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“A vital handrail for us all to guide our priorities”: How AI powers editorial decision-making at The Globe and Mail access_time 13 hours ago
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Traditional news readers are better informed: The case against news on social media access_time 14 hours ago
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Google’s massive algo update in 2 months: Publishers concerned about WordPress’ “Gutenberg bloat”

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Google’s massive algo update in 2 months: Publishers concerned about WordPress’ “Gutenberg bloat”

by Monojoy Bhattacharjee access_time2 days ago

“WordPress doesn’t seem aware of what publishers need in terms of better user experience.” A major Google search algorithm update—with “wide-reaching impact”—takes effect in 2 months. This update will introduce new page experience signals, combining Core Web Vitals—designed to measure how users experience the speed, responsiveness, and visual stability of a page—with the existing search signals. According to Google, these changes are expected to “have wide-reaching impact,” which is why the company has been repeatedly announcing the upcoming change for months. We're announcing that page experience ranking signals for Google Search will launch in May 2021. This will combine Core…

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Audio chatrooms like Clubhouse have become the hot new media by tapping into the age-old appeal of the human voice

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Audio chatrooms like Clubhouse have become the hot new media by tapping into the age-old appeal of the human voice

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Google “What is Clubhouse?” and you’ll find a flurry of articles written in the past few weeks about this fast-growing social network. It’s not yet a year old, and much of the buzz stems from the fact that Clubhouse is invite-only, bringing with it an element of exclusivity. Clubhouse’s key attribute is its medium: audio, which sets it apart from established social media and messaging services like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and YouTube that use text, photos, video or a mix. Clubhouse combines the structure of old-school text chatrooms with the immediacy and emotion of the human voice. The social…

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eCommerce livestreaming to generate $25B in sales in the US by 2023: What publishers need to know

“This is where shopping is going,” says Nancy Berger, SVP/Publishing Director and CRO, Hearst Media,…

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“The industry is actually in better shape than many others:” How COVID-19 influenced publishing revenue trends

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“A vital handrail for us all to guide our priorities”: How AI powers editorial decision-making at The Globe and Mail
by Faisal Kalim 14 hours ago
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How do you take a 175-year-old newsroom and successfully launch it into the digital era? “Paywall is not really a technology project,” says Greg Piechota,…
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Traditional news readers are better informed: The case against news on social media
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If social media companies have any chance of dealing with the scourge of misinformation on their platforms, they have to take into account this one…
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Young people are prepared to pay; publishers see success with podcasts: The Media Roundup
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Young readers trust quality news and a good proportion are prepared to pay €6 for a monthly digital subscription WAN-IFRA’s Elizabeth Benítez asked participants between…
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Digital giants paying for content is good news, but will it support local publishers?
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That the internet has all but destroyed the business model that has always supported journalism is not news. But what has made the news around…
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Google’s massive algo update in 2 months: Publishers concerned about WordPress’ “Gutenberg bloat”
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“WordPress doesn’t seem aware of what publishers need in terms of better user experience.” A major Google search algorithm update—with “wide-reaching impact”—takes effect in 2…
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Twitter takes a page from the news media’s digital transformation playbook
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The tech giant is looking to users to reinvent its model. Twitter was full of news about itself and its future this Thursday. The company said it…
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Publishers look to education for new revenue: The Media Roundup
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WWD, The Economist and The Skimm launch education offerings Looks like every day’s a school day after all – publishers looking to fix a historic…
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TIME: At 98, still transforming and giving birth to a new vertical: TIME Business
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The Mr. Magazine™ interview with TIME’s CEO and Editor in Chief Edward Felsenthal “When you and I talked last in 2014, there was just a period…
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Audio chatrooms like Clubhouse have become the hot new media by tapping into the age-old appeal of the human voice
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Google “What is Clubhouse?” and you’ll find a flurry of articles written in the past few weeks about this fast-growing social network. It’s not yet…
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The must-read publishing stories you may have missed this week
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Hearst trials eComm livestreaming, publishers see 50% increase in subs, and more… Is livestream shopping the next publisher gold rush? Livestream shopping is the next…
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International Magazine Centre: 6 workflow tips for publishers
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Simple adjustments to your workflow can have a massive impact on your business by saving both time and money – studies show that if every…
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The collaborative future of news: Insights from Bureau Local
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This week Megan Lucero, director of the Bureau Local at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, provides us with a look at the present and future…
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eCommerce livestreaming to generate $25B in sales in the US by 2023: What publishers need to know
by Faisal Kalim 6 days ago
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“This is where shopping is going,” says Nancy Berger, SVP/Publishing Director and CRO, Hearst Media, as Cosmopolitan gears up to host its second, bi-annual shopping…
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The Independent reaps the rewards of investment: The Media Roundup
by Media Voices 6 days ago
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Independent eyes acquisitions as it marks fourth year of profit despite Covid-19 The Independent has achieved a fourth year in profit since going digital-only, and…
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The Newsletter Era: Growing your newsletters starts with knowing your audience
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Experts share tips on making your newsletter a success Newsletters were one of the fastest growing media distribution and marketing solutions of 2020. Publishers used…
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Facebook versus News: Advertising is the real problem
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The fight between Facebook and the Australian government is over almost before it began. Having drastically overplayed its hand by banning a vast range of content, Facebook…
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“The industry is actually in better shape than many others:” How COVID-19 influenced publishing revenue trends
by Faisal Kalim 7 days ago
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Publishing industry insiders and commentators have often used the word acceleration to describe the effects of the pandemic on various business trends. The latest mediafutures…
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Publishers seeing 20-50% increase in subscriptions: The importance of direct customer relationships
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Bauer, Hearst, Immediate and Dennis Publishing have all seen 20-50% increases in subscriptions — print and digital — with some notable surges for individual brands…
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This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but what was lost along the way?
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After almost a year of heated discussion about the News Media Bargaining Code, there will shortly be a new law of the land – one…
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Audience engagement, affiliate commerce, and more… The Media Roundup
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Audience Engagement = Audience Respect Engagement is one of those buzzwords; something we all acknowledge to be a worthy aim but not something we take…
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Publisher Resource Guides

