Prediction Institute

Cassandra

Cassandra, developed by Prediction Institute, is a sophisticated software solution designed to streamline and enhance the calculation and optimization of single-copy sales for newspapers and magazines.

Built on a proprietary set of advanced statistical models, Cassandra integrates critical economic indicators—such as cost & profit figures, customer purchasing trends, market demand, special news days—to deliver superior financial outcomes compared to competing solutions.

Developed in close collaboration with industry leader JP/Politikens Hus A/S, Cassandra is a mature, reliable product tailored specifically for the newspaper sector. Its intuitive, user-friendly interface seamlessly aligns with the workflows of circulation planning, enabling publishers to efficiently manage distribution, reduce waste, and maximize revenue. With a proven track record, Cassandra empowers media companies to make data-driven decisions, ensuring optimal sales performance in an increasingly difficult and rapidly evolving market.

Reduce return and administration

Cassandra is based on statistical models specifically designed for single copy sales of newspaper and magazines. By determining the economic optimal number of units required at each sales point, Cassandra is able to reduce the return to the most profitable level.

Cassandra is extremely easy to use, requires minimal training and can significantly reduce administrative hours.


Market insight

Cassandra’s Business Intelligence module allows users to simulate various circulation distribution strategies and evaluate their market impact in real time. By modeling scenarios, you can assess key outcomes—such as sales performance, return rates, service levels, and financial implications—enabling data-driven decisions to optimize single-copy sales and enhance overall profitability in a competitive media landscape.


Easy Knowledge Sharing

Cassandra offers powerful tools to analyze and visualize critical market data, empowering media companies with actionable insights. Historical draw and sales data, profit trends, sell-out rates, return percentages, and more can be explored through an extensive suite of customizable graphs and tables. Users can filter data by specific criteria—such as date ranges, regions, or account types—to focus on the exact metrics that matter most. These insights can be easily exported for inclusion in reports, streamlining decision-making and strategic planning.

Like the other parts of Cassandra the statistical module is easy and intuitively to use.

Key Benefits

No Expert Knowledge Required

Cassandra is delivered pre-configured to seamlessly integrate with your specific publications, ensuring a perfect fit for your newspaper or magazine operations. Designed for accessibility, the software is intuitive and straightforward, requiring no specialized IT or statistical expertise to operate effectively. This allows circulation managers and sales teams to quickly adopt and utilize Cassandra, streamlining workflows and enhancing productivity without the need for extensive training.

Easy Implementation

Cassandra is delivered pre-configured to seamlessly integrate with your specific publications, ensuring a perfect fit for your newspaper or magazine operations. Designed for accessibility, the software is intuitive and straightforward, requiring no specialized IT or statistical expertise to operate effectively. This allows circulation managers and sales teams to quickly adopt and utilize Cassandra, streamlining workflows and enhancing productivity without the need for extensive training.


Mission critical solution

Prediction Institute partners with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide secure and scalable cloud hosting for its Cassandra software, tailored for the newspaper and magazine industry. With over 15 years of experience, Prediction Institute has built a strong reputation for reliability, leveraging AWS’s industry-leading infrastructure to ensure high availability and minimal downtime for its clients.


Payment Model

Prediction Institute offers adaptable pricing models tailored to meet the unique needs of your media business, ensuring cost-effective access to Cassandra’s powerful tools for optimizing single-copy sales. With a commitment to transparency, there are no hidden fees, unexpected costs, service charges, or upgrade fees—allowing you to budget confidently and focus on growing your newspaper or magazine operations without financial surprises.

What is Prediction Institute?

Prediction Institute is a Copenhagen, Denmark based software development firm specializing in making focused statistical solutions and making them easy to use.


What is Cassandra?

Cassandra by Prediction Institute is a Single Copy Sales management tool developed specifically for (and in corporation with) the publishing industry with newspapers and magazines in mind.


What is the purpose of Cassandra?

The primary objective of Cassfaq-paragraph-1andra is reducing cost in Single Copy Sales. Secondary benefits includes increased Business Intelligence.

Why Cassandra?

Cassandra is made especially to Cut Cost in Single Copy Sale. It is not cluttered and bloated with unnecessary functionality. It is easy to install and operate; no special IT or statistical knowledge is needed. It has a proven track record of substantial cost savings.


What savings is Cassandra providing?

Cassandra has a documented annual savings of approx. 1 million € for a single newspapers with around 6.000 outlets and a daily circulation of roughly 60.000. In addition the number of hours needed to operate Cassandra has been reduced substantially compared with hours needed for the same process prior to Cassandra.

In what way is Cassandra superior to other similar products?

Cassandra has been specifically designed and developed for the purpose of handling Single Copy Sales for newspapers and magazines. It does this very well. We’re content to let other companies with extensive (& expensive) statistical software suites do a million things, as long as we’re doing this particular thing better than anybody else.


Why was Cassandra developed?

Cassandra was made upon request from the biggest Single Copy Sales newspaper in Denmark (part of JP/Politikens Hus) to Cut Cost in Single Copy Sales, i.e. made for the newspaper industry in cooperation with the newspaper industry.

Asia-Pacific

Please contact
Client Relationship Director, Asia-Pacific Dmitriy Pradid


Email dmitry@predictioninstitute.com

Europe

Please contact
Client Relationship Director, Europe Rune Skardhamar


Email rune@predictioninstitute.com

North America and all other regions and general enquiries

Please contact
CEO Nagnus Gabrielsen


Email magnus@predictioninstitute.com

Phone +45 30242336