9 Best Articles in 2022
Nieman Lab
One subscriber or 48,000 pageviews: Why every journalist should know the “unit economics” of their content »…
Nieman Lab
10 min read · From 2019
Reader View · Shared by 168, including luis antónio santos, Oscar MacDonald, Kevan Lee 👋, Pieter van Diggele, Armin Wolf, Mathew Ingram, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Nieman Reports, Mathias Menzl, Anita Zielina, Thomas Knuewer, Katja Evertz, Lelio Simi, David Bauer, AJ Ghergich, Merkstatt, Clemens M. Schuster, Vincenzo Tremonte, Jonathan Kogan
CNN
Twitter says it's looking at subscription options as ad revenue drops sharply
CNN
2 min read · 2020-07-23 · Twitter is actively exploring additional ways to make money from its users, including by considering a subscription model, CEO Jack Dorsey said Thursday. The move comes as Twitter suffers a sharp…
Reader View · Shared by 97, including Taylor Lorenz, #DigitalHealth Futurist 👨💻, Christopher Mims 🤌, C̷͈̳̫͗͊̾had P̸̜͇̱̗̻̝̙͆͑͑͝͝ollitt, Mike Butcher🇬🇧🇪🇺🇦🇺, Jörgen Camrath, Jessica Gioglio, Guy Kawasaki, Brian Stelter, Matt Navarra, Ryan Deiss, Esther Schindler, Jeremiah Owyang jowyang.eth, Katja Evertz, Mathew Ingram, Brian Solis - briansolis.eth, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Andy Beal, Bill Johnston, W. Blake Gray
startupresources.io
The $0 Subscription Startup Stack
startupresources.io
~18 min read · From 2017 · Want to run your startup without lots of SaaS subscription fees? Read this.
Reader View · Shared by 109, including Mark Kaigwa, Peter Wennersten, Oleg Baskov, Sunil Neurgaonkar, Andrew Mutavdzija, Will Preston, designshard, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Jochen Burkhard, Gérard Godin, Marcus Kuhn, Quim, Alain, Fabrizio Bianchi, Dominik Grolimund, David Pires
whatsnewinpublishing.com
Digital subscription economy to grow to 1.5T by 2025: Key trends for publishers
whatsnewinpublishing.com
4 min read · May 26th · The market for digital subscriptions is currently valued at $650B, according to a new report, 2022 Subscription Trends, from Lineup, a subscription management solutions provider. It’s expected to…
Reader View · Shared by 63
toolkits.com
4-week vs monthly subscription billing
toolkits.com
4 min read · May 26th · Publishers can extract additional subscription revenue by tying billing cycles to 4-week (or 28-day) periods instead of calendar months.
Reader View · Shared by 63
Twitter
Introducing Twitter Blue - Twitter’s first-ever subscription offering
Twitter
2 min read · 2021-06-03 · Introducing Twitter Blue - Twitter’s first-ever subscription offering.
Reader View · Shared by 85, including Scott Galloway, Casey Newton, David Bauer, Michael Schär, Matt Navarra, Stephanie A Kowalski, Noely ⚡️🏐, Martijn - mdk.eth, Jane Manchun Wong, Benedict Evans, Chris Messina, Madalyn Sklar Digital Marketing since 1996, Brian Solis - briansolis.eth, Mathew Ingram
The Verge
Twitter might build a paid subscription service for power users
The Verge
3 min read · From 2017 · Twitter is considering offering a paid subscription to power users, including brands and news organizations, The Verge has confirmed. Twitter users today began tweeting screenshots of the survey...
Reader View · Shared by 79, including Mark Kaigwa, Dominic Grzbielok, Eric L. Barnes, Stephanie A Kowalski, Thomas Power, Stephen C Sanders, Veronika Lampion, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Kris Fannin, Ben Tossell, Michal Ischia, Jakub Albert Ferenc, George M 🇪🇺, Kunal Bhatia (in NYC till 5/22), kotobato, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Jean-Patrick
The Washington Post
Everything’s becoming a subscription, and the pandemic is partly to blame
The Washington Post
2021-06-01 · There’s a subscription for about everything now: delivery services, socks, razors, gyms, streaming services and even restaurants and car washes. It’s bringing convenience -- and a lot of monthly fees.
Summary · Shared by 67, including Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻, BigCommerce, Mathew Ingram, getAbstract, Taylor Lorenz
Vox
The making of Amazon Prime, the internet’s most successful and devastating membership program
Vox
20+ min read · From 2019 · An oral history of the subscription service that changed online shopping forever.
Reader View · Shared by 295, including Guy Kawasaki, Cameron Yick, Josh Elman, Gabriele, Lelio Simi, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Thomas Power, Brian Roemmele, Michael Kroker, timoreilly, Jason Fried, Dan Gillmor, Adrian Zumbrunnen, ErmanTaylan.eth, Frederic Filloux, luis antónio santos, Mark Kaigwa, fernand0, Noah Kagan, Ian M Calvert
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whatsnewinpublishing.com
Digital subscription economy to grow to 1.5T by 2025: Key trends for publishers
whatsnewinpublishing.com
4 min read · May 26th · The market for digital subscriptions is currently valued at $650B, according to a new report, 2022 Subscription Trends, from Lineup, a subscription management solutions provider. It’s expected to…
Reader View · Shared by 63
toolkits.com
4-week vs monthly subscription billing
toolkits.com
4 min read · May 26th · Publishers can extract additional subscription revenue by tying billing cycles to 4-week (or 28-day) periods instead of calendar months.
