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Back to SearchHow media outlets can use games to increase their revenue
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If you work in the media industry, you're likely aware of The New York Times tremendous success with its gaming vertical; in fact, millions of people…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
His media company reaches more New Yorkers than the New York Times
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You've probably never heard of Schneps Media, but if you live in any of the five boroughs of New York, you've probably encountered its content. Start…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Why China will dominate the global electric vehicle market
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Earlier this year, China crossed a major milestone when BYD, an electric car company based in its Shaanxi province, surpassed Tesla in total sales.…
Published on 7 months ago
How Zyn conquered America
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They walk among us, almost completely undetected. If you notice them at all, it's because they're pulling a discreet tin out of their pockets so th…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
What Hollywood can learn from MrBeast
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Heading into 2025, we knew that MrBeast had a huge online following. After all, his main channel has grown to over 300 million subscribers and 74 b…
Published on 8 months ago
How JJ Hornblass built Royal Media, the most successful B2B media company you've never heard of
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When JJ Hornblass got his first journalism job in the 1990s, his dad made a deal with him: he could spend a few years as a reporter, but he had to …
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
How The Dispatch is diversifying beyond just subscription revenue
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The Dispatch was launched in 2020 with a pretty straightforward thesis: that people would pay for quality, fact-based journalism. It certainly had …
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Mill Media proved that audiences would pay for local news
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When the Manchester Mill launched in 2020, it operated on a simple theory: that local audiences would pay for news as long as it was original and diff…
Published on 9 months ago
This Colorado food writer came up with a novel way to monetize his content
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When Matthew Schniper launched his Colorado Springs food newsletter in 2023, he ran into a problem many local news entrepreneurs face: he didn't have…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
How 1440 scaled its newsletter to 4 million subscribers
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What's the true monetary value of a newsletter subscriber? Tim Huelskamp knows the answer to that question. As the co-founder of the 1440 newsletter, h…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago