{"slug":"how-schibsted-s-ai-model-helped-boost-subscription-sales","url":"https://findausecase.com/use-cases/how-schibsted-s-ai-model-helped-boost-subscription-sales","title":"How Schibsted's AI model helped boost subscription sales","description":"Schibsted developed a machine learning model to serve personalized subscription-sales recommendations to anonymous, non-logged-in front-page readers, using first-party demographic data (age/gender predictions from advertising) and sales insights to generate real-time, on-demand recommendations rather than batch processing. Of 158 candidate data points tested, around a dozen were retained as model features. A/B tests showed a 75 percent increase in subscription sales from front-page articles compared to previous models. The system is integrated with Schibsted's Curate content recommendation platform, using Flyte for orchestration and AWS DJL for model inferencing, and the team is transitioning to Tecton as a managed feature store.","company":"Schibsted","industry":"Media & Entertainment","aiCapabilities":["Machine Learning","Recommendation & Personalization"],"technology":["Flyte","AWS DJL (Deep Java Library)","Tecton"],"deployment":"Unknown","problemStatement":"Schibsted needed to serve highly relevant subscription-sales recommendations to anonymous, non-logged-in front-page readers despite a lack of robust reading history and user data for these users, one of the industry's toughest personalisation challenges.","solutionApproach":"Schibsted developed a machine learning model that leverages first-party demographic data (age and gender predictions from its advertising business) and processed sales data to generate real-time, on-demand subscription-sales recommendations rather than relying on traditional batch processing. Of 158 data points tested, only about a dozen were retained as model features. The model is fully integrated with Schibsted's Curate content recommendation system, blending its insights with editorial signals, using orchestration tools like Flyte and AWS DJL (Deep Java Library) for efficient model inferencing in a Java-based internal application, and the team is now transitioning to Tecton, a managed feature store solution.","businessValue":"A/B tests showed a 75 percent increase in subscription sales from front-page articles compared to previous models, in some of the use cases, unlocking new revenue opportunities.","evidence":{"band":"high"},"sourceUrl":"https://wan-ifra.org/2025/08/how-schibsteds-ai-model-helped-boost-subscription-sales","dates":{"publishedAt":"2026-08-21T09:06:40.027Z","publishedAtSource":"pipeline","updatedAt":"2026-08-21T09:06:40.027Z"},"license":"Open for reading and citing with a link to https://findausecase.com/use-cases/how-schibsted-s-ai-model-helped-boost-subscription-sales. Bulk republication requires permission."}