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Meta and Alphabet still control nearly 60% of all digital advertising worldwide. And although their revenue is growing, their share of that market has been shrinking steadily, especially in the last two years.
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 »The Pittsburgh Courier was one of many that influenced American business, politics, sports, music, and social justice You’re reading the Your News Biz newsletter. My goal is to help digital media entrepreneurs find viable business models. Journalism is often described as the first draft of history. That means that for historians, newspapers often are indispensable […]
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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 […]
Read More »Veteran journalists tap overlooked stories to woo readers, funding support Local news panel at Maple Heights branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library March 15, sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists. From left, Sam Allard, Axios Cleveland; Helen Maynard, Signal Cleveland; Troy Smith, Axios Cleveland; and Mark Naymik, Signal Cleveland. The future of quality journalism […]
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How recent articles have affected my thinking about the future of journalism One of my favorite recent articles was a newsletter post by Dick Tofel, former general manager of the investigative news site ProPublica. He asked the question, Time for local newspapers to go all-local? In other words, should local newspapers stop filling their web […]
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Digital entrepreneurs and philanthropists are collaborating to replace lost coverage Why write about “reasons for optimism” when so much is going wrong in our politics, economy, and environment? Optimism gives us confidence we can make things better. As I like to say, it’s another day of opportunity. The declining quality of local news coverage in […]
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