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Archives: June 8, 2016

Dan KennedyJune 8, 2016

5 things publishers can learn from how Jeff Bezos is running The Washington Post

“I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it’s not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that’s not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you.”

Joshua BentonJune 8, 2016

Selling subscriptions through Apple is getting better for publishers — but also for everyone else

Publishers can get a 21 percent jump in the revenue they get to keep from long-term customers — but is the subscription space on iPhones and iPads about to get too crowded?

Ricardo BiltonJune 8, 2016

The Guardian is experimenting with interactive, auto-updating push alerts to cover big stories

“The strategies around how many alerts to send, and sending them around certain specific events, don’t really seem to be a big part of most orgs’ thinking so far.”

Joseph LichtermanJune 8, 2016

Honolulu Civil Beat, after six years of trying life as a for-profit, is becoming a nonprofit after all

The Pierre Omidyar-backed news site is dropping its paywall and launching a membership program as part of the change.

Shan WangJune 8, 2016

Meet the Press host Chuck Todd on maintaining the show’s presence in a “24/7 digital journalism” world

“Sometimes when I catch myself rolling my eyes at a new platform, I say to myself, don’t be a snob. That’s how you got your big break.”