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Digital Publishing News (December 2020)

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

Casey Botticello
Dec 30, 2020
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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.


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  • Why on Earth Is Someone Stealing Unpublished Book Manuscripts?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


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


Medium Platform Updates

  • Shortform: Earnings, distribution, and a helpful update

  • Quality 📈, clickbait 📉

  • Level Up Your Following

  • Join Medium’s new research panel


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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