“Who is standing up for the publisher?”: Media companies speak out on Brexit impact
“Every week you think it’s hit rock bottom, the next week it gets worse.” FIPP spoke to Matt Kelly, editor of The New European, alongside…
How The New York Times’ free student subscriptions strategy will pay off
It does not come as a surprise that most digital publishers look to the New York Times for subscription strategy advice: On February 6th, The…
Reinventing the newspaper for the digital age
Recently we are seeing a return to edition-based publishing in the industry, whether it be through reinvesting in existing digital editions, getting out of the breaking news…
How can mobile operators help digital publishers grow subscription revenue?
The digital publishing industry is shifting from solely focusing on ad revenue to subscriber revenue. This means publishers expect more from their readers. Instead of…
70% of digital publishers personalize content for visitors, study finds
7 out of 10 online publishers personalize the content they deliver to visitors, according to a survey of 200 publishers by Digiday this month. Content…
From the frontlines: 3 major trends from The Alexa Conference 2019
The Alexa Conference, presented by podcast network VoiceFirst.FM, took place this January in Chattanooga, Tenn. – home of the fastest Internet in the United States,…
The future for bot created content, from the founder of United Robots
There is a lot of discussion in media and tech circles about automated content and how it might change the dynamics of the way that…
Video consumption to increase dramatically, with mobile traffic poised to reach 1 trillion GBP in 3 years
According to the Cisco Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast, annual global mobile data traffic will reach almost one zettabyte by the end of 2022. A…
“A new video world order”: PwC research on viewer motivations and the cord-cutting revolution
With new OTT video services popping up daily, there’s fierce competition in the marketplace. Cord-cutting continues in the U.S. with just over two-thirds of consumers (67%) reporting…
GroupM report on China: Key facts you need to know about the world’s second-largest economy
GroupM, the world’s largest media investment group has released its first-ever Spotlight on China report which analyses the digital prospects of the world’s second-largest economy.…
Apple News Magazines: the sticking points
‘Netflix for news’, ‘Spotify for magazines’… no matter what you might like to call it, Apple’s plans to launch a premium version of Apple News…
14 top referrer sources for publishers (by word count, device type, and categories viewed)
Please check out Part I of this study, “Publishers, this is where your traffic is going to come from in 2019”, in which we explore…
First signs of a subscription model for podcasts
Following in the footsteps of many publishers who are focusing on a “pivot to paid” this year, some podcasts are also offering subscriber-only, or early…
Is the Netflix-NME partnership the future of ‘special issues’?
NME’s surprise return to print, helped by a cheque from Netflix, is a demonstration of just how well it has managed to sustain its online…
63% of publishers to boost content production in 2019, study finds
According to some recent studies on search optimization and content marketing, 1. Most of the traffic to websites is still coming from search.2. “Relevant content…
“Start dating your readers”: How to build a long-term relationship with your audience
A recent survey from Reuters found that 52% of media executives will focus on reader revenues this year, and we know that leading publishers invest more in engagement than…
The “single most effective way” to increase subscriptions, according to Google
Recent research by the Medill School of Journalism has found that the frequency with which readers consume local news is the single biggest predictor of…
23.1% higher click-through rates: Google’s AMP increases organic traffic for publishers, study shows
A comprehensive, large-scale study on the impact of accelerated mobile pages (AMP) on search performance—the first of its kind—shows a direct positive correlation between AMP…
On reading AI article, Guardian columnist asks, “Does anyone have any job openings?”
OpenAI, a non-profit artificial intelligence research company whose founders include Elon Musk and Sam Altman, recently announced that it had developed one of the most…
Fighting the pervasive mentality that content must be free
The best things in life aren’t free, they’re loved. In the table-setting remarks opening the 2019 DCN: Next Summit, I shared a publisher challenge that…