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November 28, 2022

Collectives and activists drive a year of change around climate reporting

For our latest season of the Media Voices Podcast, kindly sponsored by Poool, we’ve published ten episodes exploring the biggest trends of 2022 and how they affect publishers;...

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November 21, 2022

Publishers power through as hype around emerging technology comes crashing down

For our latest season of the Media Voices Podcast, kindly sponsored by Poool, we’ll be publishing ten episodes exploring the biggest trends of 2022 and how they affect...

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November 14, 2022

Beyond the Twitter chaos, platforms and publishers re-evaluate their relationship

For our latest season of the Media Voices Podcast, kindly sponsored by Poool, we’ll be publishing ten episodes exploring the biggest trends of 2022 and how they affect publishers; from podcasts...

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November 7, 2022

Can we stop the endless decline of trust in the media?

For our latest season of the Media Voices Podcast, kindly sponsored by Poool, we’ll be publishing ten episodes exploring the biggest trends of 2022 and how they affect publishers; from...

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October 24, 2022

Newsletters are finally growing up: how publisher email strategies evolved in 2022

For our latest season of the Media Voices Podcast, kindly sponsored by Poool, we’ll be publishing ten episodes exploring the biggest trends of 2022 and how they affect publishers; from...

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October 17, 2022

The year retention became paramount for subscription and membership publishers

For our latest season of the Media Voices Podcast, kindly sponsored by Poool, we’ll be publishing ten episodes exploring the biggest trends of 2022 and how they affect publishers; from...

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October 10, 2022

Has local news justified its own survival? The state of local news in 2022

For our latest season of the Media Voices Podcast, kindly sponsored by Poool, we’ll be publishing ten episodes exploring the biggest trends of 2022 and how they affect publishers; from...

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October 3, 2022

2022: A rollercoaster year for advertising, but some resilience amidst uncertain forecasts

For our latest season of the Media Voices Podcast, kindly sponsored by Poool, we’ll be publishing ten episodes exploring the biggest trends of 2022 and how they affect publishers; from...

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September 26, 2022

As the streaming wars heat up, a reckoning is coming for traditional TV

For this next season of the Media Voices Podcast, kindly sponsored by Poool, we'll be publishing ten episodes exploring the biggest trends of 2022 and how they affect publishers; from...

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January 15, 2022

New report: Media Moments 2021

What's New in Publishing is pleased to launch its annual report Media Moments 2021, sponsored by Sovrn and written by the Media Voices team. This comprehensive report covers trends in...

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January 14, 2022

The year in subscriptions: Platforms and publishers benefitted from steady growth in consumers paying for content

2020 saw many publishers enjoy Covid-induced waves of new subscribers. But as life slowly returns to normal, attention is now turning to clever retention tactics. Esther Kezia Thorpe rounds up...

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January 12, 2022

Video still an area of active investment for publishers, but it’s now substance over style

Despite the lack of industry-wide excitement, video continued to be a focus of investment for publishers in 2021. There are still benefits to using video well, particularly when tailored to...

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January 10, 2022

Strong advertising recovery sees subscription-only publishers reconsider ‘all ads are bad’ mantra

With the ad market roaring back after the pandemic, advertising's reputation has been somewhat rehabilitated as part of the revenue mix. But platform domination continues to limit growth....

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January 7, 2022

The year in data and privacy: As tech giants rocked the industry, publishers laid the foundations for their own strategies

Chrome’s cookie delay has been a welcome respite for an industry under pressure. But with no viable replacements on the horizon, publishers wasted no time doubling down on their first-party...

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December 17, 2021

2021 in print: decline continues for newspapers, but it’s more complicated for magazines

While most people have lost the habit of buying a daily newspaper, preferring the immediacy of digital news, sales in the lean-back magazine market have been holding up...mostly. Peter Houston...

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December 15, 2021

As platforms roll out paid podcast infrastructure, audio subscriptions become a reality for publishers

Paid podcast subscriptions add another layer of complexity to an already cluttered landscape. But with the platforms resolved to simplify the experience, the promise of subscriber revenue from...

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December 13, 2021

Media companies riding the eCommerce wave seek to consolidate their successes

Last year supercharged eCommerce, with lockdowns ensuring that both the total number of online shoppers and frequency of purchases increased fivefold. So which publishers are taking advantage...

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December 10, 2021

Platforms in 2021: Facebook fights fires while Google placates publishers with cash payouts

To say that it's been a bad year for Facebook would be an understatement. But the overall relationship between publishers and platforms has shifted dramatically over the course of the year -...

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December 8, 2021

Billion dollar valuations and ambitious projections shaped M&A in 2021. But will the hype last?

For an industry frequently cited as struggling, the sale figures of some of this year's headline media acquisitions have painted quite a different picture. But some of the acquired companies...

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December 6, 2021

Special: Highlights from Media Moments 2021

This special episode of Media Voices includes the audio of our launch presentation for the Media Moments 2021 report. Chris, Peter and Esther each outline which media moment of the year they found...

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December 6, 2021

Powerful engagement and revenue drivers, newsletters are at the centre of the fight for publisher influence

Email newsletters have taken a central role in the battle between upstart platforms, individual creators, and long-established media brands fighting to secure audience loyalty. Peter Houston...

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November 20, 2021

Launch event: Media Moments 2021

Join Media Voices, What’s New in Publishing and Sovrn in a virtual event to launch this year’s Media Moments report, followed by a panel of publishing experts discussing how they will...

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December 17, 2020

New Report: Media Moments 2020

Media Voices is pleased to present its annual report , in association with What's New in Publishing and sponsored by Permutive.

From the collapse of events to the boom in...

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December 6, 2019

Media Moments 2019

Media Voices is proud to present its annual report Media Moments 2019, in association with What's New in Publishing, and sponsored by Sovrn.

From key business mergers to our...

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November 14, 2018

Media Moments 2018: A report from What’s New in Publishing and Media Voices

We're really pleased to announce that we've launched our first report for What's New in Publishing! Media Moments 2018 explores seven key areas which have influenced the media and publishing...

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