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Alfonso Vara-Miguel A new study of internet users in Spain shows that those who trust “the media” less are more willing to pay for news online. The explanation for this counterintuitive behavior is that those distrustful folks “are willing to pay for those specific media that they trust”, according to the researchers, Alfonso Vara-Miguel of the Universidad de […]
Read More »“Clients don’t want to wait three hours for a graphic.” Manuel Benito Ingelmo has blended his knowledge of data, technology, and journalism to establish a news service with some of the biggest media in Spain as his clients. His data-visualization service, Porcentual.es, just finished its most successful year, and Ingelmo continues to innovate and improve […]
Read More »Antai Venture Builder nurtures startups. Photo by Caterina Barjau, in El Pais. Miguel Vicente was an industrial engineer with a hefty salary when he decided to throw it all overboard nine years ago and launch a coupon site. He gave some memorable quotes that should be heeded by any entrepreneur during an interview with Daniel Verdu of Spain’s […]
Read More »Newsstand owner Jesus Erro: Publishers are fudging their sales numbers. PAMPLONA, Spain – Those who study the business of media tend to look at it from the perspective of journalists and publishers. But the owner of a newsstand in the heart of this provincial capital has a different point of view. Jesus Erro, 56, has […]
Read More »In our search for the next big thing, we often overlook some of the steady innovators who grow organically without millionaire investors or crushing debt loads. Alfonso Vara-Miguel of UNAV One such example is El Confidencial of Spain (their slogan: “The preferred daily of influential readers”). This is a digital news publication whose value proposition for […]
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 »Last week the Department of Communication at the University of Navarra invited 16 alumni with interesting career paths to share their stories with the students. I attended four of the sessions and heard a similar comment from each of the presenters: I never imagined that I would be doing the things I am doing now […]
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