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Ken DoctorJanuary 24, 2020

Newsonomics: Here are 20 epiphanies for the news business of the 2020s

After ten years of writing for Nieman Lab, Ken takes a big look back and ahead, defining the state of affairs for the troubled world of journalism.

On women in top jobs, the Financial Times continues to be an unexpected leader

Laura Hazard OwenOctober 18, 2019

The Washington Post now offers 20 weeks of paid parental leave; here’s what other U.S. news orgs provide

The Wall Street Journal: 20 weeks. The New York Times offers 16 to 18 weeks for birth mothers and 10 weeks for non–birth parents.

Christine SchmidtAugust 12, 2019

How The Wall Street Journal is building an incubator into its newsroom, with new departments and plenty of hires

While local newspapers play the 2019 Consolidation Games, the national dailies are busy with the Great Digital Subscriber Race — and making sure they have the right teams and tech in place to win.

Ken DoctorAugust 9, 2019

Newsonomics: The perils — and promises — of New Gannett

What will the largest local news company need to do and be to be successful in the 2020s? Neither Gannett nor Gatehouse has offered any big vision of what that is, or could be, even fueled by new money.

Ken DoctorJune 28, 2019

Newsonomics: The New York Times puts personalization front and center — just For You

The Times knows its editors’ judgment of what’s important is one of its critical selling points. But in order to surface more than a sliver of its journalism each day, it’s now willing to respond to readers’ interests in a much bigger way.

In 2018, push alerts featured less yelling and more thinking

Laura Hazard OwenDecember 5, 2018

Get rid of the content no one reads. Offer surprises and “candy.” And other tricks for retaining subscribers.

“I am not saying we shouldn’t do vegetables. But for the financial health of our organizations, the rewards are candy. If we’re not taking the vegetables and dipping them in caramel, we’re making some hard choices.”

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?

Joshua BentonOctober 5, 2018

Here’s how much Americans trust 38 major news organizations (hint: not all that much!)

About 13 percent of Americans don’t trust any news outlet at all. (They went 2-to-1 for Trump in 2016.)

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