High Value Publishing
Join digital media veteran, Eric Shanfelt, each week as he helps magazine publishers and media companies grow their digital audiences, drive revenue, and improve their technology. We'll cover digital advertising, SEO, AI, social media, email, subscriptions, content distribution, and much more. Whether you publish an enthusiast / hobby magazine, a B2B trade magazine, an association journal, a regional consumer / business publication, or a local newspaper, each session has something that you can immediately apply to your business.
High Value Publishing
What's New in Publishing for November 2025
Eric Shanfelt teams up with Jez Walters from What’s New in Publishing for a concise, no-nonsense update on the most important stories and developments impacting the future of publishing.
In this session we cover:
• OpenAI honoring robots.txt, but getting around it using Common Crawl.
• Who is actually losing traffic from AI overviews ... and who is actually gaining traffic.
• How publishers are making money by licensing their archives.
• Nextdoor News accounts and Reddit Pro tools for publishers.
• Third party cookies / Privacy Sandbox update and implications publishers.
• The email deliverability bar is getting higher.
• Looking to sell your media company? Buyers now expect a clear AI strategy.
Key links:
https://whatsnewinpublishing.substack.com/
https://about.nextdoor.com/publishers
https://www.business.reddit.com/blog/reddit-pro-for-publishers
https://collingwood.group/the-collingwood-market-report/
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