Bad ads—the Internet’s original sin: The Media Roundup
The Internet's original sin In the latest issue of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel’s newsletter about technology and culture, Gizmodo’s Shoshana Wodinsky is explaining bad ads. As Charlie says in his opener, “most… (more)
Debranding and decluttering for subscriber growth? — The Media Roundup
Prioritizing subscribers, not fly-by readers, Skift is “debranding” How much of the clutter and branding on your site would you be willing to strip away in service of a better… (more)
Finding a better way to fund local news: Podcast
On this week’s episode of Media Voices we hear from David Floyd, MD of Social Spider, a community interest company that publishes five community newspapers in London. He tells us about… (more)
Reflecting on a year with Substack, Google’s “Museletter”, and more: The Media Roundup
Casey Newton looks back on a year with Substack When we spoke to Casey Newton on the podcast last year, he’d recently left The Verge and taken the list for his… (more)
Opening up remote hiring has grown and improved the applicant pool: The Media Roundup
Opening up remote hiring has grown and improved the applicant pool Back in the before times, I wanted to make a podcast series called ‘FCKLDN’. I’ve got nothing against the… (more)
How El Diario caters for readers who can’t afford to pay: The Media Roundup
El Diario’s 61K member-strong business model caters to those who cannot pay I love this one. Too often over the past few years I’ve heard people justify hard paywalls with… (more)
BuzzFeed boosts revenue 51%, Facebook’s smart glasses, and more: The Media Roundup
Why Terri White left the best job in magazines “The reality is, if I hadn’t have had my baby, I would still be editing EMPIRE now,” Terri White tells us.… (more)
The day context and community came back to Twitter: The Media Roundup
The day context and community came back to Twitter Does anyone remember context? You know, the idea that content related to other content and can be grouped together to build… (more)
What does Microsoft’s new News service offer publishers? — The Media Roundup
Microsoft launches a personalized news service, Microsoft Start Personalisation is at the heart of many news publishers’ plans for the future. Whether that’s serving audiences specific articles based on their… (more)
Hot Pod acquired by Vox Media: The Media Roundup
Vox Media set to acquire podcasting newsletter Hot Pod Vox Media is acquiring Hot Pod, the independent news outlet focused on the podcasting industry, as part of a bid to… (more)
TikTok overtakes YouTube, publishers are making paid podcasts work, and more: The Media Roundup
Vida's next generation media brands for 2021 We loved Vida Media’s Next Generation Media Brands list last year and we’re delighted that they’ve done it again for 2021. The lineup features 20… (more)
The stratified nature of paid-for newsletters: The Media Roundup
The gritty reality for Substack’s middle class Substack seems like such a great deal for journalists. A direct relationship with your paying audience, without the headaches that come from writing… (more)
Building subscriptions through a crisis: The Media Roundup
“We jumped from 2020 to 2023 in a weekend:” Bauer UK CEO Chris Duncan on building subscriptions through a crisis A revenue drop of 80% and staff scattered to the… (more)
Digital publishing revenues rising, publishers less worried about cookie changes, and more: The Media Roundup
Publishers are less worried about cookie changes than brands Remember when the third-party cookie was scheduled for termination in less than six months? Well it turns out all the stress… (more)
Meredith digital ad revenue up 80%, Twitter’s longform strategy, and more: The Media Roundup
Twitter's longform strategy For readers, Twitter has always been a great discovery engine. Unfortunately for the blue bird, that utility has never really been translated into cold, hard cash. “Twitter… (more)
How has Apple dropped so many subscription balls?: The Media Roundup
Apple’s attempt at podcast subscriptions is off to a messy start Subscriptions are difficult - doubly so when you’re selling them for a medium that traditionally has been free to… (more)
Innovative ideas for subscription success, how Future reversed its fortune, and more: The Media Roundup
An all-female news site raised $200,000 to cover Afghan women. Will it survive now? In 2020, Afghan journalist Zahra Joya, 28, used her personal savings to recruit five women journalists… (more)
Newsletters as a subscription hook are now a core offering: The Media Roundup
Newsletters as a subscription hook are now a core offering A Media Operator’s Jacob Donnelly’s latest places newsletters firmly at the centre of the modern publishing portfolio. The best driver… (more)
Future acquires (most of) Dennis to fuel US expansion: The Media Roundup
Future buys Dennis for £300m What else could today’s lead story be? Future’s rise and rise continues with the acquisition of the vast majority of Dennis, the publisher of our… (more)
NYT’s subscriber-only newsletters, back room of booze to boost sales, and more: The Media Roundup
In Nebraska, a weekly paper is filling its community’s need for news — and booze Creative Printers is a printing shop that also publishes three weekly community papers. They had space… (more)
