{"id":4400,"date":"2024-07-12T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egrupp.ee\/?p=4400"},"modified":"2024-07-12T11:01:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T08:01:58","slug":"digital-subscription-results-of-as-ekspress-grupp-in-the-second-quarter-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egrupp.ee\/en\/digital-subscription-results-of-as-ekspress-grupp-in-the-second-quarter-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital subscription results of AS Ekspress Grupp in the second quarter of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><b>The number of digital subscriptions of AS Ekspress Grupp increased by 27% in the Baltic States year-over-year (2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0quarter: 5%, 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0six months: 7%) and totalled 222 558 at the end of June.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The number of digital subscriptions of AS Delfi Meedia that publishes the news portal Delfi, newspapers Eesti P\u00e4evaleht, Maaleht, Eesti Ekspress and several popular magazines increased by 11% year-over-year (2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0quarter: 5%, 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0six months: 5%) and totalled 107 443.<\/li>\n<li>The number of digital subscriptions of AS \u00d5htuleht Kirjastus, 50% of which is owned by Ekspress Grupp, increased by 11% year-over-year (2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0quarter: 3%, 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0six months: 9%) and totalled 27 104.<\/li>\n<li>The number of digital subscriptions of Geenius Meedia O\u00dc increased by 18% year-over-year (2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0quarter: -2%, 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0six months: 6%) and totalled 7 439.<\/li>\n<li>In Latvia, the number of digital subscriptions of Delfi A\/S increased by 25% year-over-year (2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0quarter: 8%, 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0six months: 4%) and totalled 27 417.<\/li>\n<li>In Lithuania, the number of digital subscriptions of Delfi increased by 66% (2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0quarter: 6%, 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0six months: 7%) and totalled 42 834.<\/li>\n<li>The Lithuanian media portal Lrytas launched sales of paid content in the 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0quarter of 2023, the number of digital subscriptions increased by 18% in the 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0quarter and 62% in the 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0six months of the year, totalling 10\u00a0321 at the end of June.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Comments by the Chairman of the Management Board of Ekspress Grupp, Mari-Liis R\u00fc\u00fctsalu:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe media companies, that are part of Ekspress Grupp, increased the total number of digital subscriptions by 27% year-over-year, leading to more than 47\u00a0000 new subscriptions for the group. The number of subscriptions of paid digital content increased the most, by 66%, at Delfi Lithuania, but we are also satisfied with the results of Latvian and Estonian publications. While in Estonia, which is the most mature market, growth was primarily the result of successful marketing campaigns, we continue to see organic market growth and the increasing habit of readers to pay for high-quality digital journalism in other Baltic States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><u>Detailed overview of digital subscriptions<\/u><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><b>30.06.2024<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>31.03.2024<\/b><\/td>\n<td><i>change<\/i><\/td>\n<td><b>31.12.2023<\/b><\/td>\n<td><i>change<\/i><\/td>\n<td><b>30.06.2023<\/b><\/td>\n<td><i>change<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AS Delfi Meedia<\/td>\n<td>107 443<\/td>\n<td>102 629<\/td>\n<td><i>5%<\/i><\/td>\n<td>102 793<\/td>\n<td><i>5%<\/i><\/td>\n<td>96 855<\/td>\n<td><i>11%<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AS \u00d5htuleht Kirjastus<\/td>\n<td>27 104<\/td>\n<td>26 404<\/td>\n<td><i>3%<\/i><\/td>\n<td>24 875<\/td>\n<td><i>9%<\/i><\/td>\n<td>24 477<\/td>\n<td><i>11%<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Geenius Meedia O\u00dc<\/td>\n<td>7 439<\/td>\n<td>7 575<\/td>\n<td><i>-2%<\/i><\/td>\n<td>6 998<\/td>\n<td><i>6%<\/i><\/td>\n<td>6 323<\/td>\n<td><i>18%<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Delfi AS (Latvia)<\/td>\n<td>27 417<\/td>\n<td>25 329<\/td>\n<td><i>8%<\/i><\/td>\n<td>26 427<\/td>\n<td><i>4%<\/i><\/td>\n<td>21 851<\/td>\n<td><i>25%<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Delfi UAB (Lithuania)<\/td>\n<td>42 834<\/td>\n<td>40 310<\/td>\n<td><i>6%<\/i><\/td>\n<td>39 872<\/td>\n<td><i>7%<\/i><\/td>\n<td>25 873<\/td>\n<td><i>66%<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lrytas UAB (Lithuania)<\/td>\n<td>10 321<\/td>\n<td>8 752<\/td>\n<td><i>18%<\/i><\/td>\n<td>6 363<\/td>\n<td><i>62%<\/i><\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<td><i>&#8211;<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Total Ekspress Grupp<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>222 558<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>210 999<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b><i>5%<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>207 328<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b><i>7%<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>175 379<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b><i>27%<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"justify\">The Group considers only the subscriptions with the value of more than 1 euro per calendar month that are separately invoiced and separately cancellable at any given time as digital subscriptions.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Digital subscription revenue makes up an increasingly larger share of the digital revenue base of Ekspress Grupp. We are moving in the direction of the Group&#8217;s long-term goals of increasing the volume of digital subscriptions to 340 000 subscribers in the Baltic countries by the end of 2026. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=FCHjHyQe5JtdT4HRPJzRhgOHhwk95F3QRh2V_A2mu3NF_5z2VmfPL-iBZ8-T673aG1lNol9ebm2uTsuww9sEWPR8yJ8HLO1RlN1CmxBuICxctgev8t0vD1cCUQpAX7uv1nCvsFbbpXgUw6T0EIYafmxCYyIwwJfNIzwXsp2GFok=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><u>long-term goals<\/u><\/a>\u00a0of Ekspress Grupp were established and disclosed at the beginning of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Argo Rannamets<br \/>\nCFO<br \/>\nAS Ekspress Grupp<br \/>\nE-mail address:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=WQiPLrTOxCh21RDjxbL4_77pdn1x8acnSxiqlGipx3D9F49FQQ2yUc58119ragBhmi1EN8ZEAdLscFq-x_MYGKqDXkMNJvkYv5kgeLuEY1Q_CDkMgrJVHKm6M8HDuOd9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><u>argo.rannamets@egrupp.ee<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of digital subscriptions of AS Ekspress Grupp increased by 27% in the Baltic States year-over-year (2nd\u00a0quarter: 5%, 1st\u00a0six months: 7%) and totalled 222 558 at the end of June. The number of digital subscriptions of AS Delfi Meedia that publishes the news portal Delfi, newspapers Eesti P\u00e4evaleht, Maaleht, Eesti Ekspress and several popular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":4398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egrupp.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egrupp.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egrupp.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egrupp.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egrupp.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/egrupp.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4401,"href":"https:\/\/egrupp.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400\/revisions\/4401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egrupp.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/egrupp.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egrupp.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egrupp.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}