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Publishing in the United Kingdom

MarketLine, March 2012, Pages: 37

Introduction

Publishing in the United Kingdom industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2007-11, and forecast to 2016). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the United Kingdom publishing market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

-The publishing market consists of books, newspaper and magazines segments. The book publishing industry comprises publishers of academic, professional, general and other (fictions, non-fiction etc) books. The market value of this segment refers to the domestic B2C sales of books only at the retail sales price (RSP). The newspaper and magazine segment value is calculated as the revenues generated by publishers from B2C sales of copies of their products, and does not include advertising revenues. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2010 annual average exchange rates.

-The UK publishing market is expected to generate total revenue of $13,744.2 million in 2011, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.7% between 2007 and 2011.

-Newspaper sales are expected to be the most lucrative for the UK publishing market in 2011, with total revenues of $7,133.5 million, equivalent to 51.9% of the market's overall value.

-The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 0.3% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $13,939.7 million by the end of 2016.

Features

Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the publishing market in the United Kingdom

Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the publishing market in the United Kingdom

Leading company profiles reveal details of key publishing market players’ global operations and financial performance

Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the United Kingdom publishing market with five year forecasts

Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the United Kingdom economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the United Kingdom publishing market by value in 2011?

What will be the size of the United Kingdom publishing market in 2016?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the United Kingdom publishing market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

What are the main segments that make up the United Kingdom's publishing market?

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary 2
Market value 2
Market value forecast 2
Geography segmentation 2
Market rivalry 2
Market Overview 7
Market definition 7
Market analysis 7
Market Data 8
Market value 8
Market Segmentation 9
Category segmentation 9
Geography segmentation 10
Market Outlook 11
Market value forecast 11
Five Forces Analysis 12
Summary 12
Buyer power 13
Supplier power 14
New entrants 15
Threat of substitutes 16
Degree of rivalry 17
Leading Companies 18
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 18
Guardian Media Group plc 22
News Corporation 26
Pearson plc 29
Macroeconomic Indicators 33
Country Data 33
Appendix 35
Methodology 35
Industry associations 36
Related Datamonitor research 36

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United Kingdom publishing market value: $ million, 2007–11(e) 8
Table 1: United Kingdom publishing market category segmentation : GBP million, 2011(e) 9
Table 1: United Kingdom publishing market geography segmentation : European million, 2011(e) 10
Table 1: United Kingdom publishing market value forecast: $ million, 2011–16 11
Table 1: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc: key facts 18
Table 1: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc: key financials ($) 19
Table 1: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc: key financials (£) 19
Table 1: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc: key financial ratios 20
Table 1: Guardian Media Group plc: key facts 22
Table 1: Guardian Media Group plc: key financials ($) 23
Table 1: Guardian Media Group plc: key financials (£) 23
Table 1: Guardian Media Group plc: key financial ratios 24
Table 1: News Corporation: key facts 26
Table 1: News Corporation: key financials ($) 27
Table 1: News Corporation: key financial ratios 27
Table 1: Pearson plc: key facts 29
Table 1: Pearson plc: key financials ($) 31
Table 1: Pearson plc: key financials (£) 31
Table 1: Pearson plc: key financial ratios 31
Table 1: United Kingdom size of population (million), 2007–11 33
Table 1: United Kingdom gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2007–11 33
Table 1: United Kingdom gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2007–11 33
Table 1: United Kingdom inflation, 2007–11 34
Table 1: United Kingdom consumer price index (absolute), 2007–11 34
Table 1: United Kingdom exchange rate, 2007–11 34

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: United Kingdom publishing market value: $ million, 2007–11(e) 8
Figure 1: United Kingdom publishing market category segmentation : % share, by value, 2011(e) 9
Figure 1: United Kingdom publishing market geography segmentation : % share, by value, 2011(e) 10
Figure 1: United Kingdom publishing market value forecast: $ million, 2011–16 11
Figure 1: Forces driving competition in the publishing market in the United Kingdom, 2011 12
Figure 1: Drivers of buyer power in the publishing market in the United Kingdom, 2011 13
Figure 1: Drivers of supplier power in the publishing market in the United Kingdom, 2011 14
Figure 1: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the publishing market in the United Kingdom, 2011 15
Figure 1: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the publishing market in the United Kingdom, 2011 16
Figure 1: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the publishing market in the United Kingdom, 2011 17
Figure 1: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc: revenues & profitability 20
Figure 1: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc: assets & liabilities 21
Figure 1: Guardian Media Group plc: revenues & profitability 24
Figure 1: Guardian Media Group plc: assets & liabilities 25
Figure 1: News Corporation: revenues & profitability 28
Figure 1: News Corporation: assets & liabilities 28
Figure 1: Pearson plc: revenues & profitability 32
Figure 1: Pearson plc: assets & liabilities 32

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