News start-up 1440 sees growth with impartial reporting: The Media Roundup
Today’s roundup is brought to you by Esther. "It took four years to reach 1 million subscribers, but only one more to reach 2 million": How media brand 1440 took off… (more)
Twitter to start charging $20 per month for verification: The Media Roundup
RIP to the platform momentum narrative There are signs that the days of never ending platform growth are over. Digiday is reporting that, based on the latest earnings reports from… (more)
Defector is profitable in Y2, with almost every dollar coming from readers: The Media Roundup
Defector’s most successful promo email was too “creepy” to repeat The headline for this really buries the lede. The actual story here is that Defector - the employee-owned sports and… (more)
Half of US readers bypass paywalls: The Media Roundup
Paywall dodgers: Half of U.S. consumers attempt to get around publishers’ paywalls Okay, hands up who’s ever opened an article in incognito mode to get around a metered paywall? Or… (more)
Apple announces more ads coming to App Store next week: The Media Roundup
Apple announces more ads coming to App Store next week In an email to developers Apple announced that, this week, app-related ads are to begin appearing in the App Store’s… (more)
The rebirth of magazines (no, really): The Media Roundup
The rebirth of magazines Last night we recorded the next episode of Media Voices where we did a deep dive into newsletter trends over the past year with Mark Stenberg.… (more)
Semafor woos advertisers with promises of depolarization: The Media Roundup
Today’s roundup is brought to you by Peter Semafor woos advertisers with promises of depolarisation OK sorry, but there’s only one story I can lead on today… the highly anticipated (and… (more)
The media and the metaverse: The Media Roundup
TikTok's media literacy crisis: What can be done to stop the spread of misinformation on the app? Entirely predictably, TikTok’s algorithm and infinite scroll app design is fostering an environment… (more)
TikTok moves into product fulfilment: The Media Roundup
TikTok chases Amazon with plans for U.S. fulfillment centers TikTok is planning to build its own product fulfillment centers in the U.S., creating an e-commerce supply chain system that could… (more)
The best insights from this year’s Pub Pod Summit: The Media Roundup
Work hard, be confident, avoid silos and give it ten weeks: Top audio tips from Publisher Podcast Summit Bron Maher’s done a great job here of condensing some of the… (more)
How Tortoise podcasts became the most profitable part of the ‘slow news’ start-up: The Media Roundup
How Tortoise podcasts became the most profitable part of the 'slow news' start-up If you didn’t manage to come along to our Publisher Podcast Summit last week, Chris’s interview with… (more)
Is Readly the canary in the mine for the digital subscription slowdown? — The Media Roundup
Cost-of-living crisis hits digital magazine subscriptions All-you-can-read digital magazine platform Readly is experiencing a slowdown in subscriptions as shoppers scale back their spending during the cost-of-living crisis. There are some… (more)
What happens next in the Twitter takeover saga? — The Media Roundup
Twitter v Elon Musk: what happens next in the takeover saga? Chris refused to give Mr Musk the top slot in Wednesday’s newsletter, but I have no such qualms. The will-he-won’t-he Twitter-buyout… (more)
Is hard news on its last legs? — The Media Roundup
Hard news struggling to keep people's attention Yesterday’s top story was publishers’ potential retreat to cat gif content, as keyword blocklists prevent the monetisation of real news. This follow-up from… (more)
Cats on skateboards? That’s what blocklists could drive us to: The Media Roundup
Ad blocklists could force publishers 'back to cats on skateboards', Reach revenue boss warns We talked a bit about the impact of blocklists in our most recent podcast episode and the fact… (more)
What publishers can learn from the creator economy: The Media Roundup
UK investigative outlets have crowdfunded £40k to fight lawsuit TBIJ and openDemocracy are crowdfunding to help them finance a legal battle designed to silence their public interest reporting on the… (more)
Lend me your ears! The power of podcasts to connect and serve
Executive Producer Christopher Phin has worked with multiple teams across DC Thomson’s portfolio over the past three years helping them to get podcasts started. Here, he tells us why podcasting is such… (more)
Why news sites need better crisis comms: The Media Roundup
Fallout from the Fast Company hack Fast Company’s Apple News account was seemingly hacked. That’s bad enough. But in the immediate aftermath the official Apple News Twitter account was forced… (more)
We need to talk about podcast listener numbers: The Media Roundup
We need to talk about podcast listener numbers Yesterday, Bloomberg revealed that podcast companies are buying short podcast plays within mobile game apps, causing ‘official’ downloads of shows to be registered. These… (more)
Digital publishing revenue up by 12%, Hearst eyes $12 billion in revenue, and more: The Media Roundup
Can platforms outsmart Texas's social media law? This new law coming into Texas had completely escaped me but now I’m reading up about it, it’s bonkers. HB20 would allow the… (more)
