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Amedia: how to turn local news readers into subscribers

Norway’s Amedia is successfully converting local newspaper readers into digital subscribers. Here’s how they do it.

david higgerson

When hyperlocal isn't really very local.

David Higgerson, quoted on Hold The Front Page [http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2016/news/publisher-continues-web-rebrand-with-launch-of-new-county-wide-sites/] : > Lincolnshire Live and Cornwall Live follow the same model of hyperlocal news on a county-wide platform as the recently launched Essex Live, Kent Live, Gloucestershire Live and Somerset Live. David, I don’t

Facebook

Facebook made local newspapers redundant

The problem with local newspapers [http://scripting.com/liveblog/users/davewiner/2015/12/15/0641.html]: > John Robinson notes [http://johnlrobinson.com/2015/12/when-the-social-networks-beat-you-to-the-story/] that his local paper is much slower than Facebook and Twitter, often reporting local stories two days after it appeared on social media. What’

digital journalism

Digital journalism: time for invention, not migration

Kevin Anderson [http://charman-anderson.com/2015/02/03/local-journalism-business-models-that-dont-rely-on-scale/] : > For too long we’ve been trying to find a market for the same products that we used to deliver in print, and that just won’t work. We can’t simply write that local council story the same way

app marketing

That's one way to sell a news app

The Bristol Post [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/bristol-post/id916263586?mt=8] takes app marketing to the petrol pump…

Claire Enders

Claire Enders, Schrödinger's Cat and the death of local newspapers

There’s a weird triumphalism is the air this morning, as Hold The Front Page points out that Claire Enders’ famous prediction five years ago that half of the UK’s local newspapers would be dead by now [http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2014/news/editors-blog-why-claire-enders-was-wrong-about-newspaper-closures/] : > Obtaining a precise

change management

Don't do more with less, do different forms of journalism

Fascinating insight into Kevin Anderson’s first few months back in a newsroom [http://charman-anderson.com/2014/04/29/rebuilding-journalism-through-building-a-community-platform/] : > When I landed in my new job as executive editor of two newspapers in Wisconsin, I had to prioritise what I would do, and to be honest, I didn’

greenwich

Why we need the hyperlocals

853 [http://feedly.com/k/1aAGZcs]: > Greenwich Council has finally come clean and admitted its weekly newspaper, Greenwich Time, is signed off by leader Chris Roberts… “to ensure political neutrality and to protect the borough’s reputation”. Council-run newspapers and magazines are not journalism, they’re propaganda. They will

BBC

From Data to Story - #newsrw

*Four visions of data journalism, moderated by Kathryn Corrick, digital media consultant. * Bella Hurrell, specials editor on the BBC News website The BBC specials team produces a whole range of added-value content for the BBC website. They’re becoming part of a visual journalism team at the BBC. Data journalism

aggregation

Le Web: How is social-mobile-local changing media?

[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/12/mediapanel3.jpg] A panel discussion the changes in media wrought by the latest technology, moderated by Thomas Crampton [http://www.thomascrampton.com]. Not surprisingly, Paul-François Fournier, Executive Vice President, Orange Technocentre defines media as, essentially, businesses that produce content,

coffee shops

Free Starbucks WiFi = Local News Opportunity?

Yesterday, the news broke that Starbucks will start offering free WiFi in the UK [http://thenextweb.com/uk/2011/10/07/starbucks-rolls-out-free-wifi-in-the-uk/]. They’re not the first – you can get free WiFi in Caffe Nero already, for example – but the content partnership model they’ve followed in the US suggests

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