The Economist is studying whether a new video series can drive subscriptions, reports Lucinda Southern of Digiday. Southern reports, “In September, as part of a project funded by the Google News Initiative, The Economist will launch a...
Fortune magazine is raising its cover price, launching a digital paywall and boosting its conference business, reports Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg of The Wall Street Journal. Trachtenberg reports, “Mr. Murray, a former Wall Street Journal...
The Worcester Business Journal in Massachusetts has rolled out a new website that includes a metered paywall. Publisher Peter Stanton writes, “With this new website we are joining the media movement toward metered access...
Branded content accounted for 40 percent of the revenue Forbes generated from its direct advertiser relationships last year, reports Max Willens of Digiday. Willens reports, “Through the first half of 2019, Forbes has produced...
An American City Business Journals paper is experimenting with sending news to its readers with text alerts. Ron Leuty, who covers biotech companies for the San Francisco Business Times is now sending texts to...
Tech news site The Information, which has generated most of its revenue from subscriptions, is now looking at selling ads on its site, reports Lucia Moses of Business Insider. Moses writes, “Today, subscriptions, mostly priced...
Jon Erlichman is host of a show called “The Open” on BNN Bloomberg, a Canadian collaboration between BNN and Bloomberg Media that launched last year. He was a reporter and anchor for Bloomberg Television and...
Matt Kinsman of Connectiv interviewed Industry Dive CEO Sean Griffey about how his company, which publishes industry newsletters, has doubled its revenue in the past two years. Here is an excerpt: Connectiv: Sean, you’re...
Digiday’s Lucinda Southern spoke with Financial Times CEO John Ridding about the publication hitting 1 million paid subscribers and its growth potential. Here is an excerpt: What has contributed to reaching your target ahead...
The Financial Times has reached a paid readership of 1 million, an all-time high and a key strategic goal. The milestone, reached one year ahead of schedule, comes on the back of a strong...
