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    The path from a casual reader to a paying subscriber isn’t a short one, but by understanding how audiences get from one place to another, [...]

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    Ensuring the best possible user experience is crucial to moving potential subscribers through your digital checkout line. Every step matters. Yet publishers often overlook — [...]

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    Craig Newmark Philanthropies, the organization of craigslist founder Craig Newmark, has donated $200,000 to the American Press Institute to expand its efforts of promoting ethical [...]

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    While publishers should seize on the opportunities offered by email marketing, they should not view email — or any single approach — as the magic [...]

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    Photojournalists have not fared well in recent years. In some newsrooms, entire photojournalism staffs have been eliminated. Publishers concerned about the bottom line may reason [...]

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    API is excited to announce that Susan Benkelman will join our team as director of our Accountability Journalism Program on Friday, Oct. 26. Susan joins [...]

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    Nothing is more important to the brave new world of building subscriptions than the relatively old world of email. An email address gives publishers ways [...]

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    Break silos and avoid turf wars: How to get all departments aligned on your reader revenue goals

    As you build reader data and marketing efforts, questions about organizational goals and structure will inevitably arise. Your IT, audience, marketing, product, or technology groups [...]

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