‘Best Of’ lists are big sellers for magazine publishers. Lists of the top restaurants, doctors, lawyers, and other businesses generate more page views than nearly any other type of digital content. What if we told you that ‘Best Of’ lists could do even more than generate engagement and page views? What if we told you…
If you’re a local news publisher, you’ve most likely heard about the new AP DataKit. The free, open source command-line tool was released earlier this month. Despite AP DataKit being made specifically for newsrooms and journalists, many publishers of local news sites and online magazines are still unsure about how take full advantage of this…
Barstool Sports is doing it. So are theScore, Fox Sports, and Vox Media. In the past few months, digital publishers have started entering the sports betting business at a rapid clip. Some companies, like The Chernin Group, have even formed new media businesses dedicated to covering the sports betting market. The trend has left many…
For years, local newspaper publishers have generated revenue by publishing legal notices. As the number of print publications rapidly declines, digital-first publishers are starting to step in and fill that void as a place for individuals and municipalities to publish required legal notices. Publishers can generate substantial revenue from printing legal notices. A few of…
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We’ve rounded up the best fact-checking tools for news publishers Americans see fake news as a bigger problem than violent crime or climate change, according to surveys by Pew Research Center. For digital news publishers, even small errors can lead to distrust among readers and a reputation as an unreliable media outlet. Lacking the budgets…
Content analytics and digital publishing go hand-in-hand. While old school journalists pounded the pavement looking for new story ideas, digital journalists are turning to content analytics platforms to stay on top of trends and topics that are important to their readers. Companies like Parse.ly, which provides audience data and analytics for digital media, are changing…
Local publishers are using collaborative journalism projects to build their profiles without draining their resources. If you’re a publisher with a restricted budget, then hiring a team of professional journalists to conduct months of research into a single topic may not be in the cards. Through collaborative journalism projects, independent news websites can band together…
More digital publishers are putting paywalls around the content on their websites, but a new report from Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism finds that the number of consumers who say they pay for online news has hardly budged over the past year. What’s behind the discrepancy? Common sense would dictate that as…
Spreadsheets are helping reporters explain themselves to readers and tell better stories. Would you like your reporters to produce the types of stories that generate shares and clicks? That’s exactly what digital reporters are producing right now using the latest techniques in data management and spreadsheets. Throughout the media world, there is a growing recognition…
Meredith, Condé Nast, Buzzfeed, and Hearst are just a few examples of publishers who’ve managed to turn licensing deals into lucrative new streams of revenue. Is your publication ready to take the plunge into brand licensing? Publishers who are looking for revenue sources outside of the obvious channels—like paid subscriptions and display advertising—are finding that…