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Insights: Revenue and Engagement

Insights: Revenue and Engagement

Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Journalism

  • Daniel Sieberg
  • Moderated by Alexandra Posadzki

Blockchain technology – which powers cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but also powers the likes of Ethereum, which allows for building decentralized apps – holds promise for...

Insights: Revenue and Engagement

Converting Subscribers with Newsletters

  • Elisabeth Goodridge
  • Scott Adams
  • Moderated by Kim Fox

The renaissance in newsletters over the past couple of years has brought more attention to newsroom products, often with the happy benefit of driving more subscriptions. We’ll...

Insights: Revenue and Engagement

Creating Value With Memberships

  • Jeanette Ageson
  • Anita Li
  • Heidi Strom Moon
  • Moderated by Gonzalo del Peon

Memberships offer a unique value proposition: rather than a straight pay-for-content play, they seek to create an online community people pay to join, with the understanding that...

Insights: Revenue and Engagement

Events With an Editorial Lens

  • Ariel Burkett
  • Agnes Varnum
  • Moderated by Celeste LeCompte

Events are rapidly proving to be a viable revenue stream for newsrooms large and small. We’ll look at a variety of event models and sizes, while keeping editorial parameters in...

Insights: Revenue and Engagement

Fostering Needed Conversations

  • Sarah Alvarez
  • Stephanie Brown
  • Moderated by Sara Catania

In any community, difficult conversations need to be addressed, and news media are increasingly seen as a place to foster dialogue in a productive way. We’ll cover the...

Insights: Revenue and Engagement

Getting Beneath the Surface of Your Analytics

  • Brittany Grant
  • Ashish Patel
  • Sonali Verma

You know the basics: clicks, shares and attention. They’re important for a baseline check and usually the requested figures from advertisers. We’ll discuss these (inescapable)...

Insights: Revenue and Engagement

Growing Your News Product from Scratch

  • Anika Anand
  • James Mirtle
  • Moderated by David Skok

Launching a new media product takes grit, rapidly developing a relationship with an audience, and the ability to learn and adapt to their needs quickly. We’ve gathered...

Insights: Revenue and Engagement

News as a Community Conversation

  • Ariana Tobin
  • Jessica Best
  • Moderated by Lindsey Wiebe

With a renewed focus on subscribers or members, mamy newsrooms are seeking to redefine their relationship with their community. Newsrooms large and small are developing new...

Insights: Revenue and Engagement

Retention: Are Subscribers Finding Value?

  • David Grant
  • T.J. Ortenzi
  • Megha Satyanarayana
  • Moderated by Angela Pacienza

Many newsrooms have made a successful push for subscriber or member growth in the past few years and are now turning to retention issues. How do we measure whether those buying in...