business models

The Canary becomes a flock: left-wing site reforms as a workers’ co-operative 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?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
business models

Why the Streisand effect could hit The Times’s bottom line 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.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
The Times

Subscriber revenue: what's the future — and the limit? 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.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
news:rewired

I miss deadlines. Would you? Members Public

Some thoughts on B2B newsletters, the endless pivot to video, and Substack's growing moat.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
video

Lunchtime links: subs, Google News and the problem with Wikipedia Members Public

It must be the silly season. LinkedIn is getting into subs? Plus some useful stuff on Google News and a critical look at the media/Wikipedia intersection

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
links

Why newsletters won't kill newspapers Members Public

And why unbundling the opinion columnists might be a good thing for news in general.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
newsletters

Morning Conference: how to counter news avoidance Members Public

Plus some interesting links on revenue, and a 5 minute summary of where the net went wrong.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Morning Conference emails

Rewarding good subscriber content is not the same as rewarding clickbait Members Public

The Telegraph's plan to incentivise subscriber-friendly content doesn't look like clickbait payments, whatever Twitter says

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
paywalls