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It’s hot outside in most parts of Europe, and in the Northern Hemisphere it’s the time of year when everyone goes on vacation, slowing down any actual work getting done. That applies to the media industry too, and it’s quiet out there right now! As a result,

Business models Bloomberg takes a stab at overhauling the display ad [https://digiday.com/media/bloomberg-media-takes-stab-overhauling-display-ad/?utm_campaign=Publisher%20Weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter] It’s not like basically every media conglomerate has tried to revive advertising repeatedly, but Bloomberg thinks it’s got something

Business models Another publisher feels the viral chill [https://thelogic.co/news/digital-media/diply-feels-viral-chill-facebooks-algorithm-change-leads-to-plummeting-traffic-and-layoffs/?utm_campaign=Publisher%20Weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter] Over the space of 2018 so far we’ve seen a number of publishers [https://digiday.com/media/collateral-damage-facebooks-news-feed-changes-begins-pile/?utm_campaign=Publisher%20Weekly&

Business models Here’s what two researchers found in a yearlong quest for journalism innovation [http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/07/54-newsrooms-9-countries-and-9-core-ideas-heres-what-two-researchers-found-in-a-yearlong-quest-for-journalism-innovation/?utm_campaign=5001e2a20f-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Daily%20Lab%20email%20list&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-5001e2a20f-396019889] Getting insight into the state of the wider media

Hey there, reader! We’re trying something new this week that’ll sort this newsletter into regular coverage areas to try and narrow the trends we look at as well as give you some regularity about what to expect from us. Hope you like it, and see you next week!

We’re sending you this a day late, but better later than never! It’s interesting to see continued growth across the spectrum in the paid subscription business, but it makes us wonder: where does subscription fatigue set in? As we load up with Netflix, Spotify, The New York Times

It’s been a big week for the subscription business model as even the biggest platform players turn to experiment with encouraging paid communities. Grab a coffee and dig in! If you love this, hate it, or anything else, feel free to reply and say hello! Otherwise, we’d love

Happy Sunday! We’re back with the latest happenings in the industry, from doom and gloom to new business models. It’s a little difficult to avoid the constant onslaught of news affecting publishers out of Facebook, but you’ll see in this newsletter that there’s hope beyond the

Hi again! We’re back with another bumper edition of Publisher Weekly and, as always, there’s a lot happening in the industry. Let’s jump straight in and look at what’s going on this week, where we’re headed and who’s pivoting to video… again. - John

Hello and welcome to the first edition of Publisher Weekly, a newsletter examining the ever-shifting sands of the publishing industry’s evolution. We’re starting this now because there’s a fundamental shift emerging from a past of giant organisations with ad-based business models, to a future of smaller independent