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The Independent

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June 19, 2023

The Independent’s plan to reach £10m in reader revenue by 2026

The Independent is minimising its reliance upon advertising as it hits a significant number of registered users. Its chair told me it aims to multiply its direct reader revenue by five...

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July 21, 2021

‘Full-on TV’: why The Independent is taking its video content OTT

The Independent is going all-in on video. Its Independent TV hub – already a separate section on the site – is set to expand into OTT with its own app...

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July 2, 2021

Transcript: Jo Holdaway, Digital News & Media Chief Data and Marketing Officer, The Independent

Interviewer: Esther Kezia Thorpe

Esther Kezia Thorpe: Can you tell me about your career background up to this point?

Jo Holdaway: I've got a...

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January 20, 2021

Pugpig’s Jonny Kaldor discusses the state of the digital publishing market

Last year, the team at Pugpig decided to take a step back from their day-to-day development work and get a sense of what was going on in the wider digital publishing market. Analysing data from...

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March 9, 2020

Singletrack Magazine Publisher Mark Alker on reader revenues vs programmatic advertising

This week, we talk to Mark Alker, Publisher of Singletrackworld.com; Europe's biggest mountain biking website, and Singletrack Magazine; a bi-monthly print publication. As well as divulging the...

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October 1, 2018

DC Thomson’s Sally Hampton on why magazines have a bright future

This week, Sally Hampton, Consumer Magazines Publisher at DC Thomson talks about how she manages such a wide range of magazines, the biggest shifts she's seen in print publishing, and a surprising...

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