Chisholm is launched !

Jim Chisholm is returning to operating his own global consulting service to the news media industry; something that he began sixteen years ago. This follows the merger between WAN and IFRA and iMedia’s subsequent withdrawal from its joint venture with IFRA.

The new company, operating under the name “CHISHOLM”, will offer a full range of strategic and functional consulting services and will continue to field a faculty of world class advisers, functional specialists and analysts.

Specific programmes will include:

§ Accelerating revenue recovery ahead of the economic cycle
§ Optimising digital pricing and revenues
§ Business development and diversification strategies
§ Functional development in terms of effectiveness and efficiency
§ Industry strategies working with trade organisations and suppliers
§ Business modelling
§ Research to identify market or business opportunities
§ Acquisitions – strategy and due diligence
§ Forecasting the newspaper industry’s future, for which Jim is widely regarded

Jim Chisholm says: “Our goal with this business is to offer publishers experience-driven, analytical services that reflect 16 years of consulting and research experience in a global arena. As well as bringing knowledge and insight, this offers efficiencies through experience that mean better value to our clients, in terms of ROI, and saves the client time that has to be devoted to a project. Unlike many consulting firms, we don’t have to learn the business to explain it back to you. We understand publishing globally and functionally.

“We guarantee we will work only on projects in which we can offer world class advice, and where we can’t we will send you to a partner who we believe is better.” This is a promise that few other consulting firms make.

The company will continue to periodically produce special reports on key issues facing the industry. Recent examples are a report on the future of the UK regional press, in response to an UK Government enquiry into the future of regional media, and a number of papers on potential newspaper content pricing models . Jim continues to write his monthly column, which is syndicated to trade media around the world.

He has received a lot of press coverage recently on his positive views about the future of the newspaper industry in Europe and the USA, and is currently up-dating his study for the NAA on the future of the US newspaper industry.