News The local news crisis: when innovation and tradition both fall short Small-scale government support could transform a sector on its last legs, says David Floyd of Social Spider By David Floyd • 4 min read
Credit: Mark Hakansson / Marten Publishing News How UK local news entrepreneurs are building sustainable businesses A TikTok master with 100m views, a paywall pioneer with 3,000 subscribers, and a community visionary backed by local businesses share their strategies for making independent journalism pay beyond ads By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Mark Hakansson / Marten Publishing News How Mill Media and Zetland scaled their membership models Small teams, focused content, and tech-forward thinking drive profitability where legacy media struggles By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by James Yarema on Unsplash News News apps above average in leaking user data, report finds 87 per cent of magazine and newspaper apps, and 77 per cent of news apps, exposed user's sensitive information like Google and Facebook authentication tokens By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Frank Noon / Mousetrap Media News The four-step subscription lifecycle: engagement, conversion, retention and win-backs How do the likes of DER SPIEGEL and L'Equipe turn fly-by readers into loyal subscribers? The Audiencer's Madeleine White dives into top case studies, best practices and benchmarks By Madeleine White • 5 min read
Credit: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America , CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons News It is time to rethink the media sustainability model If you are freaking out about the Trump administration ending USAID funding for newsrooms around the world, you may be asking the wrong question By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Visit Greenland on Unsplash News How a Greenlandic publisher uses its own AI translator to boost subscriptions In this special series that focuses on journalism rather than algorithms, Sermitsiaq's tool translates news content into a minority language ignored by most platforms - and subscribers can also use it for themselves By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
News Newsrewired is taking place next week - tickets are almost sold out Our flagship event will once again bring together 200 media executives, journalists, academics and industry experts - here is what to expect By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unsplash News How can newsrooms step back and truly listen to their readers? Taking a breather from the non-stop news cycle and actively listening to your audience can reveal which stories they want, how they want them and whether they are willing to pay for them By Jacob Granger • 8 min read
Credit: Photo by Matteo Vistocco on Unsplash News Can reader call-outs close the gap between newsrooms and audiences? Political crises are a chance for news outlets to listen to their readers in order to (re)gain trust By Tassos Morfis • 5 min read
Credit: Mark Hakansson/Mousetrap Media News How should publishers rethink reader revenue in a changing world? Where is the ceiling for subscribers when it comes to reader revenue, and what can publishers do when they hit it? Experts from FT Strategies, the Guardian, Sifted and Tortoise share their insights By Aruni Sunil • 5 min read
News New community magazine launches in Tower Hamlets despite the decline of print local press The publication wants to bring together people from one of London's most deprived boroughs and make them feel proud of their neighbourhood By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
