The New Yorker belongs to a rare club of publications whose revenue from readers exceeds that of advertisers. Total paid circulation for the highbrow weekly…
British magazine publisher Dennis is quietly building an ecommerce empire, and not through affiliate revenue — through online car sales. Owning the customer transaction is…
Funding for the news industry is going through an epochal change, the implications of which cannot be overstated. The move toward subscriptions will require measuring…
Without generating revenues directly from readers, journalism is doomed, write the editors of FIPP and Innovation Media Consulting’s Innovation World Report in their editors’ letter…
There were a number of pieces of intelligence about the media economy unveiled during WPP’s quarterly presentation to investors last week. You can find them…
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…
Hearst Newspapers has replaced its one-size-fits-all paywall with a customizable one. The newspaper group, with 24 daily and 64 weekly papers, including titles such as the…
Iconic weekly politics and culture magazine New Statesman is following the lead of a number of prominent publishers by putting up a metered paywall. Later…
Micropayments, once heralded as a potential lucrative revenue stream for independent publishers before falling out of favour, are starting to make a comeback. In the…
Historically, newspapers successfully employed a revenue model of print advertising and home delivery subscriptions. Unfortunately, this dual-revenue strategy is no longer a viable method to…
In an increasingly unstable media landscape, The Atlantic, a 161-year-old title is finding a path to success and sustainability. To aid in the expected growth…
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…
London newspaper, the Evening Standard, has expanded its entertainment content in order to drive ecommerce revenue through ticket sales. Publisher ESI Media launched an editorial…
Amazon has been running a test with a small group of publishers where versions of publishers’ commerce-focused articles are accessible directly inside Amazon’s website. The…
Last week, Google gave a preview of some features it’s been working on and thinking about regarding its support for subscription news organisations at its…
As American publishers get more serious about consumer revenue, more of them have begun looking abroad. The Atlantic, just a few months into an effort…
Content recommendation services like Outbrain and Taboola post linked thumbnail images leading to what is supposed to be related material, but the quality and relevance…
Metered paywalls are the most popular income idea to arise since the newspaper industry was flooded with low-budget competitors. It’s also a fundamentally flawed business…