Reader Revenue

North Star Foundation DACH

This North Star Foundation programme empowers German, Austrian and Swiss
publishers to identify and realise a key reader revenue or engagement
ambition, guided by the FT’s North Star methodology.

Who is the Programme for?

This is a practical three-day programme with an optional fourth day for 1:1 consulting held in Vienna, Austria, commencing on Monday, 19 June that enables a cohort of up to 12 publishers to focus on a key strategic ambition for their digital news business. The programme is designed for publishers with an existing base of digital readers, typically >100,000 monthly unique viewers. Alternatively, if you already generate >10% of your revenue from digital readers, this programme is also likely to be suitable for you and help you to realise your D2C ambitions.

Each day will require 7 hours of dedicated time. You should assign 2-5 individuals to the team, with a mix from editorial and advertising / commercial departments. We will be hosting a graduation dinner at the close of the programme with all participating publishers.

Applications are open now until Friday, 2 June.

What is the outcome?

Publishers will:

  • Identify the key underlying causes behind their unique challenge
  • Develop an actionable project plan aimed at tackling the challenge around reader engagement or reader revenue
  • Conduct in-depth impact / risk / effort assessment for their North Star objective, using the FT’s proprietary NS tool
  • Leave with a network of peers and experts for support beyond the programme
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Gazeta Gazeta

"Setting a North Star goal is a first step of streamlining all your efforts to grow towards a common goal as a publisher. This program offered us as a smaller publication the necessary insights to kick-start the development of our North Star goal. We for sure will be further implementing the hypothesis/experiment mindset to help figure out if a new idea is worth developing."

Dorien Luyckx Strategist, EOS

"In the rat race of journalism and media in a world of countless opportunities, the North Star Foundation Program helps to take a step back and focus on strategy. And it does so in a hands-on way. Don't hesitate..."

Koen Vlaeminck Chief editor, Kerknet.be

"Finding a new North Star really helped us in developing a new vision and goals."

Thomas Webel Digital, Onetz.de