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

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“Make our journalism that much more essential”: What publishers need to know about keeping readers engaged in 2021 access_time 4 hours ago
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2020 digital magazine reading trends: “Back issues and foreign titles total 40%” access_time 4 hours ago
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Publishing during a pandemic: The push for greater diversity access_time 4 hours ago
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Combating misinformation in 2021: Insights for publishers from NiemanLab

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Combating misinformation in 2021: Insights for publishers from NiemanLab

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“Americans consumed twice as much dubious news in 2020 as they did in 2019,” reports Emily Stewart, Journalist, Vox.com. It was the pandemic coupled with a presidential election that made 2020 a “boom time for homegrown disinformation agents,” says Brandy Zadrozny, Reporter, NBC News.  Zadrozny has reported on online misinformation at NBC News for the last three years, and is one of several people from journalism and media that NiemanLab invited to write for their Predictions for journalism 2021 series.   Here we look into the insights they shared about misinformation.  “Amazingly resilient and adaptable” “If we learned one thing from…

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

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

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Promising new revenue streams include eCommerce (spending to reach $7T in four years) and podcasts ($3.3B by 2025)  Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has published a new report which looks into how publishers responded to Covid-19 and what that means for 2021 and beyond.  “2021 will be a year of profound and rapid digital change following the shock delivered by Covid-19,” writes Nic Newman, Senior Research Associate, RISJ. “Lockdowns and other restrictions have broken old habits and created new ones, but it is only this year that we’ll discover how fundamental those changes have been.” “Revenue diversification is…

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

What’s New in Publishing is pleased to present its annual report Media Moments 2020, sponsored by Permutive and…

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“Be digitally sustainable so that print revenue is like an add-on”: Key strategies publishers are using to grow subscriptions

Nearly 60% of publishers are anticipating more than 30% subscription growth this year, 28% of…

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Publishing during a pandemic: Finding new revenue streams
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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…
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Axios’ Media Reporter Sara Fischer on crafting informative newsletters and media coverage
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This week we talked to Sara Fischer, Media Reporter at Axios. Their weekly Media Trends newsletter has just reached 100,000 subscribers after being among the first few…
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Which was the most influential lifestyle magazine in 2020?
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Salience Search Marketing has just released its Lifestyle Magazine Influence Report looking at the 35 most influential lifestyle fashion magazines in the UK, ranking them…
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2020 saw showdowns between platforms and governments, with publishers set to benefit
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Legislative pressures around the world are set to force the platforms to play nice with publishers. Some are taking pre-emptive steps, with licensing deals putting…
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German publishers sell paid content worth more than €700m a year
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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…
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Do women and men consume news differently?
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Key findings from a RISJ report Research has definitively shown that women have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, from being more likely to lose a job to…
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Omnichannel header bidding brings better monetization
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Some omnichannel publishers have been slow to adopt omnichannel header bidding strategies, but for those who do, the payoff seems worth the effort. This is…
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Are free subscription trials more effective than paid ones?
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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…
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Travel and Tourism ad market expected to rebound more quickly than most
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No huge surprise here — the ad market industry will feel long-term effects of the pandemic, according to Rob Williams writing in Publishing Insider. “The researcher…
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Start of a trend? Publisher relocates to Ireland in response to the UK’s exit from the EU
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A niche B2B publisher headquartered in London has moved its content marketing and SEO division to Ireland because of the UK’s full exit from the…
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The Independent drives next phase of its evolution with launch of Independent TV
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The Independent, Britain’s largest digital quality news brand, recently launched Independent TV, bringing its audience news, arts, lifestyle, sports and more in video form. It has…
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Nieman Lab’s predictions for 2021: Our top picks
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With 2020 firmly in our rear view mirrors and a strong belief that 2021 holds a lot of potential for news innovation, we are looking…
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The must-read publishing stories you may have missed this week
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How publishers are adapting to the pandemic, models for news media in 2021, and more… Resiliency.  If there’s one word that characterizes our industry today,…
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Ogury announces new mobile ad format for publishers: Q&A
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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…
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“We’re going full throttle”: How publishers are adapting to the pandemic
by Faisal Kalim 2 weeks ago
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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…
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In 2020, global protests forced media to think harder about diversity and inclusion
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Besides reporting on the protests that erupted globally after the death of George Floyd, the media has also had to consider its own role in…
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Grazia launches The Juggle on Instagram, a new parenting community
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Grazia, the Bauer-owned weekly magazine brand aimed at 25-45 yr old women, has launched a new Instagram parenting community entitled The Juggle. As the name…
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Hearst UK launches ‘Instant Digital Access’ with eMagazines
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Hearst UK has started offering customers instant digital access to current issues for all new print subscribers across its brands. The initiative has been launched…
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Publishers: From direct-to-consumer to direct-to-believers
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“Your competition isn’t limited to other organizations that also do news. Your competition is what your true believer spends her time doing instead of reading…
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The key 2021 trends in affiliate marketing that publishers need to know
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As a turbulent year comes to a close, and 2021 begins in earnest, it’s an appropriate time to reflect on those revenue strategies that have…
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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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  • 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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  • 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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