Reader View · Shared by 63
inma.org
Bild’s subscription testing drives its reader revenue plan
inma.org
5 min read · May 21st · Deciding how much to charge customers to subscribe to a news product can be difficult. Charge too much and and there aren’t have enough takers; but charge too little, and there isn’t enough…
Reader View · Shared by 107
Lenny Rachitsky
How to win in consumer subscription
Lenny Rachitsky
3 min read · May 17th · Learnings from Noom, Duolingo, Grammarly, Calm, Spotify, Future, Flo, and others
Reader View · Shared by 70
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Bloomberg
Apple Is Planning to Launch a News Subscription Service
Bloomberg
4 min read · From 2018 · Apple Inc. plans to integrate recently acquired magazine app Texture into Apple News and debut its own premium subscription offering, according to people familiar with the matter. The move is part of…
Shared by 53, including Thomas Telandro, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Matt Navarra, Nick Lüthi, Thomas Power, Frederic Filloux, Vincenzo Tremonte, Johannes Lenz, Gérard Godin
The Wall Street Journal
Publishers Chafe at Apple’s Terms for Subscription News Service
The Wall Street Journal
1 min read · From 2019 · Apple’s plan to create a subscription service for news is running into resistance from major publishers who are balking at proposed financial terms.
Shared by 50, including Boas Ruh, Matt Navarra, Mathew Ingram, Dan Gillmor, Preshit, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Florian Jungnikl-Gossy ⛱, Jörgen Camrath
opensubscriptionplatforms.com
Open Subscription Platforms
opensubscriptionplatforms.com
2020-12-28 · A shared movement for independent subscription data.
Shared by 50, including rogerverhoeven, David Bauer, Jonathan Kogan, Andy Matuschak (afk thru 05/30), Adam Tinworth, Mark Armstrong
Vox
How subscriptions took over our lives
Vox
9 min read · 2021-04-29 · There are too many streaming platforms, but we might never reach overall "subscription fatigue."
Reader View · Shared by 209, including Loudt Darrow, Christian Hartmann, Chaotic Goode, Mark Kaigwa, Mohd Asif, Lelio Simi
media.consensys.net
Subscription Services on the Blockchain: ERC-948
media.consensys.net
8 min read · From 2018 · Learn more about the groundbreaking token protocol proposal designed to connect subscription businesses with consumers
Reader View · Shared by 46, including Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Mattias Tyrberg, Taylor Pearson, Tom+ ✈️ Permissionless/MIA ✈️ SG, von Moerenburgh, Thomas Power, Oleg Baskov, Balaji Srinivasan
Frederic Filloux
How Facebook and Google could disrupt the subscription model for news
Frederic Filloux
6 min read · From 2017
Reader View · Shared by 61, including Kim Dik, Florian Jungnikl-Gossy ⛱, Lelio Simi, Joan Carbonell, kp 🇺🇦, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯🕶, Mark Kaigwa, Nick Lüthi, Thomas Power, Dominic Grzbielok, Lukas Stickelberger, David Bauer, Lorenz König
The New York Times
How the Internet Is Saving Culture, Not Killing It
The New York Times
7 min read · From 2017 · There has been huge growth in digital subscription services, and they are revolutionizing every cultural industry.
Reader View · Shared by 193, including Thomas Power, Nir Eyal, Nick Lüthi, Stuart of Vacord, Stowe Boyd, Anthony Hamelle, Mark Kaigwa, Richard MacManus, Mathew Ingram, Martin Steiger 🍿🍿🍿, Gabriele, Ben Tossell, Martijn - mdk.eth, grimm, ThomNagy, Werner Vogels, Kris Fannin, Dominik Grolimund, Stephanie A Kowalski, Lorenz König
Benedict Evans
Apple Plus - brand versus subscription
Benedict Evans
4 min read · From 2019 · We expected a TV event and got a subscription event - news & magazines, games, a credit card and Oprah. There are plenty of questions one could ask (especially on TV, where we still don’t know the…
Reader View · Shared by 44, including Johannes Lenz, Steven Sinofsky, Thomas Power, Oliver Reichenstein, von Moerenburgh
TechCrunch
Medium plans to launch a consumer subscription product this quarter…
TechCrunch
3 min read · From 2017 · Medium CEO Ev Williams announced today at Upfront Summit that his company will launch a consumer subscription product, with the first version coming this quarter. This could help Medium make more…
Reader View · Shared by 44, including Kunal Bhatia (in NYC till 5/22), Kris Fannin, Stowe Boyd, Austin Sandmeyer 🔥, Thomas Power, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Mark Kaigwa, Kevan Lee 👋, Mathew Ingram, Dominic Grzbielok, Alex Barrera, Esther Schindler
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