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Paywalls & SEO in the AI era

Choosing your paywall type should still be a strategic decision, not a technical one!
byMarion Wyss
26 February, 2026
Paywalls - The 6 levels of sophistication we identified Paywalls - The 6 levels of sophistication we identified
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What’s free, what’s paid, and why it’s really an engagement trade-off: episode 2

byMaxime Moné
26 February, 2026
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Minor tweaks make all the difference: lessons on breaking the subscription plateau from Forum Communications

byMadeleine White
24 February, 2026
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100 subscription business, 15 industries, 1 moodboard: episode 1

byMaxime Moné
18 February, 2026
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Building resilience with registration

byMadeleine White
16 February, 2026
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Profitable by 2026: the business logic behind Le Monde in English

byDavid Carzon
10 February, 2026
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Beyond the feed: mastering the 7 modes of next gen news engagement

byMadeleine White
2 February, 2026
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Improve how you communicate with colleagues: an AI method tested by researchers

byKhalil A. Cassimally
29 January, 2026
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The state of play: What WAN-IFRA’s Trends Outlook 2026 says for your subscription model

byMadeleine White
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byMadeleine White
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The Mill Media’s Simple Bet: Readers Pay for Quality

byJohn Rahim
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How to build a referral program that drives subscription growth

byLennart Schneider
20 January, 2026
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byMadeleine White
15 January, 2026
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byMadeleine White
15 January, 2026
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Subscriber cancellation journey benchmarks

Tightening regulations might be making it easier for subscribers to cancel, but this doesn’t mean you can’t build a cancellation journey that helps to change their mind,…
byMadeleine White
14 January, 2026
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Subscriber onboarding journey benchmarks

byMadeleine White
14 January, 2026
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Alignment as an extreme sport: 5 things effective subscriptions leaders do

bySelma Stern
13 January, 2026
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Leveraging editorial products for growth at Republik

byMadeleine White
12 December, 2025
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Your media industry event calendar for 2026

byMadeleine White
12 December, 2025
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7 ways media can build a practical, empowering data culture

byKhalil A. Cassimally
12 December, 2025
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Subscription Lock-In: Deconstructing Netflix’s “Stranger Things” Strategy

byDavide Liverino
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Why it’s time to update your subscription management system to accommodate consumer trends

byMorten Jørgensen Stald
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When is a subscriber more than a subscriber? How Condé Nast is evolving its audience strategy with membership

byMadeleine White
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Where publishers should be heading in 2026: the HERO framework

byMadeleine White
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The power of puzzles: How The New Yorker approached a games paywall

On the heels of The New Yorker's new word game, the team revamped their paywall strategy.
byLindsay Ederheimer
2 December, 2025
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How NYT Wirecutter shipped a personalized newsletter in 4 weeks

byAnil Chitrapu
25 November, 2025
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Easy cancellation is the new retention strategy: How Nat Geo Kids uses transparency to win beyond save rates

byMadeleine White
24 November, 2025
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The Washington Post: how and why we built “Ask The Post AI”

byJason Langsner
21 November, 2025
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The media industry’s 5 toxic obsessions: no.2 refusing to interact with audiences

byMarion Wyss
21 November, 2025
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5 ideas of article formats where form follows function

byMadeleine White
17 November, 2025
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How to stop subscription revenue leaks: technical and strategic solutions

byAli Mahmood
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Funding public interest: 8 common misconceptions about donations, debunked

byMarine Doux
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Your subscription forecast is broken, and maths isn’t the problem

byDavide Liverino
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The homepage isn’t dead, it just stopped being a page

byHeiko Scherer

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Subscription price increase: the 7 biggest mistakes to avoid

byLennart Schneider
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Launching a weekday audio news briefing with AI at CT Insider

byMadeleine White
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Build or buy: The technology decision that defines modern newsrooms

byAli Mahmood
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How DER SPIEGEL uses its engagement score: our key use cases 

byAlexander Held
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The Economist’s Substack experiment: building a newsletter product off-platform

byMadeleine White
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unfolded.news – rethinking the content architecture of news websites

byFabio Venneri
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The hidden cost of discount addiction: why 50% off promotions are killing your subscription revenue

bySuchit Patel
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The media industry’s 5 toxic obsessions: no.1 criticizing platforms

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L’Équipe: 12 projects to retain subscribers following the Paris Olympics

byMarion Wyss
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The Telegraph: retaining subscribers with a killer mobile strategy

byMarion Wyss
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3,360 new subscribers in a month: Télérama’s new streaming guide product pays off

byMarion Wyss
26 September, 2025
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IamExpat: Keeping users at the center when diversifying revenue

byMadeleine White
25 September, 2025
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Doing User Needs right: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism share their secrets

byKhalil A. Cassimally
22 September, 2025
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Subscription models live off habits: lessons from Duolingo’s retention success

byLennart Schneider
17 September, 2025
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Digital by design: How Irish News is growing from a strong print legacy

byMadeleine White
12 September, 2025
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Balancing acquisition and retention: lessons from pv digest’s Markus Schöberl

byMadeleine White
11 September, 2025
From fly-bys to loyal readers From fly-bys to loyal readers
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Developing the middle of the funnel: how to turn fly-bys into loyal readers

Encourage readers to have repeated, meaningful interactions with your content by building habits, community and engagement.
byMadeleine White
8 September, 2025
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What your paywall says about your product (and why it matters)

byHeiko Scherer
4 September, 2025
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2 September, 2025
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26 August, 2025
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25 August, 2025
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Perfect your value proposition to convert more readers into subscribers

byMadeleine White
24 August, 2025
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Building a subscription product for young readers at Mediahuis Belgium

byMadeleine White
20 August, 2025
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byCraig Law
11 August, 2025
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Gain clarity on your purpose: the template that helps teams make faster, better decisions

byKhalil A. Cassimally
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byMadeleine White
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