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We spent more than 400 hours analyzing subscription models—here’s what we’ve found
Chartbeat has immersed itself in research around reader revenue and subscription models this year. This work has taken various forms such as data analysis, comparing historical trends, and distilling insights…
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Seek and deploy: Optimize content, time with Chartbeat article search
Despite the endless stream of new technologies and automations available to publishers, we still find that the most valuable resource of any newsroom—a journalist’s time—is limited. For that reason (and…
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Test headlines, work smarter: How MLB.com’s culture of experimentation improves reader engagement
MLB.com’s content strategy goes well beyond their commitment to test headlines—they also want to cement a culture of experimentation across their digital operations. “We want to give everyone the freedom…
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Solving for subscriptions: How the Membership Puzzle Project addresses the paid vs non-paid divide
As revenue models shift from advertising to users, digital publishers today need to know more than ever what draws—and keeps—readers. Zeroing in on the 10% who are already the most…
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Reader engagement trends in Asia and beyond: Chartbeat at Splice Beta
Last week, the Chartbeat team traveled to Thailand to present a deep dive into reader engagement trends across Asia at the Splice Beta conference. Account Executive Jacob Anderson (pictured above)…
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Earth Day at Chartbeat: Building a Culture of Environmental Engagement
A Chartbeat partner once asked us how we dispose of excess waste from our product. We excitedly responded that as a software company, our product does not manufacture excess waste—or…
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Channels, conversions, and churn: Why better mobile UX is key for subscriber revenue
Publishers attempting to unlock new sources of reader revenue (most notably through subscription models) are understandably honing in on device usage, particularly when there are an estimated 5.1 billion (via…
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Subscriptions and international audience engagement: John Saroff on OMR Podcast
Chartbeat CEO John Saroff recently sat down with Pia Frey, host of the OMR Media Podcast based in Germany. The wide-ranging interview spans marketing and technology insights, including Chartbeat’s early…
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Subscriber Analytics: Enhanced and Empowering Publishers in Real Time
Digital publishers are increasingly shifting toward subscription models to generate reader revenue. In fact, digital subscriptions were listed as the most important revenue stream for global publishers, according to a…
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A Chinese news app is quietly referring millions of pageviews — here’s how global publishers can take advantage
Referral traffic to your most engaging content can come from unexpected places. Case in point—Chartbeat’s data science team recently found that TopBuzz, a China-based news aggregation app from ByteDance, was…
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It’s all coming together: Introducing Multi-Site View
“I couldn’t live without it. If you need insight into multiple sites at once, you couldn’t live without it either.” — Daniel Bach Nielsen, Digital Editorial Director, Jysk Fynske Medier…
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New Feature: Faster User Management and Secure Permissioning
If there’s anything we’ve learned over the last decade, it’s that no two publishers are the same. Different sizes, different geographic reach, different internal structures and ways of working. We’re…
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