Expanding the View
This month, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about one particular essay about the “creator economy.” To those of us working in “old media,” the idea of a single person, armed with a brain, a laptop, and the ability ... Read More
A Spot of Good Ad Tech News for Publishers
It is not a stretch to say that programmatic advertising and the broader suite of ad tech has harmed publishers in multiple ways. But a new report out in January gives us hope that things may be looking up ... Read More
Alliance Members: We’d Like Your Input! Audience & Advertising Research Needs
We are in the process of evaluating our news and magazine audience and advertising research reports and would like your feedback! ... Read More
This Publisher was Victim of a Ransomware Attack: How They Minimized the Impact and 3 Lessons You Can Apply
In June 2022, a local, independently-owned publisher found its servers had been hacked and were being held ransom. The good news is they were prepared. Here are their lessons you can take and apply ... Read More
Study Suggests Online News Not a Major Contributor to Partisan News Consumption
As more and more news consumers get information online, the scholarly community has worked to investigate the impact of this shift and the degree to which it perpetuates partisan viewpoints due to the lack of visibility of alternative perspectives. A ... Read More
Ad Tech: It’s Worse Than We Thought
In addition to Alphabet and Meta, many other companies have found success in the ad tech market by inserting themselves into advertising transactions that once took place between advertisers and publishers. However, three recent developments suggest that ad tech may ... Read More
The Key to Gen Z: Insights and Ideas to Build Lasting Relationships
The Key to Gen Z report includes insightful findings, stats and compelling profiles that can help the news media industry understand what is important to this group, from their consumption preferences, to what would motivate them to subscribe, to the ... Read More
Apple’s Latest Privacy Announcement Will Impact a Key Tool in News Publishers’ Audience Engagement Toolbox: Email Newsletters
The June 2021 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote speech, which introduced the company’s iOS 15, featured "one more thing" that should have many news organizations paying attention ... Read More
Study: Reframing Article Headlines, Messages Around Reader Values Can Help Build Trust
The Media Insight Project recently investigated Americans’ perceptions of the core values that underlie journalistic inquiry and found that they are not “universally embraced,” which may be one of the reasons that distrust in the media seems intractable ... Read More
Survey Reveals Alliance News Publishers Adopting Subscriber Retention Strategies
The American Press Institute (API) recently conducted a survey of news organizations, asking them about their subscriber retention activities. Within the API survey, over 300 News Media Alliance member publications were represented ... Read More
Member Exclusive: Alliance News Publishers Have Adopted Subscriber Retention Strategies, Though There’s Room for Improvement
Any attentive observer of the news industry throughout the digital media era knows that news publishers have shifted many of their resources to attracting digital subscribers. This evolution – and the changes in the business model driving it – has ... Read More
Flaws in Ad Tech Contribute to False Perceptions of Brand Safety, Ad Blocking, and Disinformation
Disinformation and trust in news were key drivers of the tragic riots that took place on January 6, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol. But as the crisis unfolded, advertisers paused many of their online ads, including those running alongside news ... Read More
