Thursday, June 4
Module 1: Building products and culture supporting forever
relationships
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
(New York time)
About today's module
Retention is not a metric. It’s not a team. It’s the
result of every decision your newsroom, your product,
your marketing teams make about the customer journey. In this first module, we’ll lay the foundation for a
digital-first retention strategy – one built not on
trying to hold subscribers in at all costs, but on
offering them more reasons to stay, leave well, and
come back.
10:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m. (New York time)
A new retention playbook for news
10:10 a.m.-10:45 a.m. (New York time)
A new retention agenda: From one-offs to
forever subscribers
10:45 a.m.-11:20 a.m. (New York time)
Downgrade, don’t cancel: How to keep the door
open for subscribers
11:20 a.m.-11:55 a.m. (New York time)
Creative bundling: How a leisure
content app became a retention and revenue
driver
11:55 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (New York time)
Battling churn takes a team: How to cut payment
failures
12:30 p.m.-12:40 p.m. (New York time)
Summary and takeaways from today’s module
Tuesday, June 10
Module 2: Mastering the subscription moments of truth
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
(New York time)
About today's module
What happens after someone subscribes? And how do we
keep them engaged for the long run? In this module, we’ll dive into the product and
experience design strategies that shape the
post-acquisition lifecycle.
10:00 a.m.-10:10 a.m. (New York time)
A new post-subscription experience
10:10 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. (New York time)
Flexible by design: What paywalled brands can learn
from a retention playbook
10:50 a.m. - 11:05 a.m. (New York time)
What we learned from 100+ retention experiments
11:05 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. (New York time)
Winning the first 100 days: How to
reinvent subscriber onboarding
11:45 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. (New York time)
Winning subscribers back: Automating value nurturing
and recovery
12:25 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. (New York time)
Summary and takeaways from today’s module
Thursday, June 12
Module 3: Premium value propositions for deeper subscriber
relationships
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
(New York time)
About today's module
What makes a subscription “sticky”? In our final
module, we explore how premium experiences – from
community features to newsletters and win-back
journeys – are helping publishers deepen relationships
and extend subscriber lifetime value.
10:00 a.m.-10:10 a.m. (New York time)
Premium experiences become levers for retention
10:10 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. (New York time)
From comments to content: Powering engagement with
communities
10:50 a.m. - 11:05 a.m. (New York time)
The retention-led growth playbook
11:05 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. (New York time)
Smart bundling, local impact: How to turn
sports fans into subscribers
11:45 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. (New York time)
Old channel, new powers: How to use
subscriber-exclusive newsletters to drive value and
retention
12:25 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. (New York time)
Summary and takeaways from today's module