Guardian financial results: £173m pre-tax loss
The Guardian and Observer publisher had hoped that digital income would exceed print for the first time in the year to the end of March 2016 and had previously budgeted… (more)
Articlesbase is bought by MoreNiche
Articlesbase, (articlesbase.com) the article syndication website which provides content from a global community of writers and syndicated videos, has been acquired by digital marketing company MoreNiche for an undisclosed sum. The… (more)
Artificial intelligence and the art of reader-driven publishing
In March a novel co-authored by an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm moved into the second round of submissions for a national literary contest in Japan. What may have seemed like… (more)
How sponsored content is becoming king in a Facebook world
With less ability to charge for distribution, on their own channels or others, and a growing dependence on margin-squeezing outside platforms, publishers may be left to compete with creative agencies… (more)
How to succeed in mobile publishing – lessons from FIPP
I came away from my two days at FIPP Mobile a little bit terrified by the pace of change in mobile consumption, and the awesome focus of the digital start-ups… (more)
B2B print ad revenue continues to fall as publishers depend on events & digital
The financial crisis may have been the final nail in the B2B coffin. In 2009, ad pages fell by a quarter – and while ad pages ticked up slightly the… (more)
Verizon acquires Yahoo in $4.8 billion deal
The addition of Yahoo to Verizon and AOL will create one of the largest portfolios of owned and partnered global brands with extensive distribution capabilities. Combined, AOL and Yahoo will… (more)
September issue ads by the numbers
David Cooperstein, advisor to programmatic platform PebblePost, said that marketers haven’t caught up to retailers when it comes to multichannel efforts. “They think of a magazine as a silo, and… (more)
Regional website ABCs
Regional news publishers have continued to see their online audiences grow, the latest ABC website figures show. Trinity Mirror, Johnston Press and Newsquest are all up year-on-year across their digital… (more)
New European shows pop-up newspapers can work
Pro-Remain newspaper the New European is thought to have sold more than 40,000 copies of its launch edition. The so-called “pop-up” title, which went from drawing board to newsstand in… (more)
Why Bauer Media still believes in the newsstand
It’s no secret that the newsstand is not the revenue driver it once was for magazines. However, that hasn’t been the case for Bauer Media, a company that places heavy… (more)
Johnston Press launches new local marketing services website
Johnston Press has announced the launch of a brand new website, jplocalbusiness.co.uk, providing a guide to local marketing and advertising services within its titles for local SMEs, along with free advice… (more)
Daily Mail ad revenue shows signs of recovery in Q2
The Daily Mail’s print advertising fell by 11% year on year in the three months to the end of June, a significant improvement over the 15% decline in the first… (more)
How the FT plans to turn its content studio into a full-service agency
The Financial Times has big plans for expanding its content studio into a full-service agency. Until now, it’s been adept at the delivery and distribution side of branded content, but… (more)
How publishers wring new value from old content
There are a few ways publishers squeeze more out of their content. One is the approach BuzzFeed has honed, to keep iterating. One way it does this is with what… (more)
Advice on Facebook Messenger bots from The Wall Street Journal
When Facebook unveiled a bot platform for Messenger at its F8 developers’ conference, The Wall Street Journal was one of the first news outlets to jump on board. Launched in… (more)
Social now a quarter of digital ad spend
On average, big advertisers now spend nearly a quarter (24%) of their digital ad budgets on social media, and nearly half (47%) plan to boost it over the next six… (more)
