The role of membership at the Guardian
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Why membership?• Membership is a scheme designed to allow loyal readers
to get closer to the subjects that matter to them
• To show their support for the Guardian’s editorial values by making a financial contribution
• To lessen the Guardian’s dependence on advertising revenue by increasing the proportion of income direct from readers
Give Get Join Buy
Different sources of reader revenue
Donors who support our journalism with one-off contributions
Subscriptions to print and digital content products
Membership scheme offers special benefitsEvents, books, travel, Soulmates, etc
Membership tiersFriend Support
er Partner Patron
Free £5pm* (£49 pa)
£15 pm (£149 pa)
£60 pm (£599 pa)
Book tickets to events ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓Welcome pack, card and giftAccess to premium app ✓ ✓ ✓6 tickets and/or 4 books48hrs priority booking, 20% discount and no booking fee
✓ ✓
Exclusive behind the scenes functions ✓
* USD 5 AUD 10 CAD 7 EUR 5
Regular
Topical
Keynote
Guardian Live
Festivals
Masterclasses
Local
How are we doing?• Membership launched in September 2014
• Currently we have over 220,000 members, of which about 70,000 are paying members
• Our aim is to have 1m paying members by mid-2019
Thank you