Bypassing paywalls: The need-to-know for publishers
One of the highest search results around the keyword ‘paywall’ is bypass, which is a serious concern for publishers when integrating a paywall into their…
6 publishing technologies that will make a difference to your business: Report
What’s New in Publishing is proud to present 6 publishing technologies that will make a difference to your business, a special insight report sponsored by Sovrn and written…
Why do publishers ignore a crucial component of their paywall?
Online news and magazine publishers have seen shifts in the industry accelerate this year due to the global health crisis. During May, FIPP held a webinar which summarized the…
The surprising economics of the single article
OPINION Late in January, What’s New in Publishing ran a strong feature by Esther Kezia Thorpe on how publishers can generate new reader revenues from…
Every publisher is launching a subscription model. Is there a ceiling?
It seems like not a week goes by without another news organization announcing it’s launching either a subscription or membership platform. This week it was…
3 years to a million paying supporters: Guardian’s alternative model of growth without paywalls
With revenues from print circulation and advertising in steep decline, and the duopoly gobbling up most of what comes from digital advertising, news outlets are…
Bloomberg goes behind paywall after success with Businessweek subscription model
Almost a year after introducing a two-tiered paywall to its Businessweek magazine website, Bloomberg Media Group will be introducing a similar model to its digital news site,…
Why are news publishers pivoting to subscriptions?
Why are so many news publishers pivoting back to subs & paywalls? After all, they didn’t work for most of them before. We all know…
The good, the bad and the ugly of launching a paywall in 2018
Publishers are pinning their hopes on paywalls as the primary means of supporting the journalism they produce. Last week the UK’s current affairs title The…
People are finally paying for content. Here’s how publishers are capitalising.
This month The New York Times reported subscription revenue at more than one billion dollars for 2017, accounting for 60 percent of the year’s total earnings. CEO…
News apps are making a comeback thanks to partnerships
Going “digital first” has added layers of complexity for media companies, but publishers are certainly not done exploring the digital realm. “It feels like we…
