Archive
It’s about paper, not print: indie approaches within large publishing houses
Flow magazine founder Irene Smit explains how the magazine changed hands between publishing companies, what that taught her about the pros and cons of being an indie title supported by a larger operation, and how the magazine came out of the other side of those transitions stronger for it.
Threes: Helping publishers retake control of their content and find new revenue streams
Publishers are losing vast amounts of value as their content is reused and republished without authorisation. New technology is emerging to help them identify that usage at scale, turning hidden losses into fresh licensing and revenue opportunities.
Why Reach turned to Substack for newsletter expansion and experimentation
Over the past two years, Reach plc has launched 13 paid newsletters and 21 free newsletters on Substack. At the Publisher Newsletter Summit, Reach’s Jenna Thompson discussed the reasons behind the new launches, and what they’ve learned about audience and community building.
How The Economist and Financial Times manage personality-driven newsletters
Newsletters led by star writers and editors are proving an effective tool for publishers to supercharge loyalty. But putting key journalists front-and-centre is not without its risks, as the FT’s Sarah Ebner and The Economist’s Andrew Palmer and Dominic Rech discussed at the Publisher Newsletter Summit.
How Hearst UK and Stylist use app extra features to enhance reader relationships
Apps can be a powerful retention tool for subscription publishers. If they want readers to come back regularly, having enhanced features and added extras like games can be key to building habits and making the app ‘sticky’.
Why the FT’s app is its most powerful retention tool
“Subscribers that are only or primarily on the app are 37% less likely to cancel than non-app users,” said the Financial Times’ Muj Ali at the Publisher App Summit, held in June. Here’s how the business publication has turned its app into a vital retention channel.
What community means to the Women’s Running podcast and The Plodcast from the BBC’s Countryfile magazine
We brought together two award-winning podcasters at our recent Publisher Podcast Summit – Women’s Running and The Plodcast from the BBC’s Countryfile – to find out how they see their podcast communities and what challenges they’ve faced in their community-building journeys.
