Charting the digital reader revenue course for news media

Digital transformation roadmap

Keys to audience growth

Managing lifecycle of digital subscriptions

Best practices in retention and pricing

Proven strategies for transformation and growth


The INMA Media Subscriptions Town Hall is the world's largest annual virtual conference focused on strategies and tactics to grow and optimise news media subscriptions.

Every year more than 1,000 news executives and professionals join the live stream to discuss the future of media subscriptions, share ideas, and inspire change.

This two-and-a-half-hour event on November 30 at 10:00 a.m. New York time will cover the latest trends, benchmarks, and best practices in transforming print publications to digital, using data and analytics to increase audience and subscribers, managing the entire subscription lifecycle, and optimising retention and pricing.

Keynote speaker David Rogers, a professor at Columbia Business School and author of “The Digital Transformation Playbook”, will share an innovative framework on mapping out a digital roadmap.

Greg Piechota, researcher-in-residence at INMA, will moderate panel discussions featuring case studies, insights from subscription executives worldwide, experts from Mather Economics, and INMA analysts.



Keynote Speaker


Prof. David Rogers

Prof. David Rogers

Author, Digital Transformation Playbook
Columbia Business School, United States





Speakers


Kaisa Aalto

Kaisa Aalto

Subscription Business Owner
Helsingin Sanomat
Finland

Andreas Ahlden

Andreas Ahlden

Head of Marketing and Paid Content
Nordwest Mediengruppe
Germany

Josua Diggelmann

Josua Diggelmann

Head of Subscription Management
Tamedia
Switzerland

Pete Doucette

Pete Doucette

Global Consulting Lead and Senior Manager
Mather Economics
United States

Hanne Hendrikx

Hanne Hendrikx

Manager, Customer Retention
Mediahuis
Belgium

Max Holscher

Max Holscher

Member of the Chief Editors Board
Nordwest-Zeitung
Germany

Koen Meeusen

Koen Meeusen

Sales Director, B2C
Mediahuis
Belgium

Greg Piechota

Greg Piechota

Readers First Initiative Lead
INMA
United Kingdom

Patrick Tornabene

Patrick Tornabene

Chief Consumer Officer
Newsday
United States

Moderated by


Greg Piechota

Greg Piechota

Lead, Readers First Initiative
International News Media Association (INMA)







What the Town Hall will cover

How do you assess your current digital maturity and map out a transformation roadmap? What are the key steps and milestones?

What strategies work at early versus mature stages of a subscription program and market development? How to benchmark progress?

What data and metrics are imperative to monitor to grow digital audience and subscribers? How can you use analytics to optimise conversion funnels?

When is it effective to offer discounted trial subscriptions versus premium pricing plans? What creative price bundling works?

How can you reduce churn and increase retention across subscription plans? What tactics reduce cancellations at different lifecycle stages?


About the Town Hall

Date
Thursday 30 November

Time
10:00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. New York time (3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. London time)

Registration fee
Free

What you receive:
Livestream on 30 November
Recording of Town Hall
All Town Hall presentations



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