{"id":750737,"date":"2026-07-08T15:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/750737\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T15:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:32:11","slug":"nexstars-the-hill-launches-insider-subscription-tier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/750737\/","title":{"rendered":"Nexstar’s ‘The Hill’ Launches ‘Insider’ Subscription Tier"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNexstar<\/a>\u2018s \u201cThe Hill<\/a>\u201d hopes to get a bump from offering a new tier of content to hard-core subscribers.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Washington, D.C. publication, which analyzes politics and policy for people focused on inside-the-Beltway going-ons, is on Wednesday launching \u201cThe Hill Insider,\u201d a new subscription tier that features access to premium newsletters, live interactive video calls with the publication\u2019s journalists and deeper reportage that offers more detail and analysis about some of the biggest stories of the day. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe new service represents the first subscription product from Nexstar.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new product is for Washington, D.C. denizens, says Bill Sammon<\/a>, senior vice president of editorial content for \u201cThe Hill,\u201d but also for a broad, national audience that simply wants more information about how things work in the nation\u2019s capital. \u201cThe truth is, 95% of our audience is national, outside the Beltway. Most of our readers are spread across the fruited plain,\u201d says Sammon, during a recent interview. \u201cYou don\u2019t have to be in Washington to be in the game, You can be in Wichita.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLaunch of the new content tier shows Nexstar, which also operates dozens of local TV stations across the U.S., seeking broader support for \u201cThe Hill,\u201d which has covered politics and policy since its founding in 1994. Earlier this year, business executives tied to \u201cThe Hill\u201d made a presentation to New York media agencies<\/a> in a bid to capture attention from buyers who handle some of the \u201cadvocacy\u201d clients that often hope to reach the publication\u2019s audience.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new service will launch with two different subscription tiers A basic membership is priced at $5.99 per month or $59.99 annually, and includes full access to The Hill Insider content. A premium membership, priced at $9.99 per month or $99.99 annually, includes everything in Basic, plus VIP access to\u00a0The Hill\u2019s\u00a0live events and an ad-free reading experience on thehill.com, with no display or video ads. First-time subscribers can join The Hill Insider for a free 14-day trial.<\/p>\n

\n\tNone of the publication\u2019s regular content will be put behind a paywall, says Sammon. \u201cThat\u2019s still available for everybody to read for free,\u201d he says. The new tiers are \u201cfor the person who wants to take things to the next level,\u201d and will include access to newsletters like \u201cThe Gavel,\u201d which focuses on federal courts and the Supreme Court, as well as \u201cmultiple deep dive stories of the day that will be chosen in real time\u201d and several video podcasts. Subscribers will be able to watch a new program that taps into polling experts from Decision Desk HQ, and also to watch top editors discuss the stories of the day, and see how \u201cThe Hill\u201d determines how coverage of various issues should proceed. \u201cWhole Hog Politics,\u201d a newsletter led by Chris Stirewalt, will also be available. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Hill\u201d has seen its reach broaden in recent months, and has been ranked as the most-visited political news site in the U.S. by Comscore. The company seeks to reach people of various political leanings, not just liberal or conservative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nexstar\u2018s \u201cThe Hill\u201d hopes to get a bump from offering a new tier of content to hard-core subscribers.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[321988,88,69112,111070,92],"class_list":["post-750737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bill-sammon","tag-entertainment","tag-nexstar","tag-the-hill","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}