Will IGTV Deliver for Publishers?
With a new platform comes the recurring decision for skeptical publishers: How much should they care? And in the case of a new platform from…
Zenith: Online video now the world’s fastest-growing ad format
Global consumers will spend an average of 67 minutes a day watching online video* this year, up from 56 minutes last year, according to Zenith’s…
Q&A: Taking subscription boxes to a new (digital) level
Subscription boxes are a growing revenue opportunity for publishers – almost a fifth of UK consumers have signed up for a subscription box scheme in…
Future Publishing to acquire Purch’s Consumer Division
Future Publishing has announced the proposed acquisition of the consumer division of NYC-based Purch, the next generation of digital publishing and marketplace platform, operating in the…
News consumption on mobile grows 300%, in just 5 years
Pew Research Center just released a factsheet on the use of mobile devices for news. According to the survey, mobile devices have become one of…
Vox Media selling its “magical” technology to other publishers
The technology that powers the platforms of digital publisher Vox Media—including The Verge, Vox and Recode—is now available for use by other publishers, reports Benjamin…
The Digital News Innovation Fund: How publishers can succeed in the next round of funding
In 2015, Google launched The Digital News Innovation Fund, a European programme that’s part of Google’s News Initiative, to help journalism thrive in the digital…
SmartNews crosses 10 million monthly users as it counters “fake news”
The award-winning news discovery app, SmartNews, just crossed 10 million monthly active users (in the U.S. and Japan), fuelled by a 200% year-over-year growth in…
Should publishers follow the ASA mantra?
At first glance it’s not immediately apparent that the Advertising Standards Authority mantra –‘legal, honest, decent and truthful’ – is relevant to today’s premium publishing…
Surge of the “Times”, on both sides of the Atlantic (and how)
Earlier this month, News UK announced a major subscription milestone with The Times and The Sunday Times reaching 500,000 subscribers at the end of June…
The value of SEO in publishing
Search engine optimisation has increasingly been left behind by publishers in recent years, in favour of more glamorous social strategies. But as Sara Wilkins, digital…
With a $3 million accelerator program, Facebook connects with metro news publishers
Facebook’s relationship with the publishing industry is not exactly the best that it has ever been, with its new, controversial political ads policy, and decision…
How publishers can (and should) harness the power of membership
Adopting a membership orientation can be a simple and powerful way for media companies to reinvent their business models. In fact, membership can make them…
5G is coming but does it signify a new age in mobile publishing?
For publishers, especially mobile publishers, a fast internet is essential. When 4G was introduced in 2010, it brought about video streaming, app stores, and an…
Reader’s Digest site “blossoms”, grows 76%: here’s how
At a time when many publishers are seeing their online visitors traffic drop—to a large extent because of “The Great Facebook Crash”—here is one significant…
Programmatic is not just for media buyers. What publishers need to know.
It’s a message we’ve been hearing percolate through the industry now for years: programmatic is the future of advertising. Brands, in search of more control…
The state of newsroom innovation: An international inquiry across 9 countries and 54 newsrooms
“Our angle on the current state of journalism is this: The crisis of journalism and legacy news media is structural, and not just a matter…
Journalism as a theatre performance: The Financial Times experiment
In an era of severe attention deficiency—when people have, quite literally, shorter attention spans than a goldfish—engaging audiences has been an ongoing struggle for publishers.…
YouTube to promote “authoritative” publishers: Commits to investing $25 million
YouTube has announced a $25 million commitment in support of efforts to promote “authoritative” news on the online video platform. “Today, we’re announcing steps we’re taking…
“Publishing it right”: The future of slow journalism
As news cycles speed up, ‘slow’ journalism seems to be slowing down. These days, to don the robe of a slow journalist, deadlines – and…