"Without a doubt, the content manager will be the person to hire, to train and to give authority in the newsroom for 2019 and beyond." Mario R. García #Predix2019 buff.ly/2SUg3iE

The reader revenue revolution is real 👌👌👌 Number of journalists employed by the New York Times 2014: 1,100. 2016: 1,300. 2018: 1,500. Number of journalists employed by the Washington Post 2013: 500. 2016: 600. 2018: 825. niemanlab.org/2018/12/newson…

In the blog 📣 The Correspondent reaches its US crowdfunding target 👍 Digital-born news sites continue to expand their newsrooms They are tapping into non-traditional audiences and focus on quality content 👉 crowdynews.com/blog/state-dig…

"Here’s what I do know. I know that we’re in this together as an industry. We have to share our knowledge. That means open-sourcing technology, sharing anonymized analytics when possible, and talking about what works and what doesn’t in the open." niemanlab.org/2018/12/this-i…

Interesting perspective by Stephanie Edgerly - "In addition to asking “why do people consume news?” we need to ask (without judgment) “why don’t people consume news?”"- We should be asking this question more in all newsrooms, communities niemanlab.org/2018/12/its-ti…

Behavioural science 🤔 represents a modified way of thinking about audiences, and is especially relevant when deciding who is and isn’t targeted, or who is targeted with different messages: mediatel.co.uk/newsline/2018/…

Over half (52%) of publishers expect subscription & membership to be main revenue focus in 2019, compared to 27% for display advertising - but are enough people willing to pay for news? NEW REPORT: Journalism, Media & Technology Trends & Predictions 2019 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/risj-review/su…

More than half of Americans (56%) do not feel particularly connected to their main sources of national news. pewrsr.ch/2NDR7On

Nearly three quarters (76%) of adults ages 18-49 who prefer to read the news also prefer to get their news online, compared with 43% of those 50+. pewrsr.ch/2PgPpP0

"The company plans bring its personalization technology to podcasts in order to make better recommendations, update its app’s interface so people can access podcasts more easily and broker more exclusives with podcast creators." 👏👉 techcrunch.com/2019/01/10/spo…

How Le Monde site tweaks helped increase subscriptions by 20 percent in 2018: 👏 digiday.com/media/le-monde… “The focus for 2019 is to make sure the most valuable subscribers know they are valuable, they have more advantages and benefits.” - Lou Grasser 👀

Google is threatening to kill Google News in Europe if the EU goes ahead with its “snippet tax” buff.ly/2WiPdU6

"Our goal is to bring users back to our properties, fully immersing them in the journalism, with the goal of developing a relationship and a daily habit with our readers." medium.com/the-idea/q-a-s…

Publishers are getting serious about podcast revenue. It is a format that now offers in some cases a more viable ad model than video. 😀👉 digiday.com/media/publishe…

In a survey of 200 digital leaders over three-quarters (78%) think it is important to invest more in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help secure the future of journalism. Most see increased personalisation as a critical pathway to the future (73%). 👉 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/our-research/j…

The beauty of Reader Revenue is that it rewards value, not volume. Local book reviews were never going to be a big source of ad revenue for the Portland Press Herald. But the 275 new subscribers who rallied to save the reviews likely generated ~$60K. My analysis: medium.com/lenfest-instit…

Shipments of AI-imbued speakers grew 95 percent from 22.6 million units in Q3 to 38.5 million units in Q4 — more than the entire 2017 total. venturebeat.com/2019/02/19/str…

The Japanese news app SmartNews is driving more traffic to publishers than Apple News axios.com/smartnews-japa…