The Times Why the Streisand effect could hit The Times’s bottom line 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 Jun 24, 2022 4 min read
Members only audience development There's more to newspapers than news You'll need more than news to build a great audience revenue model. Adam Tinworth May 7, 2021 2 min read
Members only online harassment Better tools for better online communities Five quick links about online abuse of local journalists, Facebook’s attempt to cleanse its groups, and some community-centric publishing tools. Adam Tinworth Sep 24, 2020 4 min read
Members only membership models Journalism needs members, not readers Members and subscribers are not the same thing. We're at a moment of inflection in journalism, and understanding the difference might be crucial. Adam Tinworth Sep 17, 2020 3 min read
polarisation Engaged Reading Digest: the unexpected face of polarisation The assumptions many people make about social media, news consumption and polarisation may not be accurate. Prepare for a surprise… Adam Tinworth Feb 18, 2020 4 min read
ghost Ghost 3.0 has built-in membership and paywall tools to build engaged journalism sites Ghost 3.0 upgrades the content management system to a full membership platform, with the ability to easily add paid subscribers. Adam Tinworth Oct 22, 2019 6 min read
business models New business models for journalism Journalism needs a new business model. Hell, it need many new models. Here's a bunch of them from news:rewired Adam Tinworth Mar 6, 2019 5 min read
community engagement Local news innovation: two examples from Europe Two great examples of community engaged journalism from Belgium and Italy. Adam Tinworth Oct 15, 2018 2 min read
Medium Medium kills the reader memberships of its final partners Medium continues the cull of all the features that made it a worthwhile platform to build a business on. Adam Tinworth May 10, 2018 1 min read
zetland Zetland's audio stories are outperforming its written ones Copenhagen-based digital startup Zetland is getting more traction with the audio versions of its stories than the text versions. Adam Tinworth May 10, 2018 1 min read
business models Talking Points Memo contemplates opening the kimono – for members only Adam Tinworth Jul 3, 2017 1 min read