Monojoy Bhattacharjee, Author at What’s New in Publishing

Monojoy Bhattacharjee

Facebook quietly tweaks its algorithm again, penalizing those who “copy and republish”

Facebook has updated its News Feed algorithm again, this time to reduce visibility of low-quality sites that tend to duplicate content from other publishers, without adding any value.…

Unexpected surge: Did Facebook’s algo change actually fuel publisher growth?

Facebook’s algorithm update earlier this year—focused on friends and family—was supposed to severely cripple an already struggling publishing industry. Dubbed the “Facebook Apocalypse,” it was…

Embrace tech, boycott Facebook: Financial Times charts its course to a million paying subscribers

The Financial Times marked 130 years in 2018, with a paying readership of more than 930,000, three-quarters of which are digital subscriptions. It was also…

Digital media consumption grows 15%. Google rises, Facebook slides.

Digital media content consumption continues a steady mid-double-digit percentage growth, reports MediaPost. Pivotal Research Group’s analysis of Nielsen’s August 2018 data shows a substantial rise…

Can cryptocurrency save the newspaper industry? WSJ creates its own coin to explore the possibilities

Yes, the Wall Street Journal created its own cryptocurrency. 8.4 billion coins, to be precise. The fledgling currency even found a use for making transactions…

“Greater the trust, greater the revenues”: Key takeaways from WAN-IFRA’s World Press Trends report

The impact of trust on the performance of news and the revenues of news media companies worldwide is undeniable, according to the findings of WAN-IFRA’s…

The New York Times adds city tours, for “people who really get what we do”

While The New York Times is making millions in profit thanks to digital subscribers, what it’s increasingly losing out on—because of the transition from print—is…

“Game on for Facebook, Google, Amazon”: Father of World Wide Web launches platform to flip internet power dynamics from corporations to individuals

“The web is under threat.” Sir Tim Berners-Lee, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, made this dramatic pronouncement earlier this year.…

Publisher goes on “Facebook detox”: Retains 90% page views, engagement shoots up 42%

Can a publisher survive without Facebook? Danish publisher TV Midtvest decided to find out. With Facebook changing its algorithm to deprioritize news, the publisher initiated…

Authors in focus: Google’s new search guidelines, and what it means for publishers

It’s not very often that Google updates its Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines (for example, it has only done so once this year) and when it…

Google introduces Discover: 800 million users, and an increasing source of traffic for publishers

Google commemorated its 20th anniversary with a surprisingly low-key “Future of Search” event in San Francisco. The search giant shared a first look at the “next…

Tech billionaire to media baron: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff buys TIME magazine for $190 million

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne Benioff are buying TIME, the pre-eminent 95-year-old weekly newsmagazine, for $190 million. The sale comes less than…

Apple Event 2018: Misadventure, misdirection, and what publishers need to know

“The secret is, always fix your attention away from where the slippery stuff’s going on. That’s the first law of magic, Specs. Misdirection. Never forget it.” — Donna…

A question of trust: Traditional media scores high. Social, not so much.

The bad news first. Most American say they have lost trust in the news media in recent years. The Knight Foundation and Gallup just shared…

Apple Watch Series 4: What publishers need to know

Apple’s fall event is a little over a week from now, and excitement is building up for this year’s line of new devices, with a…

Drones: What publishers need to know

“Drones Are Here to Stay.” TIME Magazine declared earlier this year in their Special Report: The Drone Era, adding with uncharacteristic emphasis, “Get Used to…

WordPress Gutenberg Editor: What publishers need to know

“You might have felt some tremors in the WordPress world. There is something brewing. Something called Gutenberg.” The person talking about the tremors in the…

Nobody likes ‘More from around the web’ links: so what can publishers do about it?
A new survey has helped to draw attention to something that most publishers intuitively already know – people really dislike branded ‘More from around the web’ links. It shouldn’t be a surprise to discover that 79% of people surveyed dislike the widgets, or that 73% are aware that these links are often paid for. It …
Every word counts: the science of perfect native copy
Online publishers are caught up in a precarious balancing act – attempting to maximise advertising revenue with one hand, while ensuring a positive user experience with the other. UK digital revenues rose almost 6% last year, spread over an increasing number of channels and platforms. And as media consumption fragments, consumers have a virtually limitless …
Independent publishers call for public support to tackle ‘unequal’ relationship with platforms
Opinion Feature We are at a turning point for journalism in the UK. The digital revolution has allowed new publishers to enter the market, but they will struggle to grow without public support. The Cairncross Review was set up by the Government to report on the sustainability of high-quality journalism in the UK by examining …