news:rewired
Rouven Leuener: Paygates not Paywalls for supporting journalism
For all the praise heaped on the NYT, its paywall model won't work for smaller audiences. Switzerland's NZZ is trying something more sophisticated.
bundling
Are we really going to do the "news bundle" conversation yet again?
Oh, look the "iTunes/Spotify/Netflix for news" idea is on its annual outing.
podcasting
China's paid podcast model
The podcast industry in China is worth $7.3bn - and it's not from advertising.
Medium
Medium hunting for a magazine acquisition — and a sustainable business model
Is Medium slowly becoming the Huffington Post circa 2008? It's hunt for more content suggests it might be.
publishing technology
Content Management Systems: could Vox Media make build a software business alongside its content operation?
Vox Media is trying to make money through licensing its publishing platform Chorus. A smart move from Vox - but is adopting it a smart move for publishers?
Medium
Medium: destroyer of journalism
Ev Williams is full of a world of good intentions - but journalists who trusted Medium are paying the price.
X (Twitter)
Twitter is a video company now
Twitter is all about 280 characters right? Wrong. It's a video compnay now…
apple news
Apple's acquisition of Texture, and what it might mean for the iOS news ecosystem
Apple has acquired a major US digital magazine subscription service. If you needed evidence it was serious about Apple News, this is it. But does this mean publishers should take Apple News more seriously?
audience development
George Takei: pushing publishers' articles for (undisclosed) cash
One of the more interesting things to have emerged from the allegations of sexual harassment against actor, Star Trek alum and social media star George Takei is the fact that his social media presence (run by a team, and not him personally) is a business enterprise, being heavily supported by
Blogging
Why is the journalism business so dismissive of Medium's new model? An experiment.
This morning, I’ve written a 2,000 word blog post about journalism and publishing strategy. But, you’ll note, this is the first blog post on here today. What’s going on? Well, Medium recently expanded their partner program [https://blog.medium.com/expanding-the-medium-partner-program-3be09dd146e4], allowing more writers to lock
business models
How realistic are these pivots to video?
The phrase “pivot to video” has become a common “strategic” explanation for newsroom layoffs over the last couple of years. It’s, on the surface, convincing, because the rise of video content, especially social video, real. It’s a booming area. But all too often the excuse doesn’t match
business models
Talking Points Memo contemplates opening the kimono – for members only
Laura Hazard Owen of Neiman Lab has done an interesting interview with Josh Marshall of Talking Point Memo, in which he discusses the idea of putting some member-only content behind a paywall. But that content won’t be the liberal-centric reporting the site is best known for: it’ll be