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    How digital subscriptions work at newspapers today

    Among the 98 U.S. newspapers with circulations over 50,000, the American Press Institute found that 77 of them use a digital subscription model (79%).1Data was [...]

    February 29, 2016
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    Early digital subscription models

    In the 1990s and 2000s, most newspapers were hesitant to charge for content. Publishers feared that if they were the only newspaper charging for content, [...]

    February 29, 2016
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    Experiments and future models for digital news subscriptions

    Digital subscriptions reached a high point in 2015. In August, the New York Times reported that it had passed the 1 million paid digital subscribers [...]

    February 29, 2016
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    Publishers miss opportunity to collect data when registering subscribers

    Today, news organizations are striving to convince advertisers that their first-party data (information collected from users on their website) is more valuable than third-party data [...]

    February 29, 2016
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    How digital subscriptions took over the newspaper industry

    In 2009, with advertising revenue steeply declining, news organizations began debating the feasibility of requiring digital subscriptions. Publications like The Guardian, The New York Times, Time Magazine and The Atlantic published [...]

    February 29, 2016
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    Paying for Digital News: The rapid adoption and current landscape of digital subscriptions at U.S. newspapers

    Newspaper publishers in the United States have moved rapidly in recent years to create subscriptions for digital access to their news, and according to an [...]

    February 29, 2016
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    How hyperlocal news outlets are taking shape across the U.S.

    A conventional impression of a hyperlocal news source is one person working tirelessly to solicit community involvement and fill a website. Although there is some [...]

    February 16, 2016
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    Embrace a culture of experimentation to find methods of reaching young audiences

    In the end, successfully reaching Millennial readers requires a process of continually striving to understand this audience — by empowering younger staffers from diverse backgrounds [...]

    October 16, 2015
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    The best practices for reaching a Millennial audience

    The long-term viability of media companies today depends on understanding Millennials — a massive, influential demographic that grew up connected to the Internet, social platforms, [...]

    October 16, 2015
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    Step up your visual journalism skills to stand out in social media

    In our study of Millennial news habits, we found that, while there are many pathways to news for young news consumers, social media plays a [...]

    October 16, 2015
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