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#59 — Substack gets $15.3 million in VC funding

This weeks curation of the most important news in publishing includes funding announcements from Substack, more evidence that micro-payments aren’t working out, and some thoughtful articles about trust and diversity. Enjoy! > Thanks for supporting our newsletter ❤️ We’d love to hear more about what you’re here for

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#58 — 14 steps to create better journalism and boost revenue

Welcome back to your weekly update with all of the most important stories in digital publishing curated for a growing community of people who are deeply interested in the future of publishing. A warm welcome to all of our latest new subscribers! If you have questions or feedback about the

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#57 — Monetisation for news is tough, but not impossible

Hi everyone, welcome back to your weekly issue of the top stories in digital publishing and the media 🗞️ > Got a suggestion for us? Hit reply, we’d love to hear more about what you’re working on, and what you’d like to see in future issues. 💯 Top picks

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#56 — Turning user-level data in to a churn reduction strategy

This week's issue is full of churn-reduction ideas and unusual distribution channels to get more people reading your content.

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#55 — Send better emails, grow local subscribers & produce less content

Welcome back to your weekly curation of the most important stories in digital publishing. There’s a lot of interesting links in this week’s edition. Don’t worry, you can always look back and reference past issues, or find that one article you meant to send to your colleague

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#54 — Modelling subscription success with Piano and Tortoise

Welcome back. It’s been a busy week in the digital publishing news, so we’ve included all of the top reads in this weeks extra roundup for you to peruse at your leisure. Enjoy! 💯 Top picks Modelling subscription success with Piano and Tortoise [Podcast] [https://voices.media/media-voices-conversations-modelling-subscription-success/?utm_

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#53 — Lessons from a year behind a paywall

In this week’s roundup of the latest news in publishing, we’ve pulled together some interesting podcast episodes about reader revenue, lots of technology news from the likes of Apple, YouTube and Facebook and a hot take on the difference between influencers and creators! Enjoy 👉 💯 Top picks “300% increase

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#52 — Moving 5,000 articles away from Medium

Welcome to issue 52, marking a full year since we launched this newsletter – a curation of the most important news, stories and ideas in digital publishing.It’s been a fascinating year, with many publishers moving away from failing revenue streams and towards emerging business models: subscriptions, memberships and paywalls.

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#51 — Avoiding over-reliance on any one platform or revenue stream

Welcome to Issue #51 and thanks for being a member of Publisher Weekly. You’re part of a growing community of over 620+ people who care deeply about the future of publishing. Here’s your weekly roundup of the most important news, stories and ideas! 💯 Top picks PinkNews’ Benjamin Cohen:

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#50 — Paywall blockers & what publishers should do to prepare for changing technology

Happy Sunday and welcome to the 50th issue of Publisher Weekly – with the most important stories and ideas about independent publishing delivered to your inbox every week. Here’s your latest insights for the future of digital publishing! 💯 Top picks Paywall blockers: how publishers should prepare for this changing technology

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#49 — Bootstrapping a media company gives you focus

Welcome back to Publisher Weekly and thanks for being a subscriber. We enjoy consuming all of the latest stories and handpicking them for this newsletter, with a focus on emerging business models in the media and publishing. Let us know what you're enjoying and what you'd

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#48 — We launched a paywall. It worked! Mostly.

Happy Sunday and welcome back to your roundup of the most important stories in digital publishing. There’s been lots of interesting things going on (again) including controversy at The Correspondent, how writers are leveraging paid newsletters - and as always - the latest insights & news about paywalls and

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#47 — How small businesses can regain power via the internet

It feels like we say this every week… but it’s been a pretty exciting week in the publishing news. From big shifts in podcasting subscriptions the launch of Luminary, to more hot takes about how to utilise data to improve journalism, and a new paywall idea for Patron-funded subscriptions.

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#46 — The winners and losers of the subscription frenzy

Hey readers 👋 happy Easter Sunday! Here's your round-up of stories in publishing that are worth a click, including a new membership offering from HuffPost, new grants for news startups and what journalism will do when we have 5G connectivity. Enjoy! > Get in touch [support@ghost.org] – We&

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#45 — 23 videos from the International Journalism Festival 2019

Happy Sunday and welcome to our new subscribers! It’s been a busy week, with Reuters Institute releasing hours of footage from the International Journalism Festival, discussions about “subscription hostages”, the urgent need for slower news and YouTube making moves towards more traditional content. Stay ahead with the latest news

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