How The Guardian raised a record amount of reader revenue in the U.S.
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To every reader who has supported us - thank you, your contributions directly power our journalism and keep it free and accessible to everyone. Your generosity puts us on even stronger footing to fund our US reporting priorities in 2024, including a high-stakes presidential election and growing threats to our Democracy, continued war in the Middle East, the spiralling climate crisis and the role artificial intelligence will play in our society. We're also planning to double down on investigations, and develop our wellness section Well actually, which casts a critical eye on the $4.4bn wellness industry, and explores how to live a meaningful life.
There's a very different breakdown at Guardian U.S., which does not have a flagship print product, confirmed communications head Matt Mittenthal. On this side of the Atlantic, 55% of revenue now comes from digital reader revenue, with 40% of the rest coming from advertising plus "a small amount of philanthropy." (Reader revenue first passed advertising as the largest source of revenue for The Guardian U.S. in 2020.)
Director of consumer revenue, Rachel Sturm, spoke with me about what worked well in their revamped end-of-year campaign.
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