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Articles tagged membership (72)

Christine SchmidtDecember 10, 2018

What does membership mean for BuzzFeed News — at a company that’s already raised nearly $500 million in venture capital?

Even the most digital-native publishers cannot resist the siren call of a tote bag. But a membership pitch sounds different coming from a public radio station than from a private company with a billion-dollar valuation.

Here are the local news organizations boosted in Facebook’s membership accelerator

Laura Hazard OwenSeptember 5, 2018

10,000 members, more big donors, new kinds of readers: Here’s where the Texas Tribune wants to be by 2025

“Ultimately, our sustainability as a news organization will depend heavily on…fellow Texans who believe enough in our mission to invest in it.”

Christine SchmidtMay 22, 2018

After crowdfunding success, Swiss magazine Republik charts a course to “reclaim journalism as a profession”

“We believe people don’t pay for articles anymore. They pay to be part of the community.”

Dutch news organization De Correspondent is getting more money toward its global expansion

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.

Christine SchmidtMay 9, 2018

Zetland’s members asked for an audio version — and now it’s more popular than their written stories

“We’re definitely not a short-form news outlet. When we launched, we thought it would be late evening media, something where you would crash on the sofa and read our stories.”

Christine SchmidtMay 2, 2018

Can a news organization provide the service of feeling connected through its membership program?

“They’ve moved across borders for work or for love or whatever and often they’re struggling with the same sort of issues…The Local is a service for them, somewhere they can come to to get advice around these issues.”

Meena Lee and Sarah GuineeApril 17, 2018

The New York Times has signed up a lot of subscribers. Here’s how it plans to keep them.

“My team believes that by investing in the subscribers we have and making the subscription experience better and better, we’ll be able to help all parts of the subscription business.”

Christine SchmidtApril 6, 2018

How can local independent news orgs build successful membership programs?

“Don’t substitute the word ‘interest’ for ‘value.’ People might be interested in a car crash, but don’t value it enough to pay for it.”

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