- UK: Dennis Publishing reports £28.1m pre-tax loss but positive signs of subscription growth during lockdown [1]
- Cosmo, paywalls, and chicken nugget math: The shift toward paid strategies for digital content [2]
- The subscribe page has become a laboratory for news publishers experimenting with revenue stream options [3]
- UK: Poll suggests increased digital readership will last beyond pandemic [4]
- Building a digital New York Times: CEO Mark Thompson [5]
- Is the COVID magazine subscription bump a short-term trend or a long-term bet? [6]
- Digital subscription growth offers respite to news giants battered by Covid-19 [7]
- It continues to be very good to be The New York Times [8]
- UK: Weekly ends ‘pay if you can’ paywall amid plans for post-lockdown growth [9]
- UK: Half of all print and online news subscribers are over 55, survey shows [10]
- USA: 'Bloomberg,' 'The Athletic' Offer Bundled Subscriptions [11]
- UK: Weekly ends ‘pay if you can’ paywall amid plans for post-lockdown growth [9]
- It is possible to compete with the New York Times. Here’s how. [12]
- An open letter to the new CEO of The New York Times [13]
- Financial Times: How we improved reader habit by 39% [14]
- South China Morning Post returns to a subscription model after 4 years [15]
- Newsonomics: The New York Times’ new CEO, Meredith Levien, on building a world-class digital media business — and a tech company [16]
- Publisher subscription platforms’ best-kept secret: Global audiences [17]
- With ad revenue down 23%, Twitter looks to diversify with subscriptions [18]
- UK: Dennis sees subscriptions increase by 9% during lockdown [19]
- NYT: A Look Back at Mark Thompson’s Eight Years as CEO [20]
- USA: How Vox Media and The Atlantic are building reader revenue [21]
- 2020 challenge: retain new subscribers in a post-pandemic world [22]
- UK: Editors call for readers’ support as sister dailies launch paywalls [23]
- 'Cosmopolitan' Introduces Paid Membership Program [24]
- Why Skift is putting reader revenue in the pilot’s seat [25]
- How German Publishers Drove Reader Revenue During the COVID-19 Crisis [26]
- Ten years of the Times digital paywall: How Murdoch's 'big gamble' paid off [27]
- Reuters plans to put many articles behind a paywall [28]
- Don’t call them micropayments [29]
- How The Economist built a successful global reader acquisition channel by bringing its content to life [30]
- UK: Publisher to bring in paywalls at seven dailies as some staff pay cuts reversed [31]
- What news giants are learning about subscribers during lockdown uptick [32]
- Why micropayments will never be a thing in journalism [33]
- More Americans are paying for online news — and a lot of them are branching out, too [34]
- Can pay-by-text micropayments become a viable revenue source for newspapers? [35]
- Canadian start-up Indiegraf offers new financial model for local journalism: Reader contribs plus pooled back-end services [36]
- USA: How Environmental News Outlet Grist Is Growing Revenue & Building a Broader Audience [37]
- Guardian gains 200,000 new supporters during coronavirus pandemic [38]
- USA: The Atlantic’s executive editor talks conspiracy theories, journalistic norms, and new products for all those new subscribers [39]
- SPH and Google join forces to grow subscriptions and ad revenue [40]
- Americans support COVID-19 relief for local news [41]
- USA: Tribune Publishing sees a 293% increase in digital subscriptions during the pandemic: How they achieved it and what’s next [42]
- UK: Publisher brings in paywall option on dozens of weeklies’ websites [43]
- YouTube plans to let news publishers sell off-platform subscriptions through their channels [44]
- UK: Independent to join Google News Initiative Subscriptions Lab [45]
- Guardian reports surge in readers’ support over past year [46]
- UK: Daily says ‘real stories worth paying for’ as it launches paywall [47]
- 'Bloomberg' Offers College Students 3-Month Free Subscription [48]
- UK: Publisher introduces paywall option on all of its dailies’ websites [49]
- Top 8 paywall models: What you can learn from Wired, Bild, The Athletic and Co. [50]
- Wired Sees Subscription Bump Despite Lifting Its Paywall on COVID-19 Content [51]
