audience strategy
An uncomfortable audience success story
GB News is generating £600k in audience revenue in under a year… Plus more on Reddit's strategy and some mental health resources.
Monopolies, layoffs and writs: oh, my
I thought August was meant to be a quiet month for news? I miss the silly season.
Google is on the naughty step
Its search engine is a monopoly — and Google is guilty of abusing that.
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X predicts a riot
Has the loosened moderation under Elon Musk lead to the thuggery on the UK's streets over the weekend? Plus a glimpse at the possible future of search.
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Why oh why oh AI
The news about AI and internet content just keeps coming. And that's before AI starts writing it itself…
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Afternoon Coffee Reading
Tech companies want AI search — but is it sustainable? Plus, the rise of WhatsApp audience engagement.
local journalism
A little respect (just a local bit)
Another week, another economic crisis. But in other news, local politicians are getting more overtly disdainful of journalists, and big news sites are taking a serious SEO hit. Let's dive in…
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What happened to a quiet summer?
Big moves afoot in local journalism, some SEO changes to pay attention to, and Medium finally gives up on journalism.
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Some helpful content for you
Google is rolling out a major new update, Facebook is killing its most useful tool, and we remember a genuine magazine pioneer.
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Newsletter editors: the new newsroom power players
The inexorable rise of newsletters – and the newsletter editor [http://digiday.com/publishers/newsletter-editors-new-important-person-newsrooms/] : > Publishers are rediscovering that email newsletters are a reliable way to reach readers — and serve a critically important direct connection to audiences that serves as a counterweight to the mercurial algorithms of Facebook. The popularity
commonplace reading
Commonplace Reading: curated reads for an indulgent weekend
Would you like a selection of great online journalism to read at your leisure over the weekend? Well, that’s exactly what I’m now offering you via Commonplace Reading, a new weekly newsletter I’m pushing out every Saturday morning. It’s a little more eclectic than the material
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One for my regulars: the Digital Publishing Irregular
Sssh. If you’re reading this, you’re almost certainly a regular reader of my blog – because I’m going to do exactly no promotion whatsoever of this post. This is just something for my regulars, if you like, and those they choose to share it with. I’m going