Category: Reader Revenue

How to keep readers engaged in 2021, Google’s ranking system is changing, and more… The Internet as we know it is changing. Publishers need to…

The challenge of launching paid products in free markets A fool and his money may be easily parted – but not necessarily as easily as…

The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism published its sixth annual edition of ‘Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions’. 1) Covid-19 is accelerating…

Opportunities for publishers in 2021, 76% have accelerated their plans for digital transition, and more… “Unexpected optimism” That’s how the Reuters Institute summarises the state…

A moment to reflect and reset on long-held strategies and beliefs The swerves publishers take in 2021 are likely to be much sharper than we…

As Covid-19 changes consumer behaviour, publishers have to go where the money is. With Covid-19 turning some revenue streams like ad sales and events into…

Each year in its #1 issue, published at the beginning of January, pv digest estimates the turnover German publishers generate by selling their paid digital products. The…

Der Spiegel’s experience suggests freebies are less effective Media chased subscriptions and reader revenue in 2020, looking to compensate for falling ad sales. To grow…

The pandemic has been tough on publishers worldwide. Despite the enormity of challenges, quite a few have reported growth. A new research report by M&A…

The New York Times (6.1m), Washington Post (3m) and Wall Street Journal (2.4m) lead the way Two dozen English-language news publishers and publications have collected…

Digital subscriptions up 60% at The Guardian Throughout this most rubbish of years, the good news stories have almost all been about growth in subscriptions.…

8 podcasting trends for publishers, the lasting effect of Covid-19 on reader behaviour, and more A reminder that readers matter Reader revenue was starting to…

Already trending upwards for many publishers, reader revenue growth has been spurred on by lockdown audiences desperate for news and with lots of time on…

It’s been a tough, eventful and transformational year, for many reasons. But it certainly wasn’t all bad: there was much to be learned from looking…

This end-of-the-year series looks back at what happened in 2020 in the worlds of podcasting, subscriptions & memberships, newsletters and social media. Part two of…

Future has published its Annual Report for FY20. Results include 56 per cent year-on-year growth in online audiences. The report details the story behind an exceptional…