audience development

There's more to newspapers than news

You'll need more than news to build a great audience revenue model.

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.

Facebook

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?