In an interview about The Times and Sunday Times as they mark 200 years, there are a few things that stand out. I’ll note one now: The future of print is go luxe or go fully digital. This is a theme that started in magazines and will invariably spill over into any print product. This is especially true with a spike in the costs of the print product.

Also, What’s New in Publishing looks at the opportunities in content licensing, and INMA summarises a webinar on NFTs. Forbes find success in hybrid events, and then an Indian journalist gets creative about how to get paid for her newsletter.

As Sunday Times turns 200, editor Emma Tucker says: 'All our future growth is digital' — pressgazette.co.uk

Press Gazette has been reporting on British journalism without fear or favour since 1965. Our mission is to provide a news and information service which helps the UK journalism.

The growth is impressive in their digital subscription business with subs up from 374,000 to 445,000 in the past year, and they are leaning into that success.

"It won't change your business, but it will add a new revenue stream": Content licensing gets disrupted | What’s New in Publishing | Digital Publishing News — whatsnewinpublishing.com

Content licensing, previously the preserve of large media empires, is being disrupted by a number of startups gaining serious traction with many publishers. Future plc, Immediate Media, The Independent, London Evening Standard, and Autovia are just some of the publishers now gaining extra revenue from licensing their content in foreign territories, both in English and …

These new start-ups are offering a model that allows much smaller publishers to get in the game and are offering much greater control over how their content is used, particularly important because publishers don't want licensees to compete with them.

When Stripe + Substack Weren't An Option, This Writer Got Creative | Inbox Collective — inboxcollective.com

A payment issue for one Indian writer opened up possibilities for an unexpected newsletter strategy.

This example demonstrates how creativity around the business and content model can help creators have the type of work arrangement that works for them and their audiences.

Forbes’ Event Revenue Rises 60% as It Embraces Hybrid Formats — www.adweek.com

Sponsorships now account for 35% of its advertising revenue.

Having its own events space has given the company extra flexibility and more opportunities.

How to Get Buy-In for Your SEO Projects — Whiteboard Friday - Moz — moz.com

In this week’s Whiteboard Friday episode, Shawn walks you through four steps to overcome the challenge of gaining prioritization for your SEO projects, and how to connect your initiatives with a business’s timelines and goals.

Yesterday, we highlighted an INMA piece about how SEO had surged to become a key subscription driver for the New York Times, and today, Moz has an excellent primer on how to get your SEO projects prioritised.

INMA: How can news media companies benefit from NFTs? — www.inma.org

Web3 offers many new opportunities for media publishers, including ongoing revenue streams made possible through the sales of NFTs, according to PHD Mobi's Paulo Mira.

While I think the explanation of blockchain is oversimplified here, I think focusing on how the creator gets income from not only the initial but future transactions explains NFTs allure to both individual creators as well as large media companies.

Competing Pressures on the Murdochs' Empire

Rupert Murdoch Media Deal Would Elevate Son, Bet on Wisdom of Scale - WSJ — www.wsj.com

Fox and News Corp are considering a proposal that they reunite though hurdles to a deal remain

Reuniting Fox and News Corp could offer the companies scale to striker bigger deals.

Investor Irenic Capital wants News Corp to split media, real estate units - sources | Reuters — www.reuters.com

Activist investor Irenic Capital Management, which has a $150 million stake in News Corp , wants the company to split its media and online real estate units, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.

But an activist investor wants the Murdochs to head in the opposite direction and split their properties.

Choppy waters for Clipboard and Gimlet

Scoop: Flipboard cuts 21 percent of staff — www.axios.com

The company blamed a bad economy and tough online ad market for the job cuts.

As the digital ad market hits a rough patch, companies like Flipboard cut to weather the storm.

An Oral History of Gimlet's Slow Demise - by Skye Pillsbury — thisisthesqueeze.substack.com

Plus: *That Session* at Hot Pod Summit and MPR's Scummy Lawyer

This is the second piece in as many days that I've seen about how badly Gimlet has fared under Spotify ownership.

The future of content creation with AI is closer than you might think - Poynter — www.poynter.org

Automation has been limited to sports stories and earning reports, but strides in image creation open a wealth of possibilities

Automation - it's not just for text anymore.

Radio stations have been gaining financial strength — and there’s room for more growth | Current — current.org

A new report, "The Growing Strength of Public Media Local Journalism," argues that public media stations are well positioned to help rebuild local news in the U.S.

With public media groups in the US buying up local newspapers, this report looks at how public media groups could be key in rebuilding local journalism.

Opinion | How to fix the crisis in local news: Spend $10 billion a year on it - The Washington Post — www.washingtonpost.com

Ten billion dollars isn’t much money for the United States to spend on the collapse of local news, something that the nation defines as a crisis.

A columnist in the Washington Post puts a dollar figure on a plan to rebuild local journalism. The proposal could fund at least one "100-staffer" newsroom in every one of the 435 congressional districts in the US. This would mean that not only large metros but smaller communities and rural areas would see a dramatic increase in coverage.