“I’m here, but I’m humble. I don’t pretend I know everything.”

LINK: www.youtube.com ➚ | Posted by: Joshua Benton | March 16, 2012

New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson gives a quick interview to Forbes’ Jeff Bercovici at SXSW. Topics covered: whether the Times is “digital first” or “journalism first,” the search for a new NYT Co. CEO, CNN’s pursuit of Mashable, and Jay-Z.

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Sophie Culpepper

The California Google deal could leave out news startups and the smallest publishers

“We don’t know whether or how this nonprofit and its fund will operate, and likely won’t for some months (nonprofit governance is many things, but fast is not one of them).”

Joshua Benton

With an expansion on the way, Ken Doctor’s Lookout thinks it has some answers to the local news crisis

After finding success — and a Pulitzer Prize — in Santa Cruz, Lookout aims to replicate its model in Oregon. “All of these playbooks are at least partially written. You sometimes hear people say, ‘Nobody’s figured it out yet.’ But this is all about execution.”

Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos

Big tech is painting itself as journalism’s savior. We should tread carefully.

“We set out to explore how big tech’s ‘philanthrocapitalism’ could be reshaping the news industry, focusing on countries in the Global South…Our findings suggest an emerging web of dependency between cash-strapped newsrooms and Silicon Valley’s deep pockets.”

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