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New Google update aims to prioritise original reporting over rapid writethroughs Paid Members Public
Big news from Google: it's tweaked its algorithms to prioritise original reporting - and to display it for longer.
Hacks/Hackers London: News for millennial investors, engaged journalism and data leakage to Facebook Paid Members Public
Three talks from the April 2019 Hacks/Hackers London, from Finimize, the Engaged Journalism Accelerator and Privacy International
Paywalls and Analytics Paid Members Public
Paywalls need love, too. Unless you're tracking your analytics, you won't know if they're pitched correctly.
Ghost's Publisher Weekly aims to support independent publishers Paid Members Public
Publishing platform Ghost is building out a resource site and newsletter for independent publishers.
The Final Days of Johnston Press Paid Members Public
The clock is counting down to the end of Johnston Press, one of the great regional newspaper companies in the UK. The company is doomed - but can local news be saved?
Facebook's approach to news is getting ever more elitist - and controlling Paid Members Public
Facebook is about to start pumping millions into news publishers to create Facebook Watch as a viable video channel. That's really uncomfortable timing…
The LittleThings lesson publishers should be learning Paid Members Public
The first major casualty of the Facebook algorithm change was announced last week: LittleThings was closing up, putting 100 people out of work. And, inevitably, they were a Facebook traffic-dependent publisher. Lucia Moses has written a great profile of LittleThings [https://digiday.com/media/live-algorithm-die-algorithm-littlethings-went-social-publishing-darling-shutting/] for Digiday: > CEO and
The Spectator is harnessing digital to get record print sales Paid Members Public
This is rather spectacular: Spectator subscriptions are at an all-time high, but not only that — print subscriptions are, too. Here’s how editor Fraser Nelson expains it [https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/02/the-spectators-print-sales-hit-a-190-year-high-thanks-to-digital/] : > Digital is behind the renaissance of print. The website brings millions of people to
