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The future of newsletters Paid Members Public
The newsletter boom of the last few years shows no sign of abating. What's next for this critical auidnce tool, asked a panel at news:rewired.
Newsletters: Rise of the Blogletter Paid Members Public
Why today's newsletter actually take a lot from blogging and why The Economist is on Instagram: answered.
Hacks/Hackers London: AI, Fact-checking, a faster Economist — and better careers for women Paid Members Public
May's Hacks/Hackers brought us AMP-based web-design, Facebook fact-checking, AI email checks, and a new organisation to support women in their careers.
Cannabis, social video and The Economist Paid Members Public
Great to see social video techniques being used by more serious outlets to tell stories: (Full disclosure: the journalist who created this [https://twitter.com/eliserwjohnson1] is a former student.)
How The Economist plays the platform game Paid Members Public
How do you recruit new subscribers - especially young ones? For The Economist, social platforms are a big part of the equation…
The Economist on the economics of cartooning Paid Members Public
The Economist have been posting some older, evergreen (or “stock” content, for regular readers…) on Medium. The piece on cartooning is particularly worth reading [https://medium.com/the-economist/how-the-internet-unleashed-a-burst-of-cartooning-creativity-45b9170e0c3b?curator=MediaREDEF#.51ep116a7] : > Cartoons go way back before newspapers. They have their origins in the caricatures and illustrations of early
Finding The Economist's social media voice Paid Members Public
Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor of the Economist [http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/may/29/economist-zanny-minton-beddoes-digital] : > We have to be ourselves in social media. What does it mean to be the Economist on social media? I think a lot of what is characteristic of the Economist, its brevity and
Quartz passes FT & Economist in unique visitors Paid Members Public
Quartz continues to power ahead [http://fortune.com/2016/01/21/quartz-growth/] > In an internal memo that Fortune managed to get hold of, publisher Jay Lauf said the site’s traffic rose by 65% in December to almost 17 million unique visitors, more than The Economist or the Financial
