audience development
There's more to newspapers than news
You'll need more than news to build a great audience revenue model.
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X (Twitter)
Twitter is regenerating — time to start paying attention again
Twitter launching Spaces and acquiring Scroll shows a new vision of the service coming together. But let's pour one out for Nuzzel (RIP), too.
Local news, for local people, by local creators (sponsored by Facebook)
Facebook's local news investment, Greenwald's Yes, Minster moment and more news from the "new media" trenches.
newsletters
Why newsletters won't kill newspapers
And why unbundling the opinion columnists might be a good thing for news in general.
Social Media
Performative power versus persuasive dialogue on social media
Ezra Klein's latest podcast delves deep into the social complexities of the behaviours lumped under the banner of "cancel culture"
Apple just changed the ad market — forever
iOS 14.5 is live, the update that Facebook has been campaigning against for months. Is this good or bad news for publishers?
Apple launches paid podcasts — and a mobile journalism powerhouse
Apple announced a bunch of new stuff last night, but two are of particular significance for journalism. Let's take a look.
live audio
Forget a Clubhouse strategy. What's your live audio strategy?
Clubhouse's central feature is being cloned by all the big social platforms. Bad news for the startup, great news for engaged journalism.
substack
Six thoughts about the Substack Local initiative
Newsletter platform Substack is chucking $1m of its VC cash at local news journalism. Is this helpful — or just marketing?
Morning Conference emails
Google's shift towards quality (again)
If you want affiliate revenue, you need to actually do the work…
Morning Conference emails
Is content moderation futile? And — if so — what should we do instead?
Are we waging a losing war on misinformation? Do we need to try a different approach?
creator economy
How newsletters will inevitably change media and the power of journalists
Worrying about Substack is just a proxy for worrying about the business impact of losing star journalists to their own newsletters.