Memberships and Subscriptions

I canceled 22 digital newspaper subscriptions. Here’s what I learned about digital retention strategies.  Link toI canceled 22 digital newspaper subscriptions. Here’s what I learned about digital retention strategies. 

Online subscriptions — especially newspaper subscriptions — have a reputation for being notoriously difficult to cancel. The process for cancelling…

Solution Set: Understanding the digital subscription maturity curve Link toSolution Set: Understanding the digital subscription maturity curve

For years now, legacy newspapers have been focused on building younger, more diverse digital audiences. However, they’ve still been heavily…

How to build ‘digital readiness’ within your news organization Link toHow to build ‘digital readiness’ within your news organization

It’s no secret that consumers are increasingly relying on digital media to access news and information.  For two decades now,…

What Drives People to Pay for Local Journalism | Medill Local News Initiative Link toWhat Drives People to Pay for Local Journalism | Medill Local News Initiative

Medill’s Spiegel Research Center (SRC) is analyzing many terabytes of anonymous data about reader behavior and customer motivation to identify what…

The Membership Guide Link toThe Membership Guide

Our guide offers practical, tactical advice on designing and implementing membership strategies and workflows.

Spending money to make money, Part II: Case studies of newsrooms using paid acquisition Link toSpending money to make money, Part II: Case studies of newsrooms using paid acquisition

After publishing the first report back from our paid acquisition experiments with publishers last year, I started to receive a…

Digital subscription reader revenue benchmarks and best practices from 500+ publications worldwide  Link toDigital subscription reader revenue benchmarks and best practices from 500+ publications worldwide 

As news organizations have been pressed to develop digital subscription and membership models to support themselves, there’s been one question…

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