Message to GenAI: How the Hell Do You Plan on Making Money?Undoubtedly, Generative AI is causing structural changes to the digital world, revolutionizing it even as you read these lines. As billions…Oct 24, 2023Oct 24, 2023
Consumers to Publishers: “Why We Won’t Subscribe”A new research report from Journalism Studies explains in detail why consumers as a whole — and younger audiences in particular — are so…Jul 17, 2023Jul 17, 2023
The 2023 Reuters Digital News Report Is Out, and Things Aren’t PrettyRecently, the Reuters Institute published its latest Digital News Report for 2023. As in past years, it provides not only an informative…Jun 18, 2023Jun 18, 2023
Power to the People — did Elon Musk just save the media industry?Elon Musk made headlines when he announced that Twitter would soon enable publishers to charge users for access to individual articles.May 21, 20231May 21, 20231
Make the User Great AgainIn his 2009 Time article, entitled “How to Save Your Newspaper,” Walter Isaacson famously wrote:Apr 17, 20232Apr 17, 20232
Freedom and Choice: How to Strengthen Democracy and Skip the Lunchtime BluesAccess to information has been a right that anyone could afford since everybody was able to buy a newspaper at a newsstand.Apr 9, 2023Apr 9, 2023
Subscription Cannibalization is here. Just not as you think.Let me ask you a question: how many of you jumped onto a new subscription because of a low-price promotion? Take a look at what I came…Mar 26, 2023Mar 26, 2023
Subscription Nomads: A WarningThe subscription economy has been on the rise for a while now, but it seems to be facing a new challenge: Subscription Nomads. These are…Mar 19, 2023Mar 19, 2023
Subscription Fatigue — Why everybody loses (II)You can’t build trust and loyalty by hitting people up with subscriptions.Mar 12, 2023Mar 12, 2023
