Is the newsletter platform a boon for independent journalism — or the beginnings of another attention gatekeeper that we'll all regret supporting?

Like any good gold rush, people aren't paying enough attention to the details of what makes newsletters work. And that will lead to many flaming out. Here's why.

The shift to digital unleashed the floodgates on a tidal wave of journalism of often variable content. And, finally, publishers are discovering that smaller amounts of more valuable work can be better.

Lockdown is trapping people at home, and pushing everything online. And that means a while range of organisations have suddenly become publishers.

A quick round-up of useful digital publishing reading from around the web, including the Beeb on the Dark Web, and journalism LIVE.

Producing less content can be more profitable than creating more - and the reasons why hark back to the fundamental structure of the internet.

There's a psychological impact of completion we ignore at our peril

We now know who was behind the World Record Egg - and what they plan on doing with the account. But what does this tell us about today's attention economy?

We reward the ability to win attention with fame, validation and money. But that comes with a psychological price.

A week's digital disconnection has left me refreshed, but lacking enthusiasm for reconnecting on social media. Here's what I'm going to do about it.