Sitemap - 2024 - Simon Owens's Media Newsletter
Revenue diversification is (sometimes) overrated
How The Ankler converts its free audience into paid subscribers
PODCAST: How The Ankler converts its free audience into paid subscribers
Are we going to see more nonprofit newsrooms team up?
How to build a “Bloomberg for X” media company
How Android Intelligence built a thriving paid membership
PODCAST: How Android Intelligence built a thriving paid membership
Why so many publishers have failed at copying Wirecutter
How I completely retooled my newsletter subscription offering
How the Wonder Tools newsletter grew to 39,000 subscribers
PODCAST: How the Wonder Tools newsletter grew to 39,000 subscribers
The hustle bros have conquered LinkedIn
Why local podcasts are rarely sustainable
How the Geekout newsletter grew to 30,000 subscribers
PODCAST: How the Geekout newsletter grew to 30,000 subscribers
Not all traffic sources are created equal
How The Author Stack grew to over 31,000 subscribers
How The Author Stack grew to over 31,000 subscribers
The media has entered a less-is-more era
How Andreas Sator built one of the most popular podcasts in Austria
How Political Wire built its successful subscription offering
PODCAST: How Political Wire built its successful subscription offering
Testing paid podcasts on Substack
How to grow your audience in a post-Facebook world
Is it time to reinvent the newswire?
The media isn't getting its election bump
Why newsletter signups should always be your north star
How I would handle CNN's digital transition
How to drive paid memberships without a paywall
It wasn’t Vice’s business model that sank it
Traditional media outlets are under-monetizing their YouTube channels
Advertisers won’t be guilted into funding news
More local news outlets should lean into crowdsourcing
Why hasn’t the mainstream media embraced paid podcasts?
How to monetize newsletters on LinkedIn
A YouTuber will absolutely direct a future Best Picture winner
TikTok needs Taylor Swift more than Taylor Swift needs TikTok
Streaming platforms no longer care about content exclusivity
Cable news has no protective moat
The advertising behemoth we never saw coming
The long tail of media is thriving
AI-generated slop is already clogging the arteries of the web
So much media consumption isn't real
The biggest difference between the Creator Economy and traditional media
How publishers should respond to declining Google traffic