Digital Publishing News (December 2020)

Must read industry news, platform updates, and all my December articles

Hey everyone!

December was a month filled with updates for the digital publishing industry. Here are some of the best articles I read, Medium and Substack platform updates, and a list of all my Blogging Guide articles published across multiple platforms.

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Articles Worth Reading

• Heather Cox Richardson Offers a Break From the Media Maelstrom. It’s Working. - New York Times

• Subscriptions start working for the middle - NeimanLab

• How DoR doubled its community in six weeks - Medium

• How the Bangor Daily News Became the Country’s First Newspaper to Call the Presidential Election - DownEast

• Goodbye, doomscroll -NeimanLab

• What Joe Biden reads and watches - Politico

• Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who built COVID-19 dashboard - Tallahassee Democrat

• Can Substack CEO Chris Best build a new model for journalism? - The Verge

• ‘The experience is much more valuable’: How publishers are testing hybrid approaches to keep their events engaging - DIGIDAY

• Scoop: Politico stars plot new Playbook - AXIOS

• How a retired senior executive went from Hearst’s Manhattan C-suite to hyperlocal blogging in Maine - Poynter

• All The Ways To Make Money In Media Without Ads - Medium

• How Wired leveraged Cyber Week readers to increase subscription revenue - DIGIDAY

• There are flickers of hope for local journalism. So far, it’s not nearly enough. - Washington Post

• Why on Earth Is Someone Stealing Unpublished Book Manuscripts? - New York Times

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Blogging Guide Articles

• Substack Newsletter Review and Platform Tips (1 Year In)

• What is Email List Portability?

• 5 Essential Tips to Run a Successful Link Building Campaign for Your Blog Posts

• How to Monetize Your Newsletter

• Interesting Update on YouTuber Shelby Church's Medium Earnings

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Medium Platform Updates

• Shortform: Earnings, distribution, and a helpful update

• Quality 📈, clickbait 📉

• Level Up Your Following

• Join Medium’s new research panel

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Substack Platform Updates

• Announcing new ways to read and find writers on Substack

• Substack’s view of content moderation

• Join us for Substack’s first writer conference on January 8th

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Until next time!

Casey

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