A Media Operator

3 days ago | amediaoperator.com | Christiana Sciaudone |Jacob Donnelly

Stat launched 10 years ago out of Boston Globe Media to cover health, medicine and the life sciences with an unabashed focus on generating revenue directly from its readers, aka, subscriptions. That led to steady growth of paying readers, but even Stat with its subscription-first mindset fell victim to a boom in Covid advertising from 2020 to 2021 that was followed by a deep contraction in healthcare and biotech ad and communications spending.

4 days ago | amediaoperator.com | Christiana Sciaudone |Jacob Donnelly

Bloomberg News was built to complement the high-priced terminal business, a wealth of data, news and analytics for financial professionals. But since it paywalled its consumer-facing website in 2018, it has increasingly looked to boost that subscriber base. Bloomberg News has more than 660,000 deeply engaged paid consumer subscribers globally, a figure that is down from 740,000 in October as reported by Adweek.

1 week ago | amediaoperator.com | Bron Maher |Jacob Donnelly

Monocle is a luxury lifestyle and current affairs magazine aimed at a globetrotting elite: recent stories have ranged from lists of the 10 most liveable cities (eight are in Europe) to suggestions on solving the housing crisis (one answer: build beautiful) to an analysis piece on Israeli strikes on Iran that begins with an allusion to the geopolitics of 653 BCE. It’s buzzy: but it’s unclear whether it’s on stable footing.

1 week ago | amediaoperator.com | Jacob Donnelly

Not a week goes by where I don’t hear from an operator saying that they’re seeing traffic drop to their websites and it’s not getting any better. In many respects, it’s another way of describing the death of organic search. It has become a mainstream issue now. Last week, The Wall Street Journal published a story titled News Sites Are Getting Crushed by Google’s New AI Tools.

1 week ago | amediaoperator.com | Christiana Sciaudone |Jacob Donnelly

Golden Peak Media bought Creativebug this month from bankrupt Jo-Ann Stores, expanding its access to beginner crafters at a time when younger generations are turning to hobbies from quilting to knitting—and in an industry where print remains very relevant. Terms weren’t disclosed. Golden Peak Media serves arts and crafts enthusiasts with print and digital content, events and community. Its titles tend to attract hobbyists looking to go deeper into their chosen pastimes.