Journalism
Three glimpses into the future of journalism
Three stories worth your time, in the shifting sands of modern publishing
Future of Media Technology
Mediahuis: from zero to 100k subs in five years
Some quick points of interest from Mediahuis Ireland's five year subs journey
Future of Media Technology
Can reader data drive revenue for publishers?
Is first party data critical to unlocking new revenue – and new editorial products?
Missing Links & Unfinished Thoughts #2: An Ugly Truth or Two
More interesting links and thoughts culled from my horrible unfinished draft post habit.
The Sun
Spinning the digital news cycle
The Sun's starting to gate its content, and local news is putting up a paywall. No, this isn't a post from 2014 — this is happening now.
Social Media
We need a social media POSSE
But I'm not talking about an online lynch mob, but some new digital plumbing to make it easier to navigate a social media diaspora. Plus an AI tool worth exploring.
newsletters
Commercial lessons from the Black Ballad founder’s newsletter
How a weekly newsletter has become central to both the community building and monetisation of a ground-breaking website for black women.
Journalism
How publications get sloppy
A perfect storm of dodgy SEO, dodgier AI work and the desperate need to protect affiliate revenue is breeding a whole new type of web content slop.
AI
OpenAI is paying Axel Springer for its content
The German publishing giant has inked a deal with OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT
Threads
How to accidentally create a competitor
What’s to stop a bunch of people you just laid off from launching a competitor? Almost nothing, it turns out…
publishing strategy
Why DC Thompson is putting communities at the heart of its business
Scottish publisher DC Thompson is rethinking its strategy around communities, becoming both a member of them, but also a source of expertise on them they can sell to others.
Publishing
This is how the future media ecosystem will look
The death of Buzzfeed News and the bankrupty of Vice make it clear how the new media ecosystem is developing: it's surprisingly… nautical?