business models
OpenAI is paying Axel Springer for its content Paid Members Public
The German publishing giant has inked a deal with OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT
How to accidentally create a competitor Paid Members Public
What’s to stop a bunch of people you just laid off from launching a competitor? Almost nothing, it turns out…
Why DC Thompson is putting communities at the heart of its business Paid Members Public
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.
The Canary becomes a flock: left-wing site reforms as a workers’ co-operative Paid Members Public
The politics site's former management is gone, and the staff are now collectively running the title. Can they align their business model with their values?
Why the Streisand effect could hit The Times’s bottom line Paid Members Public
The Times pulling a story about the prime minister shows a strange mix of deference to authority, and a disregard for its paying members. And that could be bad for subs numbers.
Subscriber revenue: what's the future — and the limit? Paid Members Public
How do you win an audience. convert them to subscribers — and retain them in tough economic times? A news:rewired panel explores past sucesses and future strategies.