Media subscriptions predictions and the “end of history” mistake
Why so many predictions about the future of media are consistently wrong
Category: Opinion
Why the pan-European news site idea is so intriguing and the reality so impossible
The broad public does not care for general European news, but niche publications can thrive
European publishers should pay attention to US local news experiments in 2021
Smaller, European markets can learn more from similar-sized rather than international US-based giants
Trump’s last gift to the media
The Twitter ban provides an opening for media to help shape the digital public space of the future
Belarus’s attack on media developers calls for a joint response
Attack on Press Club Belarus should not be left unanswered
Year 2020 in social media
In this end-of-the-year series I am looking back at what happened in 2020 in the worlds of podcasting, subscriptions & memberships, newsletters and social media.
Year 2020 in subscriptions and memberships
This end-of-the-year series looks back at what happened in 2020 in the worlds of podcasting, subscriptions & memberships, newsletters and social media.
Year 2020 in podcasting
There was obvious consolidation going on, Spotify kept on growing, Apple started its own daily news show and Amazon got also serious about podcasting.
The future is in podcasting
In the pandemic year, many media models are suffering, bud podcasting has been resilient
Two trends from US media European media won’t have to deal with
The Gray Lady and Substack are on the rise