  • Media Moments 2020

    The key moments that have changed the media landscape during a tumultuous year

    Read more
  • The Publisher’s Guide to Navigating COVID-19

    How publishers are successfully steering a course through the pandemic

    Read more
  • The Publisher’s Guide to eCommerce

    Exploring wider opportunities that eCommerce potentially affords publishers

    Read more
  • The Publisher's Guide to eCommerce: Case Studies

    How specific publishers are successfully leveraging ecommerce opportunities

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  • 50 Ways to Make Media Pay

    A comprehensive guide to publisher revenue models

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Guest Columns

  • International Magazine Centre: 6 workflow tips for publishers

    Simple adjustments to your workflow can have a massive impact on your business by saving both time and money – studies show that if every member of a publishing team saves just 25 seconds per day the team’s overall output will double in three years. But how do they do it? International Magazine Centre consulted …

  • How to play outside the duopoly’s publishing rules

    Today, the word ‘publisher’ encompasses a wide group of publications. From traditional print publications such as The Financial Times to digital-first publications like Wired and even the consumer-generated content website Medium. This evolution towards digitally-native content has boosted the two largest publishers; Google and Facebook. These two ‘publishers’ dominate when it comes to the number …

  • Follow the cookieless road

    Cookies, consent & IDFA, oh my! As if 2020 wasn’t challenging enough, much like in Oz, publishers both big and small are grappling with their houses being picked up and crashed back down in a cookieless world. For many, high up on the 2021 to do lists will be adapting to a slew of browser …

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New Publishing Tech: Q&A

  • Using AI, The Telegraph boosts Facebook engagement by 205%, driving subs growth

    The Daily Telegraph, known online simply as The Telegraph, is a national British newspaper brand launched in 1855 and distributed across the UK and internationally. The …

  • Ogury announces new mobile ad format for publishers: Q&A

    Ogury works with 3,500 publisher partners and is the creator of the world’s first mobile advertising engine driven by user choice. The company has recently launched …

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Interesting & Timeless

  • Publishing is believing, and I do believe… A Mr. Magazine™ musing

    New Magazines:  The Life Blood Of The Magazine Industry At Least 4,730 New Magazines Launched In The Last 20 Years… In any industry or profession, without …

  • Magazines still have a future. But it’s very different from their past.

    Wessenden Marketing, the UK insights consultancy and author of the annual mediafutures survey, has released its overview of the UK magazine market entitled, “Good News …

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