Many publishers have historically had the sole focus of increasing their page views to increase their advertising revenues. However, many publishers have instead shifted their focus to complement this goal by also driving audience engagement — getting their existing audiences to move up a value exchange to drive increased revenues through subscriptions and memberships.  The team at Building a Subscription Business are doing a deep dive on the topic of engagement and its link to commercial value in the publishing industry in their forthcoming report "Engagement Economics." more

Newsroom employment in the United States has dropped by 26% since 2008. But while newspapers have seen steep job losses during that span, digital-native news organizations have seen considerable gains, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. more

Last month, Google announced deals that will see it pay eight Canadian publishers — including The Globe and Mail, the Winnipeg Free Press and Village Media — to license their content on a product called Google News Showcase, launching this fall. The companies didn’t disclose the terms. It came on the heels of Facebook signing agreements with 14 of Canada’s upstart digital publishers for what it called its News Innovation Test, to include selected links on their pages that bring users to news sites. Again, the companies didn’t disclose the terms. more

Nicholas Thompson, the chief executive of The Atlantic, gave a presentation to employees last month in which he disclosed some uncomfortable truths about the state of the magazine.  Subscription growth, which had skyrocketed in 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and the presidential election, had come back down to earth. For the first time, the number of subscribers had plateaued and started to slightly decline.  more

America’s Newspapers has partnered with Borrell Associates on a comprehensive research study to provide newspaper publishers with critical information on the future of local advertising.   This 36-page local newspaper-focused white paper takes an in-depth look at advertisers' perceptions of newspaper print and digital solutions and what their budget plans are for the future.  Plus, the study provides insights on sales managers and front-line sales executives' thoughts on training, compensation and strategy. more

America's Newspapers is honored to welcome Las Vegas Review-Journal into membership. more

France’s competition regulator fined Google 500 million euros ($592 million) on Tuesday for failing to negotiate in good faith with French publishers in a dispute over payments for their news. The agency threatened fines of another 900,000 euros (around $1 million) per day if Google doesn’t come up with proposals within two months on how it will compensate publishers and news agencies for their content. more

The Daily Iberian in Louisiana recently donated its 100-kilowatt Generac generator to a local church.  The generator previously was used to power the paper's press during storms — before the newspaper stopped printing the paper locally, and no longer had a need for the generator. more

Foreign Editor Douglas Jehl, Deputy Foreign Editor Eva Rodriguez and Seoul Hub Editor Kendra Nichols today announced breaking-news reporters for The Washington Post’s Seoul hub. more

The front banners of major newspapers in Nigeria on Monday bore a picture of an individual with a sealed mouth. “Information Blackout,” read the caption that ran with the picture. “It’s not just against the media ... it’s about society’s right to know, your right to be heard.” more

Microsoft Advertising on Monday released Video Extensions, giving advertisers the opportunity to combine all types of business information with the ad, such as address, phone number, store rating or more webpage links. more

Morehead State Professor of Sport Management Dr. Steve Chen and undergraduate research fellows have recently published on their research on the impact of media on sports. more

A new batch of six APAC news media companies will embark on the second edition of the Newsroom and Business Transformation Asia (NBTA) program. It follows the success of the last year’s groundbreaking initiative. The program starts this week and will run until November 2021. more

Interactive maps and data visualizations are great visuals to add to any online news package. These can be created using code, but there are also many online tools that your newsroom can use to improve digital storytelling for very little or no cost. Here are three to consider: more

Jamil Anderlini, an award-winning journalist, editor and published author, will be POLITICO Europe’s new editor-in-chief, the publication announced Monday.   more

The parent company of The Gazette newspaper in Cedar Rapids said Friday it will close its printing operations and move the printing of several publications to Des Moines. more

Former president Donald Trump’s claim that the First Amendment shields his conduct leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is legally “spurious” and should be rejected as a federal court considers lawsuits that allege he incited the violence, four prominent First Amendment lawyers and scholars argued Thursday. more

The Daily News in Newburyport, Massachusetts, has named Kyle Gaudette as its new sports editor. Gaudette will take over for Mac Cerullo, who has been promoted and will be covering the Boston Red Sox full time as beat writer for CNHI Sports Boston. more

Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed into law a privacy bill that will require companies to honor people's requests to opt out of targeted advertising — including requests that consumers make through browser settings or other global mechanisms. more

John P. McMeel, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Kansas City-based Andrews McMeel Universal, passed away July 7, 2021, announced AMU Chairman Hugh T. Andrews. He was 85 years old. more