- Here’s how 15+ member-driven organizations are adapting membership appeals, events, and more for coronavirus [52]
- Removing paywalls on coronavirus coverage is noble. It also makes no sense. [53]
- Young people are twice as likely to pay for news in the U.S., U.K., and Germany (compared to those 55-plus) [54]
- USA: McClatchy puts coronavirus paywalls back up [55]
- Norway: ‘Opening the paywall is not an option’: Schibsted sees subscriptions mini-boom [56]
- Slate launches a metered paywall to draw more membership revenue from readers, not just listeners [57]
- USA: Local News Outlets Drop Paywalls for Pandemic Stories, but Gain Digital Subscribers Anyway [58]
- Despite relaxing paywalls, publishers like Bloomberg and The Atlantic see subscription spikes [59]
- USA: Gannett, McClatchy Drop Paywalls On COVID-19 Content [60]
- “The appetite for news seems greater than ever”: As traffic surges, publishers see a spike in subscriptions [61]
- Do news sites have an ethical duty to remove paywalls on coronavirus coverage? [62]
- UK: Weekly makes e-editions free as more regional titles drop pay restrictions [63]
- Australia: Subscribers only: Paywall virus news helps News to audience spike [64]
- USA: How the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel drove subscriptions by asking journalists to promote the value of their work [65]
- USA: McClatchy Initiates Company-Wide Effort to Move Subscribers Online [66]
- UK: Newspaper drops paywall for coronavirus-related stories [67]
- How the coronavirus could hurt the news business [68]
- People pay for news that reinforces their social identities [69]
- USA: Tribune Publishing, Lifestyle Frisco, The Seattle Times and Post and Courier create experiments designed to drive revenue [70]
- UK: Weekly launches web paywall as readers demand more content online [71]
- Popular news aggregators are now focusing on regional content, driving substantial traffic for publishers [72]
- 'Fortune' Puts More Content Behind Paywall, Introduces Subscription Tiers [73]
- USA: Online subscriptions to the Boston Globe see fastest growth in years [74]
- Platforms offer olive branches with subscription initiatives and news payments to tempt publishers back [75]
- Reality check: subscriptions are not going to work for everyone and here is why [76]
- UK: Newspaper ends online paywall trial ahead of ‘Live’ expansion [77]
- The New York Times increases digital subscription price for the first time [78]
- USA: Thrillist becomes the latest publisher to launch travel packages in revenue diversification bid [79]
- News Corp Announces Record-Setting Subscriber Performances at Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal [80]
- UK: Bauer tests bundled titles as a path to app profitability [81]
- The New York Times is using The 1619 Project to market how “the truth can change how we see the world” (and subscriptions) [82]
- USA: What The Athletic’s success teaches us about monetizing local news [83]
- Canada: Gen Z not only loves content, they pay for it [84]
- Publishers Sharpen Their Approach to Paywalls [85]
- Why local news outlets struggle with digital subscriptions [86]
- USA: “Bullish about the bundle”: The Information and Bloomberg trial year-long joint subscription [87]
- 5 digital subscription trends for publishers, in charts [88]
- How to build a good reader revenue model: lessons from Spain and the UK [89]
- UK: Weeklies to launch paywall trials thanks to government-backed fund [90]
- Germany: How Axel Springer is adapting its pricing strategy to grow reader revenue [91]
- Why The Information’s paywall strategy is so successful [92]
- Google to help publishers in Europe grow revenue, through their Subscriptions Labs program [93]
- To Grow Revenue and Engage New Readers, Magazines Think of the Children [94]
- Planning to launch a membership program? Let these 12 questions guide you [95]
- Scroll promises a better Internet for users and more money for publishers, all for just five bucks [96]
- Platforms offer olive branches with subscription initiatives and news payments to tempt publishers back [97]
- Fortune adopts paywall in major redesign of site, magazine [98]
- Business Insider’s fascinating approach to paywalls and free content [99]
