Spanish daily El Pais tops 90,000 digital subscribers nine months after pandemic paywall launch
Spain’s biggest newspaper, El Pais, launched a paywall strategy at the start of May, having delayed it by two months…
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Google begins UK roll-out of news showcase paying publishers for paywalled content
The Google News Showcase programme to pay publishers for content has launched in the UK, two weeks after a similar…
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Magazine publishing post-Covid: How publishers are turning subscriptions into membership programmes
Magazine publishers are increasingly launching membership programmes to build on the growing subscription numbers many have seen during the coronavirus…
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Media trends survey: Three out of four news leaders say subscriptions will be key in 2021
Three-quarters of top media bosses worldwide are confident about their company’s prospects for 2021 according to a media trends survey…
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Interview: How Wall Street Journal used subscriptions ‘science’ to sign up 350,000 new online subscribers this year
For journalism businesses, one of the surprise benefits of a global health crisis has proved to be the emergence of…
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Guardian claims a record 1m paying readers after surge in regular contributions and subscriptions
The Guardian has more than one million paying subscribers and regular contributors following a surge of interest and support over…
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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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How news publishers should use Black Friday to drive paid subscriptions
We’re just over a week away from Black Friday, the annual consumer-fest of cheap TVs and discounted smart speakers. Ad…
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