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#44 — Lifetime membership value: What is participation worth & how should we measure it?

Welcome to issue #44 with your weekly top stories in publishing. This week we’re diving into lifetime value for memberships, audience engagement, evergreen newsletters and much more. > We hope you’re enjoying this newsletter as much as we enjoy curating it — hit reply to let us know what

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#43 — The week when Apple announced new subscription services

Welcome back to your weekly roundup of publishing news. This past week was pretty exciting, after an Apple announcement with a twist on Monday left us with plenty of articles circulating about their big push into subscription business models. We’ve included a roundup of those stories, as well as

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#42 — New subscription publications & lessons from Scandinavian publishers

Happy Sunday to all our subscribers and welcome to those of you who are new around here 👋 In this weeks roundup of the biggest stories in digital publishing we’re weighing in on subscription fatigue, local and community news, video strategy and whether calendars could be the next great publishing

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#41 — Are you developing your paywall strategy for acquisition or retention?

A warm welcome to this weeks curated report of the top stories in publishing. In this issue we’re taking a look at a variety of different paywall strategies, thoughts from industry leaders about the difficulties they’re currently facing, how to measure success without focusing on vanity metrics such

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#40 — Industry experts weigh in on new business models for journalism

Welcome back to your weekly digest of the latest news in publishing. This week we’re taking a look at how dynamic paywalls have increased subscription conversation rates, how to diversify your business models, new jobs in the media at WSJ and that time BuzzFeed printed a newspaper! > Want

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#39 — 500k to 80m readers in one year, how Forbes transformed The Memo

A big welcome to our new subscribers from Product Hunt ❤️ It’s March already and it’s been a busy year so far in the world of digital publishing. As we put together this weekly curation of the most important stories, we’re seeing more and more quality content about

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#38 — Subscriptions, subsidies, and pressure on platforms in 2019

We're back with the past week's roundup of the most important stories about publishing, journalism and the media. Welcome to our newest subscribers – you're joining a discerning group of people who are interested in the future of publishing. We're all in this

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#37 — Apple are launching a subscription for news service

It’s been another busy week in the publishing news, with the latest stories about business models including resistance to Apple’s plans to launch a subscription news service, interesting insights from more publishers who are actively growing memberships and a new take on hyper-local news. Enjoy! > Want to

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#36 — Can emerging business models save all digital media?

Welcome back to issue #36 of Publisher Weekly! This week we’ve got some research-driven takeaways about how to drive retention in subscription media, thoughts on whether emerging business models can save media companies, some exciting announcements from the podcast industry, as well as what the future holds for outlets

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#35 — The internet is killing (internet) journalism

This weeks issue of the latest news in publishing brings you stories about an upcoming magazine subscription service from Apple, a historical take on why there have been so many layoffs in digital media and an insight into the biggest complaint from subscribers: when a news site won’t keep

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#34 — That week with the mass layoffs :(

It’s been a tough week in media, with hundreds of reporters being laid off and media investment cuts. You can catch up with the most important highlights in this weeks issue. Also included: Patreon just keeps growing, more and more publishers are planning paywalls and email is more important

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#33 — No, tech companies shouldn't fund journalism

Welcome to this weeks news in publishing. In this issue there’s a great round up of interesting articles, twitter threads as well as a new free resource for building successful email newsletters! Enjoy 👉 💯 Top picks How The Correspondent exceeded its $2.5 million crowdfunding goal [https://www.lenfestinstitute.org/

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#32 — Customer satisfaction in the news

Running a little late, this week’s issue contains insights from consumers about paying for content, learnings about customer satisfaction in the news and a compelling story about why you should ditch the concept of ‘inbox zero’. Got any feedback or suggestions for this weekly digest in 2019? Reply to

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#31 — AI for reporters and email newsletter benchmarking tools

Welcome back to Publisher Weekly and the first issue of 2019. This week’s edition includes articles about boosting subscriptions with editorial content, the future of AI and technology in reporting and a new tool for benchmarking your email newsletter.Enjoy! 💯 Top picks 6 Lessons for publishers in the New

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#30 — Tips for your 2019 strategy!

Welcome to issue #30 of Publisher Weekly and the final edition of the year. 2019 promises big changes in the publishing landscape, and we’re excited to share the highlights with you each week. Thanks for reading and supporting, see you next year! 🎉 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💯 Top picks Top 10 INMA articles

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