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Archives: August 2019

Styli CharalambousAugust 29, 2019

“At 7,000 members our lives are already changed for the better”: How the Daily Maverick developed its membership program

“Our weekly Insider meetings are attended by the editor-in-chief, CEO, membership manager, product manager, support manager, developer, marketing and design team, with occasional drop-ins from finance and events team reps. Of the 10 regular attendees, only three of those positions existed before the decision to move into membership.”

Laura Hazard OwenAugust 29, 2019

People are lining up on the street to get free copies of The New York Times’ 1619 Project

“The feeling on line was electric; ppl of all races shared their stories of trying to find this magazine.”

Christine SchmidtAugust 28, 2019

How publishers are cutting print days — and not losing (too many) subscribers

“The key is the consumer will let you know when they’re done with the print product. Don’t prematurely yank it from them.”

Laura Hazard OwenAugust 28, 2019

“We realized Spotify for news was exactly the wrong thing to do.” Here’s what Kinzen is doing instead

“We can give more power to the user to tell the publisher what they really want.”

Nicholas QuahAugust 27, 2019

Podcasters now have three plots of land to prospect for gold, where they used to have just one

Plus: Some borderline bad behavior by podcasters, and New York Public Radio gets a new CEO.

Christopher R. MartinAugust 27, 2019

How writing off the working class has hurt the mainstream media

“Today there are just six full-time labor reporters in the top 25 newspapers across the U.S., none in network or cable news, none at NPR or PBS, and just a few at digital news organizations and magazines on the left. What happened?”

“The tragedy of digital media…is that the people posing as the experts know less about how to make money than their employees, to whom they won’t listen.”

Christine SchmidtAugust 26, 2019

Every crime map needs context. This USC data journalism project aims to scale it

“When we do a story looking at 18 different commuting routes, we’ve created 18 different stories, in a way — we’ve created a story with 18 distinct audiences.”

Christine SchmidtAugust 22, 2019

Three years into nonprofit ownership, The Philadelphia Inquirer is still trying to chart its future

Buyouts, rebranding, good journalism, and a vision still in progress: The Philadelphia Inquirer has had quite a summer. The metro newspaper business is still tough, even without a hedge fund or private equity pulling the strings.

Christine SchmidtAugust 22, 2019

People avoid consuming news that bums them out. Here are five elements that help them see a solution

“It is important that journalists take the time to fully explain the issue and the response before exploring implementation, results, and insights.”

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