Publisher growth tactics for election season | WEBINAR
There is no one model or effective way to build a digital publishing powerhouse. There’re different monetization models, partnerships, team structures and the like that need to be considered.
Explore with us the different digital publishing operation how-tos and case studies.
What’s happening: The largest media event in Europe, the International Journalism Festival (IJF), took place in early April for the 13th year. Experienced media innovators shared knowledge and practical advice on how to drive successful change within publishing organizations, during five full days of workshops and sessions including the School of Data Journalism, organized in […]
I’m Robbert, Head of Events at Bibblio, and we invited the publishing community in London for our first-ever B2B event to talk digitization and new revenue models. On 7 March 2019, Bibblio hosted the fifth edition of the ‘Future of Media & Publishing’ event at Work.Life, Fitzrovia. The evening featured a presentation by Bryan Glick (Editor-in-Chief at ComputerWeekly) and a […]
What’s Happening: In an era when trust in journalism is down and consumers are getting their news from multiple platforms, publishers are moving into the “show me” instead of “trust me” model of journalism, according to Tom Rosenstiel and Jane Elizabeth at the American Press Institute. Why it Matters: With news consumers reading news from […]
Mia Malan, Founding Director at Bhekisisa, is the latest digital publishing professional who provides insights into her daily professional life.
Mia Malan, Founding Director at Bhekisisa, is the latest digital publishing professional who provides insights into her daily professional life.
What’s Happening: The annual tongue-in-cheek Bloomberg Businessweek Jealousy List for 2018 laid out the articles that Bloomberg editors wish they had thought of first. “Journalism so good it makes us question our career choices,” they write. The collection favors lengthy non-fiction journalism, in a similar way that the Longform and Longreads sites do. Why it […]
What’s happening? The music streaming platform, Spotify has publicly announced its move to acquire podcasting companies, in a bid to make its non-musical content as large as 20% of all listening on its website. Judging from its past investments in podcasting, which includes sponsoring shows from Amy Schumer (comedian) and Joe Budden (rapper)— we won’t […]
What’s Happening: Next Media Accelerator, the premier hub for media innovation in Europe, has announced the ten teams that will take part in its accelerator program over the next six months. This round of teams is the most diverse so far, with the largest presence of female founders in the NMA than ever before, and […]
Since its launch in 2015, the newspaper and website Denník N has reached 30,000 digital subscribers — doubling the numbers between 2015 and 2018. Registered readers went from 22,000 in 2015 to 220,000 in 2018, while website visitors have increased to 762,000. Denník N has also seen their paid app base grow, to 10,000 customers […]
The Correspondent, a new online media platform for unbreaking news, successfully reached its membership crowdfunding goal of $2.5 million in 29 days. The funding will enable The Correspondent to build a newsroom of full-time correspondents, editors, developers, designers, operations, and back-office staff in anticipation of the launch of the platform by mid-2019. Nearly 43,000 founding […]
Blockchains are emerging as an embraced solution to problems throughout various industries. The technology has many appeals: it’s easy to set up and can store anything permanently. But the question for news media is, can blockchain technology work for the industry? WAN-IFRA just published a report, “Blockchain and the Future of News,” to highlight many […]
Vivian Afi Abui Dzokoto, Virginia Commonwealth University and Annabella Osei-Tutu, University of Ghana If you want to know how a country views mental illness, take a look at the way its media reports on the issue. That is the view of some scholars who argue that newspapers, television and radio influence negative ideas about mental […]
What’s happening: One of today’s hottest topics in digital publishing is finding the “holy grail” of subscriptions — and many leading media companies have shown that a key driver is user engagement. When it comes to measuring engagement, the “MAU” and “DAU” methods introduced by Facebook still seem to be the most popular. But […]
What’s happening: On October 15, a News Impact Summit was held in Cardiff, Wales, to bring local news organisations from around the world together to identify effective ways to engage with their communities. The free event was organised by the European Journalism Centre and sponsored by the Google News Initiative. With the theme “Local News […]
What’s happening: At Harvard and MIT, Nieman Fellows from all over the world are learning about algorithms from each other and those vast university resources. Uli Köppen is a Nieman Fellow in Cambridge, Massachusetts who is studying algorithmic accountability, machine bias and automation in journalism. Uli Köppen is using the fellowship to gain a better […]
What’s happening: The Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) released an in-depth report that shows the nonprofit news industry has been growing rapidly over the past decade, and continues to offer growth opportunities for publishers. Why it matters: Nonprofit news sites largely emerged as a way to fill information gaps left by cutbacks in traditional media […]
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