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“These startups in Brookline and Marblehead and Newton and Needham and Concord—these are wealthy communities, by and large. You don’t see it in the gateway cities like Lawrence and Lowell and Chelsea—’gateway city’ being defined as a mid-size urban area that was once an industrial hub and is coming back.
Lessons on media policy at the slaughter-bench of history
Nov 7, 2024 · “The question of whether the leaders of legacy mainstream media outlets failed to meet the moment on a moral level — as many did — is totally separate from whether those outlets can even make much of a practical difference anymore at the electoral level.”
The National Trust for Local News keeps buying local newspapers.
Sep 26, 2024 · Atlanta — When newspaper veteran Ross McDuffie became the first-ever chief portfolio officer for the National Trust for Local News, the nonprofit organization owned two dozen newspapers in Colorado and generated around $5 million in earned revenue.. A little more than a year and a half later, the Trust has grown rapidly by nearly every measure. After new rounds of acquisitions and launching ...
What would Project 2025 do for (or to) journalism?
Sep 25, 2024 · Put Voice of America under the president’s command — or shut it down entirely. One of the more memorable media-adjacent Trumpist figures in the administration’s final years was Michael Pack, a conservative filmmaker who Trump appointed CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media — the agency that oversees Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Martí, and other outward-facing broadcasters.
Predictions for Journalism 2024 » Collections - Nieman Lab
Jacob L. Nelson Journalists abandon social media, and news audiences follow (eventually) “The downside: Without news brands investing the time and effort to add their content to social media platforms, these platforms — already flooded with misinformation — will become even less hospitable venues for the millions of people who spend hours on them daily.”
Is 1440’s daily newsletter the unbiased news source it claims to be?
Feb 7, 2024 · “1440 makes over 95% of its income off of advertisements, with a small proportion coming from reader donations. He also explained that the company reviews potential advertisements before a newsletter with those ads are sent out. 1440 is largely employee-owned, with the remaining holdings from a venture capital firm.”
The return of Ta-Nehisi Coates | Nieman Journalism Lab
Sep 23, 2024 · We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.
OffBall launches as new sports culture brand | Nieman Journalism …
Sep 9, 2024 · “The new outlet’s homepage directs users to posts on X and Instagram and to other websites, rather than its own pages — which its founders see as an alternative to ubiquitous, low-quality aggregation.”
We need a Wirecutter for groceries | Nieman Journalism Lab
Jul 19, 2019 · The coupon site Krazy Coupon Lady pulls in an estimated 3 million visitors a month.Here’s how they describe their mission: “Make confusing things simple, give people tools to save money, and create a community of people sharing their success stories.”
Google Discover is sending U.S. news publishers much more traffic ...
Sep 24, 2024 · Atlanta — If you are a U.S. news publisher, you likely know that your traffic from social media has fallen — the question is just how much.. Social analytics platform Chartbeat has some answers. Social’s share of traffic to the 700 U.S. news sites that are Chartbeat clients has dropped by a third since January 2023, from 6% then of all traffic then to 4% of all traffic now.