Day Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Regional journalists will be expected to generate increases of up to 70pc in online page views on their stories by the end of 2022 under new targets being set by their publisher. https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2022/news/publisher-launches-new-minimum-page-view-targets-for-reporters/ This is from Reach PLC who own regional websites including Derbyshire Live. Brace yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BaaLocks Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 If there is one thing Derby County have needed no help with over the past few years it has been creating headlines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) And somehow people still hate The Athletic. Edited March 9, 2022 by DarkFruitsRam7 therealhantsram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olton Ram Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 1 hour ago, David said: Regional journalists will be expected to generate increases of up to 70pc in online page views on their stories by the end of 2022 under new targets being set by their publisher. https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2022/news/publisher-launches-new-minimum-page-view-targets-for-reporters/ This is from Reach PLC who own regional websites including Derbyshire Live. Brace yourself. They might have more luck if their website wasn't a complete mess of endless adverts and annoying pop ups. And I generally avoid sites that have click bait headlines like "You won't believe what Wayne Rooney had to say about one of his players", or "Rooney makes shock announcement - the football world is left stunned!". Any more of that rubbish is likely to drive clicks away, not increase them. uttoxram75 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 35 minutes ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said: And somehow people still hate The Athletic. They hate it because they have to pay for it. Comes down to the mentality of people wanting everything free and advert free on the internet. cstand and DarkFruitsRam7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeds Ram Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 48 minutes ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said: And somehow people still hate The Athletic. I've not always been a fan of the authors The Athletic employs tbh which has traditionally been my issue with it. I did give it a go and would have been more than happy to pay for it as it's certainly a bargain but in the end, I reasoned I just didn't have enough time to really read much of it. I think the state of local journalism is a real issue that needs to be addressed as a matter of utmost concern tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) 23 minutes ago, David said: They hate it because they have to pay for it. Comes down to the mentality of people wanting everything free and advert free on the internet. 10 minutes ago, Leeds Ram said: I've not always been a fan of the authors The Athletic employs tbh which has traditionally been my issue with it. I did give it a go and would have been more than happy to pay for it as it's certainly a bargain but in the end, I reasoned I just didn't have enough time to really read much of it. I think the state of local journalism is a real issue that needs to be addressed as a matter of utmost concern tbh. I think not being a fan of the contributors is a perfectly legitimate criticism. What I don't understand is why people seem personally offended by articles being behind a paywall. What do they think The Athletic is, a charity? Edited March 9, 2022 by DarkFruitsRam7 Bob The Badger and Leeds Ram 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeds Ram Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 1 minute ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said: I think not being a fan of the contributors is a perfectly legitimate criticism. What I don't understand is why people seem personally offended by articles being behind a paywall. What do they think The Athletic is, a charity? Oh, I've never seen that. Yeah, that's surprising given almost everything is behind a paywall nowadays since the advertising model in exchange for free content for funding hasn't worked in reality. Like you said they're not a charity, they've got to at the least break even so they'll be needing people to pay for content. I think it's really good they do free podcasts that people can tune into and I'm unsure how people can complain at it being £1 a month subscription... DarkFruitsRam7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 £60 on renewal. Which they took out automatically, without telling me. Not worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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