experts alone
Personal finance Travel planning Local services
Language education
Travel planning How-to video