Targeted Advertising: The Role of Subscriber Characteristics in Media Markets

Ambarish Chandra

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: This paper seeks to establish the importance of targeted advertising in media markets. Using zip-code level circulation for US daily newspapers, I show that newspapers facing more competition have lower circulation prices but higher advertising prices than similar newspapers facing little or no competition. I explain this by showing that newspapers in more competitive markets are better able to segment readers according to their location and demographics. This leads to greater homogeneity in the characteristics of subscribers and raises advertisers' willingness to pay for such readers. The results imply a substantial benefit to advertisers and media firms from targeted advertising.

Keywords: Targeted Advertising; Media Markets; Newspapers; Media Segmentation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D4 L1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-com, nep-cul, nep-mic, nep-mkt and nep-ure
Date: 2008-03

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