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How to build a referral program that drives subscription growth

Lennart Schneider, interviews Stefan Bader, CEO and Co-founder of Cello, to discuss how to build a referral program that ensures sustained growth.
byLennart Schneider
20 January, 2026
Newsletter benchmarks Newsletter benchmarks
  • Inspirations

Benchmark ideas to increase newsletter subscribers

byMadeleine White
15 January, 2026
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Subscription offer page benchmarks

byMadeleine White
15 January, 2026
Cancellation benchmarks Cancellation benchmarks
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Subscriber cancellation journey benchmarks

byMadeleine White
14 January, 2026
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Subscriber onboarding journey benchmarks

byMadeleine White
14 January, 2026
Alignment Alignment
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Alignment as an extreme sport: 5 things effective subscriptions leaders do

bySelma Stern
13 January, 2026
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Leveraging editorial products for growth at Republik

byMadeleine White
12 December, 2025
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  • Inspirations

Your media industry event calendar for 2026

byMadeleine White
12 December, 2025
7 ways to harness data culture 7 ways to harness data culture

7 ways media can build a practical, empowering data culture

byKhalil A. Cassimally
Netflix financial engineering Netflix financial engineering

Subscription Lock-In: Deconstructing Netflix’s “Stranger Things” Strategy

byDavide Liverino
Subscription management Subscription management

Why it’s time to update your subscription management system to accommodate consumer trends

byMorten Jørgensen Stald
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When is a subscriber more than a subscriber? How Condé Nast is evolving its audience strategy with membership

byMadeleine White
8 December, 2025
  • Decisions

Where publishers should be heading in 2026: the HERO framework

byMadeleine White
3 December, 2025
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The power of puzzles: How The New Yorker approached a games paywall

byLindsay Ederheimer
2 December, 2025
Wirecutter for you Wirecutter for you
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How NYT Wirecutter shipped a personalized newsletter in 4 weeks

The operational choices, guardrails, and tech powering Wirecutter For You, the new email that tailors article recommendations to each reader.
byAnil Chitrapu
25 November, 2025
Nat Geo Kids Cancellation Nat Geo Kids Cancellation
  • Inspirations

Easy cancellation is the new retention strategy: How Nat Geo Kids uses transparency to win beyond save rates

byMadeleine White
24 November, 2025
Washington Post AI Washington Post AI
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The Washington Post: how and why we built “Ask The Post AI”

byJason Langsner
21 November, 2025
  • Decisions

The media industry’s 5 toxic obsessions: no.2 refusing to interact with audiences

byMarion Wyss
21 November, 2025
  • Inspirations

5 ideas of article formats where form follows function

byMadeleine White
17 November, 2025
Plugging subscription revenue leaks Plugging subscription revenue leaks
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How to stop subscription revenue leaks: technical and strategic solutions

byAli Mahmood
11 November, 2025
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Funding public interest: 8 common misconceptions about donations, debunked

byMarine Doux
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Your subscription forecast is broken, and maths isn’t the problem

byDavide Liverino
The homepage isn't dead The homepage isn't dead
  • Decisions

The homepage isn’t dead, it just stopped being a page

byHeiko Scherer
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Subscription price increase: the 7 biggest mistakes to avoid

byLennart Schneider
Connecticut today AI audio newsletter Connecticut today AI audio newsletter
  • Inspirations

Launching a weekday audio news briefing with AI at CT Insider

We speak to Ellie Miller & Derrick Ho on the strategy and processes behind this AI audio briefing project.
byMadeleine White
20 October, 2025
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Build or buy: The technology decision that defines modern newsrooms

byAli Mahmood
13 October, 2025
Der Spiegel engagement case studies Der Spiegel engagement case studies
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How DER SPIEGEL uses its engagement score: our key use cases 

byAlexander Held
9 October, 2025
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  • Inspirations

