Products
Rich is co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Glide Publishing Platform, building on his editorial and publishing experience to shape our vision to make publishing easier for anyone to do well. Rich worked in newspapers, magazines, and digital publishing for over 20 years before embarking on our shared quest to remove technical hurdles from content and media teams so they can get on with telling great stories.
An overhaul of journey and user management saw subscription checkout cut from 7 minutes to under 1 minute, failed payment recovery doubled to 49%, and overall subscriber numbers hit an all-time high. Here is how a nearly 200-year-old publication rebuilt its subscription infrastructure in seven months.
Jul 1, 2026
Star numbers show Google referral traffic is down 34% YoY, 68% of searches end without a click, and 57.5% of web traffic is bots. The keynote at Glide Live: London set out what publishers can do about it.
Jun 24, 2026
Media leaders from a wide background gathered behind closed doors in London to talk about fightbacks against the worst of tech and AI. Contrary to what you may think, the mood wasn't doom and gloom.
Jun 18, 2026
Action to prevent Tech Takeover 2.0 sees media and publishing companies take the fighting path against AI and no-click searches.
Jun 11, 2026
People are what make engaging products, not tech. Technology helps, but how you set up your teams and processes is what turns slow progress to fast.
Mar 11, 2026
AI usage by media companies and the general public is rocketing. So why are publishing brands who are open about their use of AI being punished for their honesty?
Oct 29, 2025
The hardest thing for publishers navigating AI and other tech is knowing what the people behind them might do next. The tech ain't the problem.
Aug 28, 2025
Glide Nexa helps you make product features which raise engagement with your audiences. Can it also cut the workload on editorial teams to make those features?
Jul 11, 2025
Revived legislative vigour to take on Big Tech suggests politicians are waking up to the need for speed while they can still make a difference.
Jul 3, 2025
Far from breaking new ground with innovative AI tools, the mighty New York Times is showing that caution still wins the day when it comes to AI-generated content.
Mar 28, 2025
In the frenzy of AI tools and capabilities, it's easy to forget that it's often the CMS itself which delivers the biggest impact for content teams.
Jan 7, 2025
AI is eating itself, and we're only here to prop up the share prices. It's time to value not just your thinking, but your foibles too - it's all that separates us from the bots.
Jan 2, 2025
