What’s free, what’s paid, and why it’s really an engagement trade-off: episode 2
Let's look into one of the most consequential product decisions in the media industry: "What's free and what's paid?"
Beyond the feed: mastering the 7 modes of next gen news engagement
Findings from the report that highlight 7 Modes of Engagement, distinguishing how "next gen" consumers discover, consume, & share news
Benchmark ideas to increase newsletter subscribers
Newsletters are a powerful engaging, habit-forming and loyalty-building tool - so how can you get more newsletter subscribers?
How NYT Wirecutter shipped a personalized newsletter in 4 weeks
The operational choices, guardrails, and tech powering Wirecutter For You, the new email that tailors article recommendations to each reader.
The Washington Post: how and why we built “Ask The Post AI”
“Ask The Post AI,” is The Post’s in-house generative AI chatbot tool that uses RAG to answer user questions grounded in their journalism
The media industry’s 5 toxic obsessions: no.2 refusing to interact with audiences
The greatest threat to media isn't AI, Google or the decline in social traffic. The real problem is us, and our inability to serve readers.
The homepage isn’t dead, it just stopped being a page
A publisher's homepage is no longer about one screen. It’s about shared intent that runs through the entire product experience.
Launching a weekday audio news briefing with AI at CT Insider
We speak to Ellie Miller & Derrick Ho on the strategy and processes behind this AI audio briefing project.
How DER SPIEGEL uses its engagement score: our key use cases
How DER SPIEGEL applies their engagement score, & why a one size fits all approach to a diverse audience is inefficient for sustainable revenue growth.
The Economist’s Substack experiment: building a newsletter product off-platform
In a strategic move to engage new audiences, The Economist has launched its data journalism newsletter, “Off the Charts,” on Substack.