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“Greater the trust, greater the revenues”: Key takeaways from WAN-IFRA’s World Press Trends report

The impact of trust on the performance of news and the revenues of news media companies worldwide is undeniable, according to the findings of WAN-IFRA’s…

Is hosting your content on Apple News actually worth it?

In late September, Slate’s Will Oremus published a blockbuster feature story on a topic that’s been consistently discussed within the publishing industry for the last…

10 essential media stats from September 2018

This is the second in our new monthly series offering the most important data and research about the media and communications industries. Here’s 10 key…

“Game on for Facebook, Google, Amazon”: Father of World Wide Web launches platform to flip internet power dynamics from corporations to individuals

“The web is under threat.” Sir Tim Berners-Lee, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, made this dramatic pronouncement earlier this year.…

8 video production tips for indie publishers

I think one of the core skills of any content marketer or publisher, especially someone who is working with social media, is to understand the…

Publisher goes on “Facebook detox”: Retains 90% page views, engagement shoots up 42%

Can a publisher survive without Facebook? Danish publisher TV Midtvest decided to find out. With Facebook changing its algorithm to deprioritize news, the publisher initiated…

Authors in focus: Google’s new search guidelines, and what it means for publishers

It’s not very often that Google updates its Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines (for example, it has only done so once this year) and when it…

The powerhouses of the Internet are turning hostile to websites

Perhaps this was inevitable. In a system that encourages monopolies, and demands those monopolies increase growth rate and extract ever more revenue (sans caveats or…

Five news media startups you should know

Media innovation moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. So we’ve gathered 5 interesting…

What’s resonating with readers? 3 ways to find value in engaged time

What metric best encapsulates what’s resonating with readers? There’s no one right answer. It varies from organization to organization depending on strategic goals and usually…

Google introduces Discover: 800 million users, and an increasing source of traffic for publishers

Google commemorated its 20th anniversary with a surprisingly low-key “Future of Search” event in San Francisco. The search giant shared a first look at the “next…

Lessons in reducing churn from some of the world’s biggest publishers

The era of untrammelled growth in digital news subscriptions might be over before it truly began. Despite the high-profile successes of The Times, the NYT…

TI Media launches new shopping service for its magazines with Ownable app

TI Media, the new name for the recently rebranded Time Inc. UK, has partnered with smartphone app Ownable to allow readers to directly place orders…

Magfest 2018 review: “The only thing that makes you unique is your idea….”

Organised by PPA Scotland, Magfest 2018 brought together many of the UK’s most progressive publishing professionals amidst the splendour of Edinburgh’s iconic Central Hall. The…

Why publishers need to rethink their attitude to below-the-fold ads

WNIP Sponsored Post The advertising buy side (brands, marketers etc) has always placed a premium on above-the-fold (ATF) ad units. Research from Adomik indicates average…

The health of US News Media: in five charts

For the past 14 years, the Pew Research Center – based in Washington D.C. – has published an annual report highlighting the latest financial and…

DMEXCO 2018 Review: AI becomes the new digital buzzword

It’s September. It must be DMEXCO. With 40,000 visitors, 1,100 exhibitors, and 500 speakers, the Cologne event is the largest congress trade fair for the…

3 ‘outside the box’ ways newspapers are diversifying revenues

Building an escape room, launching a DPO for direct reader investment, and renting a room on Airbnb: all ways newspapers are thinking outside the box…

Apple Event 2018: Misadventure, misdirection, and what publishers need to know

“The secret is, always fix your attention away from where the slippery stuff’s going on. That’s the first law of magic, Specs. Misdirection. Never forget it.” — Donna…

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Should we regulate social media platforms based on where they call home?
The current debate over TikTok has surfaced a number of arguments on both sides. However, if the UK is to strengthen regulation, it should not be to the detriment of user experience. And it should be universal. Zarnaz Arlia, Chief Marketing Officer at Emplifi, explains more… Over the last decade, social media platforms have faced …
Why more publishers need to be testing FLEDGE
In six months, FLEDGE is expected to be available in Chrome, and in 18 months third-party cookies will be erased completely – so why are publishers delaying their experiments with this tech? Mateusz Rumiński of RTB House implores publishers to start testing now, before it’s too late… It has been three years since Google first …
Analysis of the top 100 French websites that offer video content, and their ‘Core Web Vitals’
An analysis of the top 100 French websites that offer video content shows, like many countries, a haphazard performance in terms of Google’s Core Web Vitals. But they can be improved by taking a few key measures. Viously’s Jon Westbrook explains more… Viously, a video technology for publishers, has analyzed the performance of the top …