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The secret lies in treating users like partners in the journalism project “We’re independent because we’re profitable.” — Ignacio Escolar, director, eldiario.es The journalism industry has noticed the success of the digital media startup eldiario.es and is trying to duplicate it. That will not be easy. This independent news publication in Spain has been growing […]
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“Somos independientes porque somos rentables.” — Ignacio Escolar, director El mundo periodístico se fija en el éxito de eldiario.es como medio independiente en España y quiere duplicarlo. No será nada fácil. En breve, crece en audiencia e ingresos mientras otros medios están en desplome. Es gratuito en línea pero 56.000 “socios” pagan al menos 60€ […]
Read More »A pesar de todas las malas noticias sobre el colapso del modelo de negocio de los medios tradicionales, la publicación digital eldiario.es de España demuestra que el buen periodismo es un buen negocio. Escolar: “Journalism is a public service that has to be profitable” El fundador y consejero delegado, Ignacio Escolar, discreparía con el concepto […]
Read More »Amid all the bad news about business models for high-quality journalism, eldiario.es (“The Daily”) in Spain shows that good journalism can be good business. Escolar: “Journalism is a public service that has to be profitable” Its founder and CEO, Ignacio Escolar, just announced that the publication finished 2015 with revenues of US$ 2.6 million, up […]
Read More »Ignacio Escolar, left, of El Diario and Pedro J. Ramirez of El Español (photo: James Breiner) HUESCA, Spain — Two of the leading figures of the digital media revolution took the stage together and chatted about what it is like to wear the hats of journalist, shareholder, owner, and chief salesman of their respective media […]
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