- Politico’s new FDA-focused subscription product costs as much as $75k a year [100]
- Fortune adopts paywall in major redesign of site, magazine [98]
- As publishers pivot to paid, newsrooms focus more on sales [101]
- Prospect gambles on £1 trial to turn new readers into lasting subscribers [102]
- Local news website apes Guardian with call for reader donations on tenth anniversary [103]
- Readers With Ad Blockers More Likely to Keep Subscriptions, Medill Study Finds [104]
- Time’s new invite-only membership program will cost up to $20,000 a year [105]
- Publishers are joining the race for reader revenues, but there’s no silver bullet [106]
- Fortune is rolling out a three-tier membership program [107]
- From 170k to 200k subscribers in 2019: How Gazeta Wyborcza, one of Poland’s leading newspapers, did it [108]
- Telegraph marks 'huge milestone' as number of digital subscribers surpasses print [109]
- Micropayments for news? Axate's Dominic Young on the will of the wallet [110]
- New Gallup/Knight study: Local news should be available to all, yet Americans divided on how to pay for it [111]
- Why 'Membership' Is The New Publishing At Kalmbach Media [112]
- USA: Paywalls can be a big lift for smaller publishers. Here’s how the Shawnee Mission Post is thriving two years in [113]
- 'Quartz' Reveals Nearly 11,000 Paying Members [114]
- UK: Telegraph reaches subscriber milestone as profits plummet [115]
- The Economist is trying to convert its 1m YouTube subscribers into paying members [116]
- The Financial Times is rolling out subscriber-only podcasts [117]
- “Finishable news” worked for The Guardian on iPad for 8 years. Will it draw new subscribers on phones? [118]
- UK: The i launches paid-for news app with three daily editions and live breaking news [119]
- USA: Subscriber-only Newsletters Aim to Build Local News Loyalty [120]
- UK: Independent rebrands content behind paywall as 'premium' [121]
- USA: How are paywalled news outlets preparing to serve residents in California’s mega-power shutoffs? [122]
- One subscriber or 48,000 pageviews: Why every journalist should know the “unit economics” of their content [123]
- USA: Starbucks Offers Customers Free Digital Access To Newspapers, Special Subscription Offers [124]
- No one expected The Athletic could get people to pay for sports news. Now it has 600,000 subscribers. [125]
- How The Financial Times is pursuing subscribers still in their teens [126]
- How publishers get their reporters to drive subscriptions [127]
- To capture reader revenue and engagement, some Indian newsrooms are going back to the once-scorned comments section [128]
- Monetising brands beyond print and digital: Seizing the Latin American opportunity [129]
- The Guardian hits 1 million subscribers milestone on YouTube [130]
- Who pays for local news in the U.S.? [131]
- Bloomberg Media to double subscriptions this year [132]
- Jim Brady: There’s a reader revenue revolution happening. Will legacy news miss it — again? [133]
- UK: Daily brings in permanent paywall on website after sister titles’ trials [134]
- UK: Telegraph signed up nearly 500 new subscribers every day in record August [135]
- USA: The Atlantic (re)joins the metered paywall club, with digital subscriptions starting at $49.99/year [136]
- How the Financial Times does it [137]
- Beyond subscriptions: Redefining the value exchange between audience and publisher [138]
- UK: Reach becomes latest regional publisher to launch online paywall trial [139]
- FT puts massive profit growth down to digital subscription success [140]
- UK: How The Sun’s fantasy football newsletter increased retention to 68% [141]
- How publishers are cutting print days — and not losing (too many) subscribers [142]
- The Athletic is experimenting with free content [143]
- The New York Times is the latest publisher to put up a registration wall [144]
- Canada: Toronto Star offers free digital subscriptions to all post-secondary students [145]
- UK: Regional daily says online subscription move will ‘pay for quality journalism’ [146]
- USA: 'Atlantic' Revisits Paywall Launch After 18-Month Delay [147]
- UK: The Telegraph is growing its subscribers base with WhatsApp audio briefings [148]
