Emily Withrow, R&D Director at Quartz, writes on Nieman lab that: “This year, we retire the news article as the default unit of journalism. It had a good run, but it’s a relic of distribution, audience, and…
Snopes Are Launching a Subscription Service and Making a Strong Case for Why Readers Should Contribute
Snopes are launching a subscription service. Since 1994 they’ve been fighting disinformation online, and have become a household name since then! They really were ahead of their time if you look at their story in the context…
Have We Reached Peak Newsletter? Nope!
We’ve heard the phrase “peak newsletter” tossed around a bit lately. With so many publishers launching them on every topic imaginable, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the market is saturated along with all our inboxes. Jacob…
Growing an Innovative Media Company for LGBTQ Women with Ebone Bell
A few weeks ago I’ve had the opportunity to interview Ebone Bell, the founder and Editor in Chief of Tagg magazine, a media company dedicated to serving the LGBTQ women community covering culture, news and events. They…
Everyone Is Getting in on the News Podcast Action, but Don’t Expect Them to save Publisher Ad Revenues
Podcasts are clearly hot right now. As Jacob Donnely writes in A Media Operator: I believe our industry is smart enough not to do a huge “pivot to audio,” it seems that everyone is launching their own…
Google Launches New Tool to Help Publishers Manage How Their Content Appears
If you’re a publisher who uses Google News, you’re probably familiar with Producer and Publisher Center. Google has now launched a tool that combines these two, merging their features into a single tool that will improve both…
Google’s BERT Is Being Used to Generate Top News Stories Carousels in the SERPS
As reported in Search Engine Journal, Google has started grouping related news articles together in carousels using BERT and other machine learning tools. The carousels will appear in the “top stories” section at the top of the…
Can Publishers Build Sustainable Revenue by Finally Taking Credit for Sales They Make?
We’ve previously written about Buzzfeed’s recent expansion into ever more Ecommerce verticals, is this the future for the industry? Take a look at how their business has evolved over the last two years. As reported in Bloomberg,…
Why You Should Write for Your Audience and Not Yourself
Wholesome Yum publishes content on easy, gluten-free, low card and ketogenic recipes using less than 10 ingredients. CEO and founder Maya Krampf gave an interesting interview in Whats New In Publishing, answering questions about how the brand…
Publishers Still See Email as the Most Important Channel for Driving Subscriptions
Digiday research surveyed 136 media executives about the tactics and strategies they use to drive subscriptions, and which ones get the best results. Shareen Pathak from Digiday Reseach summed up the results: “For publishers looking to drive…