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I’m part of a worldwide trend, with women and men showing different tendencies James Breiner It’s a big event in journalism when the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism releases its annual Digital News Report. This year’s edition had loads of data on “news avoidance,” or people actively avoiding news. (Survey methodology here.) A […]
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It’s free, global, non-profit, and crowd-sourced; it strives for a neutral stance in a media world filled with trolls, polarization, and automated disinformation James Breiner The value of trust It’s hard to find information you can trust these days. Powerful algorithm-driven marketing machines flood us with news and reviews about everything from pizza to politics, […]
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Manchester Mill’s newsletters generate paid subscribers and 95% of revenue James Breiner ‘In terrible shape’ Joshi Herrmann and Manchester Mill caught my attention in February when he testified with two competitors before a media committee of the UK’s House of Lords. The committee had questions about the quality and impact of local news coverage. His two competitors […]
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Ukrainian outlets innovate amid blackouts and bombings, deploy weapons of ‘information war’ against Russian disinformation Originally published on My New Biz, May 23, 2024 The Kyiv Independent was launched in 2021 when a group of journalists at the Kyiv Post were fired for protesting editorial interference by the new owner. Three years later, The Independent […]
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Meet the entrepreneur who is building trustworthy journalism in Romania Alex Enășescu launched a newsletter and website focused on news about his hometown, Iasi, Romania, in 2021. We began a conversation on Substack when he commented on one of my posts. I thought his story would inspire other digital media entrepreneurs. This interview was done […]
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GK has survived and thrived with a model of in-depth story-telling Isabela Ponce and José María León met on Twitter more than a decade ago when it was still “a nice place where you could meet people,” Isabela recalls. From that meeting, they began to exchange ideas and collaborate. What emerged from this partnership in […]
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Layoffs and cutbacks at big digital news sites show that less is more — usually One of the biggest mistakes that many news startups make is to burn through their cash before establishing a solid revenue base. And actually, they’re no different from other startups in this regard: They want to gain market share rapidly […]
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