The Narwhal is One of Many WordPress Success Stories for Publishers

Want to be impressed by what a small independent publisher can do with WordPress? Check out this story from British Columbia, with photos, graphics and text.

If you asked me to pick one new WordPress publisher that I follow and admire most, it would be probably be The Narwhal. Since 2018, they’ve grown to over 4,500 members because of the quality of their content on their WordPress platform.

We wrote about The Narwhal in depth at PublishPress:

They are a team of investigative journalists who report environmental news and stories in Canada.

The site started in 2018 and has already won key awards for news and photo journalism. Click here to read their story.

The Narwhal publishes around one post per day, and they are more about quality than quantity. Their team write, plus also produce videos, podcasts and photo essays. Across all these mediums, they demonstrate a consistent style and heart.

RACER is a 30 Year Old WordPress Publisher

l love to see stories like this: RACER magazine just turned 30 years old. They cover all kinds of motorsports. It’s twice as old as WordPress, but it’s still going strong … thanks to WordPress.

This article tells the story of RACER on its 30th birthday.

You can click here to view the inaugural May 1992 issue of RACER as a PDF.

The magazine is now hosted on WordPress VIP and gets over a million visitors per month. Their revenue focus is on selling digital and printed copies as a bundle.https://racer.com/

Ukraine’s Newspapers Are Covering the War With WordPress

WordPress is playing a key role as the Ukrainian community responds to Russia’s invasion.

KyivPost has been Ukraine’s main English-language newspaper since 1995. When the war started, they had around 50 staff working on their WordPress site, plus events and other revenue streams.

There’s also the Kyiv Independent, another WordPress-based news source from Ukraine. They launched in 2021 after feeling restricted in their reporting at the Kyiv Post. They have a team of 30 people who share ownership of the company.

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