How the Washington Post turned its CMS into a money spinner - Tue, Apr 30 2019

When you're trying to pilot a newsletter/build out a membership program/tweak the calls to action on your news organization's website, it often helps to have one person (or team) in charge of making those calls — and not overinflate your own…

Nieman Lab – Christine Schmidt – Mar 30, 2018

LINK: items.ssrc.org ➚ | Posted by: Christine Schmidt | April 29, 2019 Facebook knows it screwed up, is trying to do better, and is spending some of this year actually listening to critiques and suggestions (supposedly). Zuckerberg even has…

Today I'm launching a new project, Missing Numbers. Missing Numbers is a blog about the data that the government should collect and measure in the UK, but doesn't. I'm a data analyst and programmer who cares about social justice. Over the years…

'Our vision that everyone should have the right to an honest and factual account of what is really happening in the world is of paramount importance in combating fake news and hate speech,' wrote Lord Tom Chandos, chairman, Thomson Foundation in…

“Utopia” is the name of the room that BuzzFeed Chief Executive Jonah Peretti uses as his L.A. office, but the last few months have been anything but that. His New York-based start-up, once seen as a potential savior for journalism…

Mr Anderson Looks to product placement on social properties like Tasty (think Walmart products visible in making recipes) to generate revenue. It grew audience in the past, just not revenue.

Forbes – Peter High – Apr 29

Shailesh Prakash was not sold on joining a media company. He had been at a number of tech-centric companies from Sun Microsystems to Netscape to Microsoft. Though the company was in a challenging position, he enjoyed his role as Vice President of…

Publishers attempting to unlock new sources of reader revenue are understandably honing in on device usage, particularly when there are an estimated 5.1 billion unique mobile users around the world that could be paid subscribers. Chartbeat data…

Belgian media group Mediahuis has agreed a deal to buy Independent News and Media for €145.6 million. Under the terms of the deal, announced this morning, INM said shareholders would be entitled to receive 10.5 cent in cash for each of its…

This week New Zealand's largest newspaper, the NZ Herald, launched digital subscriptions for its online content, making history at the same time. Its paywall is the first for a general newspaper in New Zealand. Back in 2011, the NZ Herald's parent…

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Nine Entertainment has sold 160 former Fairfax regional papers, including the Canberra Times and the Illawarra Mercury, to the former Domain boss Antony Catalano and investors for $115m. The chief executive officer of Nine, Hugh Marks, said the…