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Digital Publishing: For Some Publishers, Paywalls are Gaining Traction

What makes a paywall successful?  The New York Times & Wall Street Journal have both been successful in generating revenue via paid reader subscriptions for their digital content while other papers like The Sun & The Toronto Star continue to offer their content free online or have scrapped paywalls they initially used.   Who’s right about whether or not to use paywalls?  As publishers are discovering, it’s a balancing act […]

Digital priorities for publishers – a global snapshot

Different industry experts in different countries are focused on different priorities for 2016.  From video content to digital marketing, increasing subscriptions to mobile speed and app usage, and the always important increasing revenue, each country has it’s own platforms and pitfalls to worry about. Read more about digital priorities of publishers around the globe at wan-ifra.org

All the news that’s fit to podcast: Newspapers try out audio

Podcasts have been around forever and with the likes of Serial shining a light on the journalistic possibilities, newspapers are testing out the podcast waters.  It’s an engaging media format that can be shared easily, go viral with the right content, and make money with the premium subscription services available. With the elections coming up and unexplored unsolved cases, there’s a wealth of content available in this relatively cheap medium. […]

The publisher homepage is making a comeback

When was the last time a digital publisher got to have fun with their homepage? With the rise of search and social, news in consumed more by the article as it is shared online, than through a homepage gateway, the way print news is. Articles make the money and reach the audience. And because of this, publishers now have more flexibility and freedom to use their site homepages as a […]

Newspaper bosses ‘paralyzed’ by change, clueless about paid content, says Steve Brill

James Warren‘s interview with Steve Brill discusses his learnings from the early days of paywalls for newspapers, and how newspapers can utilize his experience that high-quality, long-form content can increase paid subscriptions.  As a veteran of the industry, Steve Brill has seen the evolution of paid online content in the news industry and believes it can lead to added revenue. Read full article at poynter.org

Some of the Millennial generation actually pays for the news…

Research conducted by the American Press Institute shows that Millennials, who it is thought have a much more entitled viewpoint to digital media, do in fact use paid subscription services to access a variety of digital & print media. While digital entertainment lead the pack, a surprising amount of Millennials also used paid digital & print subscriptions to magazines, newsapps, & newspapers. Original article & research published by the American […]

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