Finding the right way to diversify revenue streams can be a struggle for publishers. But as they are becoming hubs of innovation, publishers are in a great place to explore new innovative ways to create audience revenue. Taking inspiration from this week’s Newsrewired summit, we explore some of the top cases in the industry on[…]
Earlier this year, some of you took part in a survey about reader revenue strategies and technology trends – thanks to all who responded! The results of these will be included in the next research report from the Reinventing Digital Editions series (sign-up here for an early copy). Today, we share a sneak peak from[…]
Audio for publishers has taken off over the last decade. Whilst radio journalism has always been a standalone product, the boundaries between all media types have been eradicated in the world of audio. This has not only been caused by an increase in consumption of audio products within journalism, but with the rise of new[…]
As the world was hit by a pandemic and a series of events attracting global attention, like Black Lives Matter and the US Elections, people turned to the news. These weren’t just the usual habitual news readers, but light-readers also turned to publishers for reliable, fact-based news. Much has been said about the different faces[…]
Digital Growth Summit 2021 opened up the conversation on the next 10 years in news. Speakers and participants identified key trends, opportunities and challenges for the news industry. Our top 10 key takeaways from the summit are below. 1. News publishers have a unique opportunity to become a partner in life for their readers Having[…]
Written by Virginia Stagni, Business Development Manager at FT and Director at FT Talent When I joined the FT, I was told that “We need to work with respectful audacity”. This effective line, like an ad, gave a sense of the balanced structure to maintain and suggested the right way to put innovation to work. As[…]
Written by Nic Newman, Senior Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism Others in this series have noted the ways in which digital disruption has turned the industry on its head over the last decade. The move from scarcity of information to abundance through low-cost publishing and distribution has brought new[…]
Subscribing to a newspaper is not common practice for the younger generations. It was only due to my inquisitive nature about events in the world that I subscribed to First News, a children’s newspaper, as a youngster. By saying subscribed, I mean my parents covered the costs to keep me away from the 10PM headlines[…]