Time Inc. digital tries a paywall with Entertainment Weekly, while time spent with media seems to grow everywhere except in print
As time spent with media continues to rise, publishers don't
There are a lot of things you can do without knowing it, but content aggregation isn't one of them. For example, you could offend someone without knowing it. You could
Legacy magazine publishing companies like Time Inc. digital are trying to get smaller, while smaller publishers like Lonely Planet and Vox are trying to get bigger. Let's take a look
Membership website publishers must recognize the value in their products. Not all subscription websites are created equal, but the best ones do have something in common.
The commonality that all great
All roads lead to viewability. This is not digital advertising news for anyone paying attention. Without it – or without a plan to establish it – publishers could be in
Ask any publisher about the industry's top trends, and it's likely the majority of their responses will start with the letter "M." Multiplatform, mobile, and metrics, to name a few.
Digital publishing success comes with a multiplatform publishing approach.
Digital publishers who recognize this are finding numerous way to reach their audiences, building subscribers from social media, through email, and funneling
App publishers are on the cutting edge of multiplatform media, but with great power comes great responsibility. Software changes, shifts in consumer tastes, and evolving devices and platforms all pose
The answers are not always obvious, even to a seasoned print or digital publisher. Starting a new website is very different from running an existing property. Over the past 10
Video ad viewability continues to be a crucial part of multiplatform publishers' plans, particularly if you're working under an advertising-reliant revenue model, of course. But even if you're not, solid
Social publishing platforms are all the rage for publishers looking to repurpose content, cultivate audience, and drive traffic, and providers' offerings are becoming more sophisticated and specialized. Or, in Facebook's
Online magazine publishers are focusing on tightening up their apps and archives in the evolving effort to bolster digital product. In the midst of all of this activity, Talking New
With these new-age advertorial examples, you'll re-think your native advertising game
Sixty seven percent of Americans think advertorials, also known as custom content, or native advertising content -- add value to
When it comes to experimentation, digital magazine subscription models are made for trying new things and fiddling with formulas until you find the right fit. Integrating events into your mix
Design is a delivery mechanism for content – nothing more and nothing less. The more elegant, the better, of course, but getting caught up in appearances is never a good
Digital platform publishing is credited with having ushered in an ongoing golden age for media, and the latest industry developments are doing nothing to dispel this notion. Four recent articles
Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you have to do is call, and your evergreen content will be there. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
We've talked about evergreen content and it's antithesis, deciduous
As part of a smartly executed multiplatform strategy, tablet publishing is a profitable enterprise built on cross-device content practices, good design principles, and making sense out of industry trends. Recently,
There are plenty of digital newsstand options in today’s landscape. If you have a limited budget, don’t waste time by publishing on the wrong digital newsstand. Which should you be
Knowing the latest digital advertising trends can translate into dollar signs for publishers. In this roundup, drawing on a handful of articles from MediaPost's Media Daily News, make note of
Breaking News!
Did I get your attention? If so, you may intrinsically be drawn to the concept of newsjacking, even if you aren’t quite sure what it is.
Newsjacking is the process
Quality content built for repurposing: check. Multiplatform tactics like free downloadables, a blog, and live events: check. A relentless social regimen: check. You've crossed off all of these items as
Predicting the publishing future is no mean feat: Most magazines are too busy pivoting in and out of trends to get ahead of the game. But it's our job to
This week's roundup of the latest publishing industry trends includes the continued focus on monetizing ed tech, plus one media company's melding of events and e-commerce. We'll also get a
You won’t find a digital newsstand at the corner of a city street. The digital newsstand is the latest step in the evolution of digital content publishing. These digital distribution
Nobody knows niche strategy like we do, which is why we love to see big-name legacy publishers adopting it and smaller, scrappier sites finding success with it. The same goes
One of the biggest mistakes event organizers make is that they keep on promoting to the SAME AUDIENCE. You’ve developed a great database of prospects. You continuously update your list,
Are the robots finally taking over? Does the emergence of programmatic ad sales as a preferred revenue model signal a sea change for publishers? And, if so, are you ready?
If at least 2% of your website visitors aren't converting into email subscribers, then you're reading exactly what you should be. And most publishers are averaging much less than a
Last week, we came across a cool, candid essay from Slate Editor-in-Chief Julia Turner on the occasion of Slate Plus's first birthday. From the beginning, Slate has emphasized that Plus
The term evergreen is quite literal when it comes to botany, when it's referring to any plant that stays green all year long, in any climate. Forever. It's ever green.
Conifers,
How to get your readers to act with buttons and text
The best emails are fully engaging; the content interests the reader enough to go through the entire email while the
Finding the right formula as a multiplatform media publisher means experimenting with methodologies while maintaining a disciplined approach to content. In other words, rotating tactics around a solid strategic core.
The Association of Magazine Media (MPA) released its first-quarter 2015 Magazine Media 360° report, and the year-over-year data is encouraging for online magazine publishing companies.
Digital magazine advertising is by no means the only way to generate revenue in publishing – subscription strategy, events, and membership benefits drive performance, as well – but it remains
Save a few notches on your social stress meter by using these social media calendars to get ahead
Social media is my favorite thing to write about next to recycling content
Deft use of digital publishing platforms is a must for magazines looking to solidify their place in the industry. Thanks to astute observers like Talking New Media, we can monitor
eMarketer is full of new data for mobile publishers and multiplatform media companies this week. Here are five stories of interest for digital magazines and other brands:
Finding an edge is always at the forefront of online publishing companies' efforts. Today, we look at how Time Inc. is taking its operations to the next level, how digital
Your website taxonomy is how you speak to those who are looking at your website. Publishers live in the visual world and have a habit of going for over-designed websites
The shifting landscape of social media for publishers stood still for at least moment this week, as the the Association of Magazine Media's 360° report on the first quarter of
Today’s new media landscape can be utilized to better serve your business
Have you embraced new technologies and trends within the online publishing environment?
By now we’ve all heard about the benefits
Another week, another new social platform! Plus more video models and one of our favorite topics: niche publishing.
Let's take a look at three articles tackling these trends from the always
So is the underreporting of digital magazines sales the fault of publishers themselves, or should AAM's audit be modified to accommodate universal pricing and packaging?
We think it's time to accommodate.
With emergent factors like video, viewability in a mobile world, and website revenues rightfully obsessing digital publishers around the world, finding solid data to focus the head-spinning stream of opinions,
For the second time in 2015, a leading online learning platform is making huge publishing industry news – but this story goes well beyond the $186 million Lynda.com investment back
If your website taxonomy is perfect, it means that your readers are never confused by the language on your site. It means they know what they're clicking on and subscribing
