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Survey: How search and referral traffic are trending in 2024 and beyond

2024-06-26. Do changes in search, cookies, and referral mean traffic is about to crash to a halt? And if so, what are news publishers doing about it? Here are the five key concerns/responses from a global survey conducted by Digiday and Arc XP | Sponsored Content

Bonnier News’ eight-year evolution from print silos to a unified digital powerhouse

2024-06-26. The Swedish media company says it is on track to double revenues and triple profitability. This follows a double transformation: the introduction of a subscription-based business model and an integrated organisational structure.

The Morse code: AJC publisher says it’s about time the industry stops ceding its turf

2024-06-26. “If we walk around saying this (Generative AI) is an extinction event, it will be one. If we walk around saying this is a remarkable technology, that is there for the taking, I think this could be a golden age of journalism.”

drupa 2024 concludes with a high number of signed deals

2024-06-24. drupa 2024, the first drupa in eight years, closed on 7 June after 11 days. Long considered one of the premier printing technology exhibitions, this year’s edition featured a strong focus on automation, AI and smart workflows, including software solutions.

Improving UX, audience development are essential, says Telegraph’s product director

2024-06-19. “By going for subscriptions, we did it at the detriment of audience development. And audience development is absolutely key for what we want to achieve,” says Mathias Douchet, Director of Product for the UK’s Telegraph Media Group. “It’s clear that we need to bring more people to our journalism and bring more audience prospects into our funnels.”

Digital News Report 2024: Business challenges mount as subscription growth slows

2024-06-17. The proportion of people paying for online news shows signs of stalling, with 17% of people in a selection of richer countries paying for online news, and many paying heavily discounted rates. Meanwhile, more than half say they would pay nothing for online news.

WAN-IFRA and OpenAI Launch Global AI Accelerator for Newsrooms

2024-05-29. WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers, has announced today the launch of a broad-based accelerator program for over 100 news publishers in partnership with OpenAI. The Newsroom AI Catalyst is an accelerator program designed to help newsrooms fast-track their AI adoption and implementation to bring efficiencies and create quality content. 

How products help fuel growth and drive traffic at The New York Times

2024-05-29. “Our consumers, our readers, are coming to us with all kinds of different expectations, questions and curiosities. It’s our job to meet those needs in the moment. Every time we get that right, we’re deepening our relationship with them and building trust. And that’s what’s going to lead to engagement and retention,” says Emily Withrow, VP of Product and Head of Subscriber Experiences at The New York Times.

WAN-IFRA Publishes 5th Report on AI

2024-05-28. During its World News Media Congress in Copenhagen, WAN-IFRA published its fifth report focused on the topic of Artificial Intelligence. The report, “AI in Action,” features 10 practical, global use cases of how news publishers are working with Artificial Intelligence, particularly generative AI.

Membership now accounts for 40 percent of overall revenues for South Africa’s Daily Maverick

2024-05-28. The Daily Maverick in South Africa has created a membership model that is widely recognised as one of the most successful reader revenue models for news publishers worldwide. Called Maverick Insider and launched in August 2018, it now has 30,000 active members.