Shan Wang is a staff writer at the Lab. She previously worked in editorial at Harvard University Press, and has reported for Boston.com and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting. One of the first news stories she ever wrote was about Muggle Quidditch for The Harvard Crimson. She grew up in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and is a Ray Allen devotee.
On average, they’re paying just under $80 per year. About 40 or so indie publishers with paid offerings are making what Substack calls “meaningful money.”
“What I’m trying to figure out is, what are the proxies for deeper engagement — what are the proxies for repeated use and habituation in a place like this?…Readers are not going to read 100 Australia stories. So what’s the right mix?”
“The best predictor of membership loyalty is whether an organization has been talking to their audiences already about their need to raise money. The other predictor is how many subscribers you have on your list, and how engaged those subscribers on your list are.”
“Is it a tech story? Is it a business and tech or policy and politics story, is it a cultural story? Well, it’s actually all the above: The impact of technology on the cognitive, economic, and political ways we live is quite transformative.”
Wang, Shan. "Facebook is shutting down its Trending Topics for news module. Will any of its new features for publishers last?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 17 Apr. 2024.
APA
Wang, S. (2018, Jun. 4). Facebook is shutting down its Trending Topics for news module. Will any of its new features for publishers last?. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 17, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/06/facebook-is-shutting-down-its-trending-topics-for-news-module-will-any-of-its-new-features-for-publishers-last/
Chicago
Wang, Shan. "Facebook is shutting down its Trending Topics for news module. Will any of its new features for publishers last?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified June 4, 2018. Accessed April 17, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/06/facebook-is-shutting-down-its-trending-topics-for-news-module-will-any-of-its-new-features-for-publishers-last/.
Wikipedia
{{cite web
| url = https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/06/facebook-is-shutting-down-its-trending-topics-for-news-module-will-any-of-its-new-features-for-publishers-last/
| title = Facebook is shutting down its Trending Topics for news module. Will any of its new features for publishers last?
| last = Wang
| first = Shan
| work = [[Nieman Journalism Lab]]
| date = 4 June 2018
| accessdate = 17 April 2024
| ref = {{harvid|Wang|2018}}
}}