- UK: Daily editor makes ‘no apologies’ for paywall launch as he thanks new subscribers [149]
- UK: How The Times attracts and retains digital subscribers [150]
- Vogue Australia revamps subscription offering with Vogue VIP loyalty program [151]
- “Every week there are some sort of experiments going on”: How The Economist grows revenue by improving the digital experience [152]
- UK: Publisher’s paywall trial to aid investment in ‘high-quality’ journalism [153]
- Tighten up that paywall! (And some other lessons from a study of 500 newspaper publishers) [154]
- To increase retention, The Financial Times is using newsletter polls [155]
- UK: Times and Sunday Times pass 300,000 paid digital-only subscribers [156]
- New York Times Up to 4.7 Million Subscribers as Profits Dip [157]
- Why making content on the internet free was our biggest mistake… and how to fix it [158]
- Facebook reveals early results from its subscription-focused local news accelerator [159]
- “Is Google literally trying to kill off the fourth estate?”: Publishers react as metered paywalls come crashing down [160]
- USA: The L.A. Times’ disappointing digital numbers show the game’s not just about drawing in subscribers — it’s about keeping them [161]
- Google unlocks 33% of publisher paywalls on July 30. This is what happens next [162]
- USA: The Athletic Sports News Site Hits 500,000 Subscribers [163]
- UK: Free news ‘not sustainable’ says editor as weekly brings in paywall [164]
- USA: Digital news platform Patch pivots away from advertising to payments [165]
- USA: Will enough readers pay for hyperlocal journalism — over text? Cleveland.com and Project Text will find out [166]
- Rising reader revenues reinforce need for trusted, quality content [167]
- Death of the metered paywall: Google makes it official [168]
- Why it’s Time for Publishers to Offer a Pay-Per-Article Option [169]
- UK: New European drops micro-paywall charging readers 10p for premium articles [170]
- USA: Nearly 7,000 people threatened to cancel their newspaper subscriptions. Here’s what got them to stay [171]
- USA: Are Paywalls Saving Newspapers? [172]
- USA: The Atlantic restructures staff on the way to a subscription model [173]
- How Newsrooms Can Drive Subscriber Engagement and Retention [174]
- With sports, local newspapers try ‘unbundling’ the subscription [175]
- Mozilla teases $5-per-month ad-free news subscription [176]
- 77% of UK millennials don't pay for news finds Comscore study [177]
- The Australian makes eight new appointments as it reaches digital subscription milestone [178]
- WNMC.19: How Gannett drives digital subscriptions [179]
- SmartNews has shown it can drive traffic. Can it drive subscriptions too? [180]
- Why bundled subscriptions won’t save the news industry [181]
- Publishers will soon no longer be able to detect when you’re in Chrome’s incognito mode, weakening paywalls everywhere [182]
- Membership can create meaningful relationships with users [183]
- USA: One California newspaper’s route to survival is an innovative ‘membership plan’ [184]
- UK: Cash donors save Jewish Chronicle from 'grave' closure threat [185]
- The West Australian introduces digital subscriptions and paywall [186]
- UK: Scotsman goes behind metered paywall [187]
- WNMC19: Keep making 'em pay, even beyond the grave [188]
- Even people who like paying for news usually only pay for one subscription [189]
- Dutch news aggregate website Blendle ditches pay-per-article service [190]
- USA: Be smart: How Axios drives engagement with its email newsletters through user-level data [191]
- How newsletter innovations are driving publisher revenue [192]
- The Economist is exploring how video can drive subscriptions [193]
- Facebook is offering new subscription tools for publishers via Instant Articles [194]
- Traditional business models aren’t working out. Maybe membership is the answer [195]
- Publishers’ key tools for driving subscriptions in 2019: Dynamic paywalls, newsletters, and sports subs [196]
- The Google News Initiative, WAN-IFRA and Mather Economics drive an ambitious program supporting digital subscriptions in Latin America [197]
- Online news gradually shifts away from free content and towards pay models [198]
