Great write-up Matt. The consumer-revenue framework is a sturdy one for publishers/journalists to see their way through the turbulent times we're living through.
And glad you focused on the idea of presenting original facts as a signal to follow.
The challenge will happen at the edges of that framework. How do you stack advertising, events and other revenue alongside that framework? How does a new model that begins with advertising/events transition over? How does the news ecosystem serve original facts to the parts of the skeptical public that start from a point of not wanting to pay for original information. Will the companies/creators doing that have relationships with consumer-revenue focused publishers?
Questions for another post, of course. But delighted to find you blogging about these ideas on SS.
Great write-up Matt. The consumer-revenue framework is a sturdy one for publishers/journalists to see their way through the turbulent times we're living through.
And glad you focused on the idea of presenting original facts as a signal to follow.
The challenge will happen at the edges of that framework. How do you stack advertising, events and other revenue alongside that framework? How does a new model that begins with advertising/events transition over? How does the news ecosystem serve original facts to the parts of the skeptical public that start from a point of not wanting to pay for original information. Will the companies/creators doing that have relationships with consumer-revenue focused publishers?
Questions for another post, of course. But delighted to find you blogging about these ideas on SS.