Artificial Intelligence: US Federal Trade Commission warns publishers
In a blog post last week, the US Federal Trade Commission singled out ‘media companies’ as one of the sectors where biases in artificial intelligence (AI)…
“More innovative the company… the higher the profit”: Top tech trends for publishers, from WAN-IFRA
The pandemic has “highlighted the critical nature of an innovation culture,” states WAN-IFRA’s World Press Trends 2020-2021 report. Majority of the publishers surveyed for the…
44% publishers cite accelerating digital transformation an “overwhelming top priority”: WAN-IFRA reports
65% of publishers believe their business will fully recover from the pandemic, according to WAN-IFRA’s World Press Trends 2020-2021 Outlook report. And accelerating digital transformation…
Top 10 new digital tools for media professionals
Imagine a free tool that can not only transcribe online interviews, but can also embed video quotes for your stories and social media — without…
What publishers can learn about media innovation, from The Guardian, BBC, FT, NYT and WSJ
Some of the best knowledge sharing in journalism comes from newsrooms that push the boundaries of new technologies. These are not exclusively big newsrooms with…
“The real plus side of this has been the reach of building new audiences”: WSJ Editor on virtual events as a live magazine
This week, we hear from The Wall Street Journal’s Editor of Live Journalism and Special Content Kim Last. She talks about the role of live…
The Telegraph’s subscriber experience: A lever to accelerate growth
Zuora, the Californian-based enterprise software company specializing in subscription management services, recently held a Subscription Experience Event looking at the latest developments and strategies in…
How news apps can keep their readers engaged using push notifications
For news apps, strong user engagement rates are hard to achieve. People are no longer devoted to one source — they prefer updates from social…
The CMS is holding publishers back from delivering better digital ad experiences
Publishers have long treated editorial and advertising as “church and state.” But, that old wall is starting to crumble, as brands pay higher and higher…
For small publishers, what’s the point in Big Data?
Each month the International Magazine Centre poses a question to Peter Houston, co-host of the Media Voices podcast, and magazine consultant extraordinaire, who will answer in…
The digital news industry was built on lies: The Media Roundup
The digital news industry was built on lies Setting the scene with the ‘ham-fisted’ HuffPost layoffs in March, the founder of Talking Points Memo, Josh…
Data driven vs data informed, in the newsroom
Like it or not, data’s not leaving the newsroom any time soon. Debating on its merits is therefore a bit like debating whether we should…
Building a multi-million dollar media company from scratch: The Media Roundup
How The Newsette founder Daniella Pierson turned a newsletter for women into a multi-million dollar company With poor grades and no connections in the industry,…
How publishers are engaging new audiences on messaging apps in the Global South
Newspapers and startups from Zimbabwe, Brazil and South Africa are using WhatsApp in innovative ways, Laura Oliver reports In 2019,the city of Salvador in Bahia,…
How do smaller publications get noticed?
Each month the International Magazine Centre poses a question to Peter Houston, co-host of the Media Voices podcast, and magazine consultant. This question came from Simon Brew, Publisher…
5 MediaTech companies publishers should be following
Publishing is catching up with new players driving innovation The media industry is looking more and more “tech-y”, with product managers, data scientists and designers…
Surviving lockdown: Insights from The Big Issue
On this week’s episode The Big Issue CEO Paul Cheal tells us about the magazine’s fight to survive lockdown, the innovations that got it through…
Why publishers should adopt Global Privacy Control, the new privacy standard
With Gartner predicting that more than 65% of the world will be covered by privacy legislation by 2035, navigating online privacy may be one of…
Sourcepoint launches ‘Privacy Lens’ to provide compliance and data ethics visibility for publishers
Data privacy software specialist Sourcepoint has launched Privacy Lens, which the company claims is a first-of-its-kind privacy measurement and analytics platform for brands and publishers. Privacy…
Innovation in the reader revenue: How to launch a successful membership model
Community building as a way to enhance media sustainability Media organizations turned to their audiences for support in order to survive the COVID-19 crisis. The…
