As a newspaper consultant and media analyst, CHISHOLM advises many of the world’s leading news media organisations on strategy and business development in both product and practice.

He says: “After over 30 years in the industry, 15 in consulting in over 25 countries, with dozens of media organisations of every size, culture and objective, I believe I can bring experience, best practice, cultural sensitivity, and originality to each project.”

Projects  have included:

At industry level:

• Preparing a ten year forecast for the Newspaper Association of America

1. •Preparing an overview of the future of the UK regional press.
   

2. •Expert advisor to the European Commission study of newspaper distribution
   

• Directing the WAN “Shaping the Future of the Newspaper” project

Recent work with newspaper groups includes:

• Growth and diversification strategy

• Post acquisition integration and performance achievement 

• Acquisition due diligence

• Community internet strategies across a range of markets

• Newspaper repositioning and consequential editorial structures

• New Product Development, evaluation and launch

Work with newspaper titles includes:

• Performance enhancement and business reengineering

• Digital strategy

• Competitive launch

• Change management

• Price management and elasticity

1. •Functional strategy in advertising and circulation
   

Jim Chisholm, Newspaper Consultant and Analyst

email: jim@jimchisholm.net. Telephone: +33 6 40 42 72 32. Mobile, +44 77 75 81 77 97. Skype: jpchisholm