Subatomic Digital didn’t realize the revenue growth potential of their products for news publishers when they launched their business in the early 2000s. But today, they have several newspaper customers for whom they develop custom products.
In this new role, Coffey will be responsible for maintaining digital partnerships to identify business opportunities and eliminate barriers to a thriving and sustainable news industry.
Today, newspapers fought back against President Trump’s attacks on the media in the the best way they know how: they took to the presses. In a unified voice, they called for an end to these attacks and stressed the importance of quality journalism and a free press to hold our government officials accountable.
Our July New(s) Ideas winner, Twipe Mobile, has deployed exciting reader analytics technology to equip news publishers with unique insights to improve audience engagement, and thereby subscriber retention.
Our colleagues at the American Press Institute recently released a report on what drives people to subscribe to the news, titled “Paths to Subscription.” The report, which surveyed more than 4,100 new news subscribers, tracks the nine most common routes people take to go from non-subscribers to paid subscribers.
Every good news organization has some way of reaching its audience when they’re on-the-go. There are tweets and push notifications and app updates. But there are also live social media news shows, streaming videos and daily podcasts. We want to celebrate all the innovation in the digital news space with our third annual streaming awards.
Through discussions of fake news, the duopoly, paywalls and digital content options, DMNA18 explored all aspects of the online news landscape and what it takes to get readers and viewers to not only trust digital news, but be willing to pay for it. We’ve rounded up the key discussions from the meeting to help you begin your own exploration of what online business model may be right for you.
Our May/June New(s) Ideas winner has developed an exciting solution that offers maximum flexibility to fit any publisher’s needs. Pelcro’s paywall not only lets news organizations determine the extent of the paywall and subscription prices, but leverages artificial intelligence to target specific reader demographics with tailored offerings – all in less time than it takes to read the morning paper.
“Democracy dies in darkness” may be the tagline for The Washington Post, but it’s also a fact that the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) works to highlight with its aid to media development around the world.
Last week, the Open Markets Institute hosted a discussion on the fate of journalism in the age of the duopoly. The conversation between anti-trust experts and media pros focused on the ongoing battle between publishers and platforms, and how the platforms have the power to both help and harm publishers.
