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Also, a Netflix for local news is launching in Colorado, California, Georgia, and Kansas This post first appeared 11 Sept. 2025 You’re reading the Your News Biz newsletter. My goal is to help digital media entrepreneurs and small businesses find viable business models. The Washington Post’s former managing editor, who criticized owner Jeff Bezos’s purging […]
Read More »Discover how testimonials, personal connections, and ‘listening’ rather than ‘telling’ can build your business and your brand This post originally appeared 4 Sept. 2025 You’re reading the Your News Biz newsletter. My goal is to help digital media entrepreneurs and small businesses find viable business models. Lately I’ve been reading a lot about how public […]
Read More »Journalist says news media need a new value proposition to stay relevant This post originally appeared 21 Aug. 2025 You’re reading the Your News Biz newsletter. My goal is to help digital media entrepreneurs and small businesses find viable business models. This is the story of Jazmín Acuña, an innovative journalist from Paraguay. She has […]
Read More »A look at the value of lists—from business journal classics to today’s top nonprofit and indie media platforms You’re reading the Your News Biz newsletter. My goal is to help digital media entrepreneurs and small businesses find viable business models. Originally published 14 August 2025 This week is a list week. I came to love […]
Read More »It’s all about journalists listening rather than lecturing, and recruiting community members to rebuild the news You’re reading the Your News Biz newsletter. My goal is to help digital media entrepreneurs and small businesses find viable business models. Originally published here In a media environment flooded with misinformation and mistrust, journalist Jesse Hardman has spent […]
Read More »And other revolutionaries who promoted free speech and the overthrow of tyrants This post was published first 28 Aug. 2025 You’re reading the Your News Biz newsletter. My goal is to help digital media entrepreneurs and small businesses find viable business models. This week I thought I would explore the roots of our current media […]
Read More »We’re living in a new economy, the attention economy, where the most valuable commodity in the world is not oil or lithium or rare-earth minerals. Your time and attention are the prize—and every publisher, politician, and algorithm are in the race to grab them
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