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            The key moments that have changed the media landscape during a tumultuous year

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            How publishers are successfully steering a course through the pandemic

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“Make our journalism that much more essential”: What publishers need to know about keeping readers engaged in 2021

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“Make our journalism that much more essential”: What publishers need to know about keeping readers engaged in 2021

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2020 was an extraordinary year for publishers beginning with the pandemic and ending with the presidential election. It was extraordinarily challenging and required quick shifts in strategies to adapt to the pandemic. Publishing saw tragic job cuts and closures, but also record levels of traffic and subscriptions growth.  Now that the world is looking forward to normalcy as vaccination drives launch all over, it’s time for publishers to reconfigure their strategies once again. NiemanLab invited some of the brightest minds from media and publishing (including academics) worldwide to write about what lies ahead in their Predictions for journalism 2021 series.…

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Media Moments 2020: Boom in subscriptions, the collapse of events, and shifting trust in journalism

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Media Moments 2020: Boom in subscriptions, the collapse of events, and shifting trust in journalism

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What’s New in Publishing is pleased to present its annual report Media Moments 2020, sponsored by Permutive and written by the Media Voices team. From the collapse of events to the boom in subscriptions and shifting trust in journalism, this report explores how 2020’s defining moments have changed the media landscape, and what the future holds for 2021 and beyond. The report’s nine chapters each give an overview of the moments which have defined the past year, along with a look at where we are now, what we can expect to happen next year, and a collection of case studies of publishers and brands who…

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Combating misinformation in 2021: Insights for publishers from NiemanLab

“Americans consumed twice as much dubious news in 2020 as they did in 2019,” reports…

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76% of publishers have “accelerated their plans for digital transition”: Here’s how (A Reuters Institute report)

Promising new revenue streams include eCommerce (spending to reach $7T in four years) and podcasts…

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Facebook steps up its campaign against clickbait
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Facebook is escalating its war on “clickbait” headlines by instituting a new system on its newsfeed that will weed out misleading and exaggerated headlines the same…
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Johnston Press has written down the value of its local newspaper portfolio by almost half, leading to a £184m pre-tax loss. The company said on Thursday…
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UK and US publishers agree: Video is where the money is
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Most U.K. and U.S. respondents picked video as the No. 1 revenue driver for 2017. More than half of U.K. publishers and 56 percent of American…
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The only truly long-term growth strategy includes innovation and new product development. New products are the lifeblood of an organization. If you don’t innovate, you…
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Times opens breach in its online paywall: Offers two stories a week
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The Times has opened up access to its digital content for registered users, allowing a crack of light through its paywall. Readers can now sign up to…
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Established marketplaces Mobile apps are a convenient channel that bring content straight to your readers’ tablets and mobile devices. Therefore, it would seem to be…
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Publishers killed off the digital edition, now they are working on eBooks
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The latest AAP report seems to show that major publishers are working to kill off the eBook. This will be hard to accomplish because while…
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Interview: Rewarding Users for Their Ad Engagement
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KnowledgeView has been working with news publishers for more than 20 years delivering publishing technology solutions. Over the past decade, publishers have not only witnessed…
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Publishers outperform non-publishers on every measure of ad effectiveness
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Good news from comScore: Digital ads on publishers’ websites get more attention from readers and have a bigger impact on brand lift than ads on…
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Only 9% of digital ads are viewed for more than a second
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The vast majority of digital advertising is not being viewed at all, with many marketers still failing to apply effectiveness techniques learned from print and…
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Mirror publisher’s profits leap after Local World takeover
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The publisher – which owns the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and the People alongside regional and local newspapers such as the Manchester Evening News and Liverpool…
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Magazines see audiences shift to mobile
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MPA — The Association of Magazine Media has released The Magazine Media 360° Brand Audience Report for the first half 2016, showing that magazine media…
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LaterPay offers micropayments with a twist
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LaterPay offers a small twist: Readers only actually pay once they hit a total of 5 euros. LaterPay keeps a bar tab of what you’re…
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‘National newspaper for the north’ closes after five weeks
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Another hopeful newspaper launch has come to grief. The title, called 24 – The North’s National, will cease publication from tomorrow after just five weeks.…
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The Guardian should look at Economist and FT for inspiration
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The Guardian’s owner the Scott Trust has a remit to protect the journalism of the 195 year-old title in perpetuity. At the current rate of…
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Jamie magazine teams up with Hearst Magazines UK
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Hearst Magazines UK, the publisher of Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar and ELLE, has been awarded the content publishing account for Jamie Oliver’s monthly food,…
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Striking the Balance Between Innovation and Performance
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When creating their digital advertising strategies, today’s publishers find themselves in something of a catch-22 situation. While new and innovative ad formats enable them to…
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Guardian financial results: £173m pre-tax loss
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The Guardian and Observer publisher had hoped that digital income would exceed print for the first time in the year to the end of March…
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Publisher Resource Guides

  • Media Moments 2020

    The key moments that have changed the media landscape during a tumultuous year

    Read more
  • The Publisher’s Guide to Navigating COVID-19

    How publishers are successfully steering a course through the pandemic

    Read more
  • The Publisher’s Guide to eCommerce

    Exploring wider opportunities that eCommerce potentially affords publishers

    Read more
  • The Publisher's Guide to eCommerce: Case Studies

    How specific publishers are successfully leveraging ecommerce opportunities

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  • 50 Ways to Make Media Pay

    A comprehensive guide to publisher revenue models

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Guest Columns

  • How the media industry rebuilds by becoming human again

    Writing a prediction piece for the media industry in 2021 is difficult. If I were doing something similar in December of 2019 maybe I would have played it safe and said that emerging platforms like TikTok and Twitch would play a role in meeting new audiences where they are, if media companies could remove the …

  • Local publisher co-operative 1XL is using data enrichment to succeed during the pandemic

    On the surface, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic should be giving local news publishers a boost. Ofcom statistics from the beginning of October reveal 88% of people are accessing news about the pandemic at least once a day, and traditional sources such as broadcasters, newspapers and radio remain the most-used sources of information among adult internet …

  • Publishers need to pivot to digital adoption before it’s too late

    Consumer spending data recently released from Barclays bank showed that just before the second national lockdown hit, consumer spending in October fell by 0.1 percent year on year. Digital content and subscriptions bucked the trend – with sales jumping by 32.3%.  This evidence highlights the necessity for publishers to have a digital strategy and diversified …

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New Publishing Tech: Q&A

  • Ogury announces new mobile ad format for publishers: Q&A

    Ogury works with 3,500 publisher partners and is the creator of the world’s first mobile advertising engine driven by user choice. The company has recently launched …

  • Levelling the publisher playing field: Q&A with LiveRamp

    It’s been a busy time for LiveRamp, the data connectivity platform focused on ‘the safe and effective use of data’ – the company recently announced …

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Interesting & Timeless

  • Hearst UK launches PositivityFest, a virtual event for its commercial partners on ‘Blue Monday’

    Hearst UK, the publisher of Esquire, ELLE, Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and others, has announced the launch of PositivityFest, a day-long event offering a number of ‘mood-boosting’ activities for its …

  • Diversity and inclusion in the year of the pandemic

    The year of the pandemic, 2020, brought with it not only pain and suffering from the COVID 19 virus, but also saw major social upheavals …

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