USA Today

USA Today has been able to differentiate itself and stay away from the commodity status of most news sources by being innovators (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). USA Today’s primary focus is to provide and deliver a product that meets the consumers’ needs (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). Therefore, their newspaper and e-newspaper provide an intangible service to consumers (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). The ideas presented in the USA Today’s newspaper are issues aimed at promoting a benefit to the reader (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). Whether the benefit is increasing awareness of the number of adults that are becoming diabetics or the increase in teen suicides due to bullying (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). The ideas or content marketing provides much value

USA Today has long been one of the nation’s leading newspapers. It started in 1982 and quickly became very popular because of its new format, colorful pictures and charts, and condensed articles. The paper targeted a different demographic than its predecessors and was able to get more people interested in newspapers than had previously been. USA today grew quickly and appealed to many different age groups because of their attention to not only the current issues but also celebrity news and a strong sports section. When technology began to boom and more people began to get their news from the internet or mobile devices, USA today began to see a decline in revenue and growth as did every other newspaper. They had to begin to focus on

The New York Times has a strong brand presence, name and equity in the United States. According to Michael Hirschorn, contributing editor at the Atlantic, “You really can trace almost any major story these days to something that originally appeared in The Times. The problem is that once it reaches the public, they may not even know it came from The Times.” Readers of The New York Times are extremely loyal as well. A daily issue is priced at $2.50 compared to $2.00 for the Wall Street Journal and $1.00 for USA Today. In addition, within nine months, 390,000 consumers have subscribed to www.nytimes.com for a premium price of approximately $4.00 a week [Table B] and 70% of print subscribers have taken

Now, with the advent of the internet greatly transforming the information-gathering sector, the newspaper industry is fighting a tough battle for profitability.

Tom and the USA today team faced a new rapidly developing internet information boom. News was not just becoming accessed more by digital sources, but it was being created or changed into digital sources of information. The internet had created, in the context of the news industry, a disruptive outlet to the newspaper production, sales, and distribution. Whole new infrastructures and business strategy focused on web design, rapid information updates, media outlets, and becoming more up to date with the current technological trends in news, information, and communications. With that, Tom realized that the business expand and use its core competencies in content distribution into three formats, which would allow USA today to impact different market segments with one of three particular product/service changes. With the new divisions, the overall strategy would need to become more ambidextrous to guide and coordinate the branches under a single

USA Today has been able to differentiate itself and stay away from commodity status of most news sources by they were a newspaper that was considerably set apart from other newspapers. USA Today had many distinct and unique features that were incorporated. USA Today has content and an appearance that is as bold and fearless as its mission (Stein, 2015, p. 78). The features included such as the newspaper was laid out and provided easy and quick access, quick comprehension for a hastily reader (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). Furthemore, there were only four sections that were offered in the newspaper with information that was very concise, clear, succinct, and included short writeups.

Technology has advanced and changed very rapidly. Our business world depends on the most recent technology. Technology impacts customers’ choices of buying because what costumers want is convenience and personal satisfied tastes.

Problem Statement: The advent of internet brought about both challenges and opportunities for the newspaper industry. On one hand, it required redesigning a new product suited for online customers and on the other it was an opportunity to reach to 123 million potential customers in this category. Thus to keep up with the pace of emerging digitization in every field, like all newspapers, New York Times also added online reading in their product portfolio. However it only worsened the crisis the newspaper was already going through. The operating profit declined by more than 76% from 234Mn$ in 2010 to a mere 57Mn$ in 2011. The circulations were steadily declining and the new online advertising could not compensate for print advertising

For decades, the Los Angeles Tribune was a driving force behind the news in Los Angeles. The emergence of the internet and of video news blogs and e-commerce have diminished the importance of printed media and greatly increased competition in the newspaper marketplace. Problems such as the rising cost of paper, and an aging customer based have affected the relevance of the Los Angeles Tribune. Also with the decreased advertising revenue, these have caused the paper to revise its goals.

The onset of the recession in the United States more likely caused by the burst bubble of the housing market subprime loans in 2007 had a domino effect on major businesses here at home and around the world. The documentary, “Page One: Inside The New York Times” directed by Andrew Rossi, allows access to the inner struggles of The New York Times as it fights to stay alive amidst the collapse of other great news paper businesses.

The newspaper industry is undergoing a radical change in three primary areas caused by technology. First, the underlying two-sided business model is changing. With the Advent of internet, news content is easily and freely available from various sources but lacks quality journalism and credibility. Revenues from online advertising are not large enough to compensate for decline in revenues from print advertising & subscription. Newspaper industry is experiencing new realm of new content delivery and in process of understanding and establishing sustainable sources and

Technology has almost become a necessity in life every day. With social networking, the need for entertainment and even in some cases for work purposes; the variety of services are close to endless making it a high demand outlet. Causing people to look and crave for high quality products. Examples are when a consumer looks for a particular

The Chronicle Gazette is one of today’s leading newspapers in the United States, with a circulation of 225,000 customers. Over the past few years, it has been facing a steady decline in its customer base and revenues. This is mainly due to the increase of people using the internet as their means of gathering news and information. The

On its debut in 1982, USA Today was reckoned as America’s first National general-interest daily newspaper. Being the global information juggernaut that he is, Gannett managed to identify a gap in the market that he identified as an opportunity for the leading to-be newspaper of the united States. The opportunity was the void gap in the market. Attention to the business traveler was the least attended to

In 1760, The Boston News-Letter was the first newspaper to be continuously published in the United States. A 250-year legacy of printed news could not have lasted if it newspapers didn't not have it uses. Aside from the entertainment value, newspapers exist for the main purpose of bringing news of international, national, and local news to the doorsteps of the people. Without such frequent and stable form of communication, it would be difficult for any nation to call itself a free democracy. Today however, it cannot be expected that newsprint will last forever. Statistical data firmly suggests newspapers around the world are falling both in number and circulation. The past several years have been difficult for newspapers as other news