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    Articles tagged Medium (57)

    The BBC launches its own Mastodon server
    Casey NewtonAugust 31, 2022
    Medium’s new CEO on the company’s journalism mistakes, bundle economics, and life after Ev Williams
    “For me, fundamentally, the mistake was thinking that journalism was where Medium was going to shine.”
    Laura Hazard OwenMarch 25, 2019
    The long, complicated, and extremely frustrating history of Medium, 2012–present
    “A beautiful space for reading and writing” and pivoting.
    Joshua BentonNovember 13, 2018
    So some people will pay for a subscription to a news site. How about two? Three?
    New York magazine and Quartz both now want readers to pay up. How deep into their pockets will even dedicated news consumers go for a second (or third or fourth) read?
    Shan WangMay 10, 2018
    Medium abruptly cancels the membership programs of its 21 remaining subscription publisher partners
    “Could we have a better metaphor for the way Silicon Valley considers local journalism?” fumed the owner of one of these remaining publications.
    Joshua BentonApril 30, 2018
    Maybe to be at our best on mobile, publishers should think back to the web’s early, visually spare days
    Girlboss redesigns its site to be as mobile-friendly as possible, hearkening back to the web’s first iterations in the name of speed.
    Nicholas QuahJanuary 23, 2018
    Subcast wants to bring podcast publishers and smart-speaker users together
    Plus: A new media format from Spotify, Vox partners on the official NBC Olympics Podcast, and where Relay FM is at.
    Christine SchmidtOctober 31, 2017
    Stung by Medium’s pivot, The Establishment powers up for a membership-driven future
    “It’s obviously a crowded media sphere right now. A lot of people at the outset were dubious that we need another website.”
    Laura Hazard OwenOctober 27, 2017
    How Medium is attracting premium publishers to its partner program (hint: money up front)
    Unlike other Medium partners, they’re not paid per clap: “Medium has derisked it for us by providing financial value while creating opportunities for us to establish direct relationships with readers.”
    Laura Hazard OwenOctober 10, 2017
    Starting today, anyone who publishes something on Medium can paywall it
    How much they’ll get paid is another question.
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