business models
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.
I miss deadlines. Would you? Paid Members Public
Some thoughts on B2B newsletters, the endless pivot to video, and Substack's growing moat.
Lunchtime links: subs, Google News and the problem with Wikipedia Paid 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
Why newsletters won't kill newspapers Paid Members Public
And why unbundling the opinion columnists might be a good thing for news in general.
Morning Conference: how to counter news avoidance Paid Members Public
Plus some interesting links on revenue, and a 5 minute summary of where the net went wrong.
Rewarding good subscriber content is not the same as rewarding clickbait Paid Members Public
The Telegraph's plan to incentivise subscriber-friendly content doesn't look like clickbait payments, whatever Twitter says