The Economist’s Substack experiment: building a newsletter product off-platform

byMadeleine White
7 October, 2025
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unfolded.news – rethinking the content architecture of news websites

byFabio Venneri
1 October, 2025
Discounts on subscription for publishers Discounts on subscription for publishers
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The hidden cost of discount addiction: why 50% off promotions are killing your subscription revenue

bySuchit Patel
29 September, 2025
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The media industry’s 5 toxic obsessions: no.1 criticizing platforms

byMax Leroy
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  • Operations

L’Équipe: 12 projects to retain subscribers following the Paris Olympics

byMarion Wyss
The Telegraph App The Telegraph App
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The Telegraph: retaining subscribers with a killer mobile strategy

byMarion Wyss
Telerama - Comment le magazine culturel a construit, marketé et monétisé son nouveau guide “Plateformes” Telerama - Comment le magazine culturel a construit, marketé et monétisé son nouveau guide “Plateformes”
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3,360 new subscribers in a month: Télérama’s new streaming guide product pays off

byMarion Wyss

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  • Inspirations

IamExpat: Keeping users at the center when diversifying revenue

byMadeleine White
  • Inspirations

Doing User Needs right: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism share their secrets

byKhalil A. Cassimally
  • Inspirations

Subscription models live off habits: lessons from Duolingo’s retention success

byLennart Schneider
  • Decisions

Digital by design: How Irish News is growing from a strong print legacy

byMadeleine White
  • Decisions

Balancing acquisition and retention: lessons from pv digest’s Markus Schöberl

byMadeleine White
  • Operations

Developing the middle of the funnel: how to turn fly-bys into loyal readers

byMadeleine White
  • Decisions

What your paywall says about your product (and why it matters)

byHeiko Scherer
  • Operations

Why 80% of our homepage is now personalized — and how that’s changing everything

byDaniel Geiger
  • Operations

Integrating AI into daily editorial workflows at Clarín

byAlvaro Liuzzi
  • Inspirations

Smarter discussions thanks to AI-generated talking points at FT

byBella Cockarill
  • Operations

Perfect your value proposition to convert more readers into subscribers

byMadeleine White
24 August, 2025
  • Inspirations

Building a subscription product for young readers at Mediahuis Belgium

byMadeleine White
20 August, 2025
  • Inspirations

Relaunching The Guardian app: changing reader habits means we must also evolve

byCraig Law
11 August, 2025
  • Decisions

Gain clarity on your purpose: the template that helps teams make faster, better decisions

byKhalil A. Cassimally
7 August, 2025
  • Inspirations

Ask Birubala: Inside Newslaundry’s AI tool that frees up time and unlocks team growth

byMadeleine White
5 August, 2025
  • Decisions

What 400 media apps tell us about the trends driving engagement in 2025

byChristie Easter
4 August, 2025
When the article isn't enough When the article isn't enough
  • Operations

When the article is no longer enough: formats that outperform the article on news apps

How the article can adapt to modern readers to better capture interest, reduce friction and guide users through complex stories.
byHeiko Scherer
31 July, 2025
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  • Decisions

AI and the subscriber funnel: How 3 newsrooms are using AI to grow, engage and retain audiences

byAliya Itzkowitz
29 July, 2025
How to convert registered members into subscribers How to convert registered members into subscribers
  • Operations

How to turn registered members into subscribers

byMadeleine White
23 July, 2025
The Guardian underrepresented audiences The Guardian underrepresented audiences
  • Operations

How The Guardian US meets underrepresented communities where they are

byMadeleine White
17 July, 2025
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The move to paid podcasts: Lessons from De Correspondent

byMadeleine White
15 July, 2025
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The Audiencers’ Festival London 2025: presentation slides

byMadeleine White
10 July, 2025
  • Operations

How Condé Nast is growing the “happy middle” of the audience funnel

byKhalil A. Cassimally
10 July, 2025
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Newsletters in the fight for sustainability, with Toronto Star, BBC & Reuters

byAnandita Chandra
7 July, 2025
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Ask Nursing Times: Robin Booth on how they’re creating premium experiences with AI

byMadeleine White
2 July, 2025
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The Big Mac Index: a tool for comparing subscription price across the media industry

byMarkus Schöberl
29 June, 2025
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