- USA: The Seattle Times uses crowdfunding to stay independent as ad revenue dwindles [199]
- UK: JPI Media reveals paywall trials at two regional dailies in response to falling ad revenues [200]
- UK: Sun Savers reaches one million mark [201]
- USA: A letter to subscribers [from the publisher of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette] [202]
- Italy: Sustainable newsroom: relevance and trust are key for successful crowdfunding [203]
- How The Guardian is looking to boost reader donations in the US [204]
- Medium CEO Ev Williams Goes All-In on Building Subscription Business [205]
- USA: The Boston Globe now has more online subscribers than print ones [206]
- Winter may be coming for HBO’s streaming subscriptions, but it doesn’t have to for your news organization [207]
- News Corp Australia passes 500,000 paid digital subscribers [208]
- How Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter halved subscriber churn in 2 years [209]
- Sweden’s MittMedia increases subscriber conversions by 20% with a ‘time wall’ [210]
- Quartz, built on free distribution, has put its articles behind a paywall [211]
- Incognito no more: Publishers close loopholes as paywall blockers emerge [212]
- USA: The Seattle Times asks readers to fund its future investigative journalism team [213]
- Inside the Economist’s data-driven paywall evolution [214]
- USA: News Corp says its digital strategy helped push revenue up 17% [215]
- USA: Cleveland.com wants to text its readers (and to make money) [216]
- USA: Tribune Publishing's Digital Subscribers Rise 45% In Q1 [217]
- Stop the presses: Canadian newspaper readership at an all-time high [218]
- New York Times Company Continues to Add Online Subscribers as Digital Advertising Grows [219]
- More publishers in Europe, US turning to paywalls: Study [220]
- Mobile commerce to reach $319B by 2020: Publishers experiment for their slice of the pie [221]
- UK: Daily pledges to recruit two journalists if reader subscription targets met [222]
- How Publishers are Creating the Right Membership Model for Their Readers [223]
- USA: Wired launched a paywall. It worked! Mostly [224]
- UK: Revenue growth continues at Reach following Mirror, Express and Star takeover [225]
- Why The Times Took Down Its Paywall for 3 Days [226]
- USA: Gannett revenue falls, digital subscriptions rise as fight continues with MNG [227]
- Guardian performs remarkable comeback, but at cost of 450 jobs [228]
- How The Washington Post Made Its Publishing Platform A Revenue Driver [229]
- UK: Why The Telegraph’s pivot to paid results in sales team shakeup [230]
- UK: Telegraph Media to cut 50 jobs in shift to subscription model [231]
- Scottish daily The National grows subscribers after campaign launch backing new indy ref [232]
- India: The Ken introduces Patron-funded Subscriptions [233]
- Mood analysis can be a powerful revenue generator for publishers, NYT’s “Project Feels” shows [234]
- Introducing an expanded Digiday+ [235]
- Mapping the Brutal Subscription Battlefield [236]
- In pivoting to paid, publishers run into tech headaches [237]
- Why Apple News+ won’t cannibalize publishers’ paid subscriptions [238]
- How memberships and subscription models drive business growth [239]
- UK: [240]Independent publisher introduces pay-as-you-go scheme for online readers [240]
- How The Post and Courier grew digital subscriptions by 250% [241]
- As it strives for 10m subscribers, The New York Times is expanding in the UK [242]
- Apple launches news and digital magazine subscription service with more than 300 titles [243]
- Public-powered journalism boosts media trust and newsrooms' revenue streams [244]
- The Telegraph's roadmap to 1m paying subscribers and financial sustainability [245]
- Medium eyes media partnerships in pursuit of 1 million subscribers [246]
- 'HuffPost' Launches Plus Membership Program, Asks Readers To Support Its Journalism [247]
- USA: GateHouse Launches Digital Subscriptions Lab With Google [248]
- The drive for digital subscriptions hits a bump in the road: subscription fatigue [249]
- India: Publisher drives 400K subscriptions and 5M page views via Whatsapp: Publishing’s next frontier? [250]
- Guardian sets goal of 2m supporters in next stage of ambitious strategy [251]