How the Seattle Times sold 71,000 digital subscriptions: ‘People just love to read about bridges and tunnels’
How do you persuade 71,000 people to pay for access to your local news website? Frank Blethen, chief executive and…
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Bloomberg Media CEO Justin B Smith on new 24/7 streaming channel Quicktake and reaching 250,000 subscribers
As a business news giant with operations in 120 countries, Bloomberg Media suffered from the reverberations of Covid-19 across all…
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Quartz CEO (and new owner) Zach Seward on being a startup again: ‘It ought to be an emboldening moment’
In the first half of the past decade, business news website Quartz was one of a handful of young media…
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After recovering from coronavirus hit, Independent eyes global expansion: Interview with CEO Zach Leonard
Six months after furloughing staff and cutting wages during the first UK coronavirus pandemic lockdown, The Independent is increasing its…
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Reuters editor-in-chief Stephen J Adler interview: Agency’s US election reporters given flak jackets and gas masks
It’s not uncommon for a global news agency like Reuters to have to kit out its staff with gas masks…
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Editor Oliver Duff on ten years of the i: ‘Print will prosper for much longer than anyone thinks’
i editor Oliver Duff says it was “good that we weren’t successful too quickly” as he reflects ten years on…
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New Scientist editor Emily Wilson: ‘We’ve completely changed our business, all from our bedrooms’
New Scientist editor Emily Wilson has been busy. The popular science magazine has been forced, like so many publishers, to…
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Axios CEO Jim VandeHei: Digital media’s ‘crap trap’ is gone… now we face a truth crisis
In 2016, between his resignation from Politico and the founding of news startup Axios, Jim VandeHei caused a stir in…
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