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The total audience on Instagram has surpassed that on Facebook globally for the first time, according to a new report. The Social Media Trends Report for Q4 2019 by Socialbakers, which provides AI-powered social media marketing services, focuses on the organic performance of top 50 brands on Instagram and Facebook. It gets into details like audience size, audience insights by age and gender, and the distribution of interactions across industries. Highlights for publishers: “Instagram is more popular than the “blue app”” Instagram had 3.57B impressions in the last three months of 2019, compared to 3.47B on Facebook. In the previous…

First Facebook offered to pay publishers “millions of dollars”. Now Google is following suit. BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti predicted almost a decade ago that major tech firms—such as Facebook and Google—would ultimately pay publishers for content, the same way cable companies pay television content producers for shows. “You have to have some quality journalism,” Peretti said recently, “or the vacuum will be filled by counterfeit journalism.” Google is echoing a very similar sentiment. We want to help people ﬁnd quality journalism – it’s important to informed democracy and helps support a sustainable news industry. Richard Gingras, VP of News at Google…

If you survey the field of publisher subscription models, you’ll basically find that the vast…

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Bonnier Corp., one of the largest special-interest publishing groups in America, is set to launch…

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What does the Google move mean for the industry? The proof is in the cookie.
OPINION In evolutionary terms, we are living in the consumer data era. Google’s plan to phase out support for third-party cookies in Chrome is simply the latest development in the evolution process of consumer data and privacy. Naturally, rhetoric is spinning around the web, at times with a sense of hysteria attached mainly due to …
The death of the cookie signals a new golden age for publishers
Opinion Google has spoken. The third-party cookie is dead. No more speculation, rumour or dread. Last week it finally announced that it will block third-party cookies in the Chrome browser within the next two years. The news, while largely expected, has still sent shockwaves across the media and marketing industries. But for publishers, this isn’t …
Bo Sacks: Are the 2020s when print media will end?
Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “There are no facts, only interpretations.” That comes mighty close to our understanding of the magazine industry today, at least when it comes to the various reports we constantly read on the subject. Too often some industry prognosticators confuse what is happening to “the big guys” to be representative of the …

“A watershed moment for the business”: Instagram sees 20x more interactions than Facebook, and a bigger audience

“A watershed moment for the business”: Instagram sees 20x more interactions than Facebook, and a bigger audience

Google will pay publishers to “support a sustainable news industry”

Google will pay publishers to “support a sustainable news industry”

Why The Information’s paywall strategy is so successful

“Clearly too big a space for publishers to ignore”: How Bonnier is leveraging its brands for licensing and eCommerce

5 digital subscription trends for publishers, in charts

Medium’s Scott Lamb on building relationships with readers

“The biggest change to News Feed since 2013”: Facebook is making it easy to bypass its algorithm

No, the podcast ‘gold rush’ isn’t over. Podcasting’s golden age is just beginning

Deepfakes: 5 ways in which they are brilliant business opportunities

Insights from Mash Media, on the synergy between magazines and events

“A watershed moment for the business”: Instagram sees 20x more interactions than Facebook, and a bigger audience

Google will pay publishers to “support a sustainable news industry”

These are the skills media professionals need to survive today: Insights from Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith and more

How publishers can drive subscription sign-ups with paid content distribution sequencing

Why The Information’s paywall strategy is so successful

“Clearly too big a space for publishers to ignore”: How Bonnier is leveraging its brands for licensing and eCommerce

What the content industry can learn from the phenomenon of binge-watching

After a decade of testing business models, a Singapore-based publisher finds its path to profitability

“Buy applause and show support”: YouTube rolls out a new monetization tool for creators

5 tips for publishers to grow email subscribers fast

Women’s lifestyle magazine In The Moment on the emerging market of mindfulness

The must-read publishing stories you may have missed this week

Google to help publishers in Europe grow revenue, through their Subscriptions Labs program

Crowdfunding: a publisher’s story