Subscriptions
Publishers need direct payments from their audience to complement the difficult ad business.

Why protecting paywalled content from AI bots is difficult business
People have used OpenAI’s ChatGPT to bypass publishers’ paywalls. So how can publishers protect their subscription businesses against generative AI chatbots siphoning their subscriber-only content?
August 7, 2023 • 4 min read
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Media Briefing: The case for, and against, paid subscription trials
July 27, 2023 • 11 min read -
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The New York Times Cooking is letting readers taste test recipes over text to drive subscriptions
June 23, 2023 • 4 min read -
As news subscriptions stall, the U.S. market is faring better than most
June 16, 2023 • 4 min read -
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The Washington Post offers bundle subscription with Headspace app
March 8, 2023 • 4 min read -
Media Briefing: The case for and against monthly and annual subscriptions in the battle for retention
February 2, 2023 • 11 min read -
Bloomberg, Axios, Politico, other business publishers rethink subscriber retention during the economic downturn
January 26, 2023 • 6 min read -
Media Briefing: Subscriber churn is up, but the economic downturn isn’t necessarily to blame
January 26, 2023 • 8 min read -
Axios Pro generated $2 million in 2022 with more than 3K paid subscribers
January 20, 2023 • 4 min read -