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When I interviewed Parusinski four years ago, he said his goal was to become become “the McKinsey & Co.” of media consulting in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Where other investors and entrepreneurs saw risk — press freedom under threat from authoritarian governments, financial decline, layoffs — he saw opportunity.
Read More »But threats to publicly funded media could create more news deserts You’re reading the Your News Biz newsletter. My goal is to help digital media entrepreneurs find viable business models. This is the third post that I’ve drawn from presentations at the International Symposium of Online Journalism (ISOJ), which took place March 27-28 at the […]
Read More »It is true that you work a lot, but you can organize it, you can focus your attention on those aspects that interest you the most, or that you think are more interesting to you, or that you believe in.
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Be different. Everyone in media spends way too much talking to each other onlinr. They all like to comment about the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Guardian or what some blowhard politician has to say about them.
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The shortage of trustworthy news created a business opportunity for NewsGuard I’m a non-paying subscriber to two newsletters from NewsGuard, whose slogan is “The Internet Trust Tool.” NewsGuard provides news reliability ratings for 35,000 news websites around the world, including all the big ones (I’ll share some of their ratings in a moment). They also […]
Read More »This concept should guide your work — it will attract financial support This post was originally published Aug. 29, 2024, in the Your News Biz newsletter. My goal is to help digital media entrepreneurs find viable business models. Pixabay image by geralt The 1,300 free subscribers to this newsletter know that I’ve advocated several strategies […]
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The credibility of a news product, its trustworthiness, and its relevance to people all have value. And all of these qualities are in short supply.
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