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    How to apply data-driven insights that will grow reader revenue

    The key cycle for audience and revenue growth is “analyze, experiment and iterate.” Your investment in business intelligence and marketing tools will pay off as [...]

    October 2, 2018
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    To shift to reader revenue you must improve your marketing skills

    “Marketing” includes a broad range of decisions: what services to offer, what to charge, how to talk to your audience, and where to deliver your [...]

    October 2, 2018
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    How to collect and use the right data about your news audience

    To improve our websites, boost reader engagement and grow subscriptions, we don’t want “more data.” We want deep insights leading to a better understanding of [...]

    October 2, 2018
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    What it really means to shift to reader revenue

    Let’s consider what it means to truly shift your business to prioritize reader revenues. Because to fully commit to that change, you have to commit [...]

    October 2, 2018
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    What it takes to shift a news organization to reader revenue

    Launching a paywall is easy. Pivoting a whole business from an advertising-centric mindset to one focused on reader revenue is not. Despite 10 years of [...]

    October 2, 2018
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    Americans and the News Media: What they do — and don’t — understand about each other

    This research was conducted by the Media Insight Project — an initiative of the American Press Institute and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs [...]

    June 11, 2018
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    What Americans know, and don’t, about how journalism works

    People are strikingly unfamiliar with terms that many journalists use, probably without thinking — such as the difference between an editorial and a news story, [...]

    June 11, 2018
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    How does personal experience with news affect a person’s views?

    The extent of personal experience a person has with journalism — including being covered or interviewed in the news, or having some education in journalism [...]

    June 11, 2018
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    Levels of trust and how Americans feel about the fairness and accuracy of the press

    Trust in the media overall has declined in the last year, but people’s trust in their favorite news outlet has grown. If we look at [...]

    June 11, 2018
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    How Americans describe their news consumption behaviors

    Most Americans describe themselves as active news consumers. Sixty‑three percent report that they seek out news and information. Far fewer, 37 percent, say they mostly [...]

    June 11, 2018
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