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9/5/2023
18 : 44
How a B2B outlet that covers the corporate travel industry built up a loyal subscriber base
The Company Dime mostly eschewed sponsorship revenue and focused instead on delivering high-quality journalism.
9/1/2023
18 : 44
The advertising industry is really good at turning a blind eye
PLUS: CNN finally acknowledges reality
8/30/2023
15 : 44
How B2B publisher Skift built a well-rounded and resilient media business
PLUS: What Walter Frick learned while running Quartz's membership program
8/25/2023
20 : 54
The dirty secret in publishing: leaky paywalls
I've been talking to more and more publishers who say that LinkedIn is their #1 social traffic referrer.
8/22/2023
20 : 14
How Man of Many grew into the largest men's lifestyle media outlet in Australia
Frank Arthur and Scott Purcell realized early on that content consistency was paramount.
8/18/2023
17 : 44
Is a freelance journalism career even possible anymore?
PLUS: The New York Times seems to have cracked the code for developing addictive games
8/15/2023
18 : 24
Why Starter Story ditched advertising to focus on selling its products
PLUS: How Project Brazen adapts its IP for books, podcasts, film, and television
8/14/2023
12 : 35
Can publishers even block AI bots?
PLUS: Publishers got a little too aggressive about launching new podcasts.
8/14/2023
11 : 5
Micropayments still don't work
PLUS: "More than 96% of programmatic ad spending growth will stem from video this year"
8/2/2023
20 : 44
One of the largest newsletters on Substack is leaving Twitter
PLUS: Why discount offers are bad for subscriber retention
7/28/2023
20 : 14
The end of the advertising recession?
PLUS: How to sell a content business
7/27/2023
0 : 44
How the journalism career trajectory is changing
PLUS: YouTube is quietly becoming a subscription behemoth
7/21/2023
20 : 54
How to drive paid subscriptions without a paywall
PLUS: Medium is tweaking its author payouts in an attempt to incentivize more high quality writing.
7/20/2023
0 : 34
Business models often lag audience growth
PLUS: Ira Glass reflects on the podcast industry he helped create.
7/16/2023
14 : 34
How in-person meetings can boost your audience growth
PLUS: How Eric Newcomer built his tech newsletter up to over 65000 subscribers
7/16/2023
13 : 24
The Economist's brand outshines its journalism
PLUS: How local news startups are building sustainable business models
7/7/2023
19 : 14
The resurgence of the open web
PLUS: What the most successful local news startups have in common
7/6/2023
0 : 44
Apple has declared war on email newsletters
PLUS: How Jay Shabat built one of the earliest newsletters covering the travel industry
7/4/2023
1 : 4
What the most successful local news startups have in common
Dan Kennedy and Ellen Clegg have been visiting and interviewing the entrepreneurs behind local news startups that managed to thrive in this new digital landscape.
6/30/2023
20 : 24
The rise of unsexy B2B media
PLUS: Why Canada's new “journalism” law will not save journalism