business models
Medium hunting for a magazine acquisition — and a sustainable business model Paid Members Public
Is Medium slowly becoming the Huffington Post circa 2008? It's hunt for more content suggests it might be.
Content Management Systems: could Vox Media make build a software business alongside its content operation? Paid Members Public
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: destroyer of journalism Paid Members Public
Ev Williams is full of a world of good intentions - but journalists who trusted Medium are paying the price.
Twitter is a video company now Paid Members Public
Twitter is all about 280 characters right? Wrong. It's a video compnay now…
Apple's acquisition of Texture, and what it might mean for the iOS news ecosystem Paid Members Public
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?
George Takei: pushing publishers' articles for (undisclosed) cash Paid Members Public
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
Why is the journalism business so dismissive of Medium's new model? An experiment. Paid Members Public
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
How realistic are these pivots to video? Paid Members Public
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
