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Liam AndrewOctober 9, 2014

The Local, a growing European network of English-language news sites, aims for the expat crowd

With a large and growing audience, The Local is building scale across the continent.

The hot news doctrine lives (and earns Dow Jones a $5 million ruling)

Ken DoctorOctober 8, 2014

The newsonomics of the millennial moment

The new wave of news startups is aiming at a younger audience. But do legacy media companies have a chance at earning their attention?

The Aaron Kushner Orange County Register apparently ran into money trouble quite quickly

Newspapers are being hit by a new wave of scammers targeting their subscribers

Caroline O'DonovanOctober 3, 2014

This American Life tries to turn its radio audience onto podcasting with its new show Serial

What does a hyper-successful public radio franchise incubating its first spinoff tell us about the state of podcasting?

Joseph Lichterman and Justin EllisOctober 1, 2014

A mixed bag on apps: What The New York Times learned with NYT Opinion and NYT Now

The two apps were part of the paper’s plan to increase digital subscribers through smaller, targeted offerings. Now, with staff cutbacks on the way, one app is being shuttered and the other is being adjusted.

Ken DoctorOctober 1, 2014

The newsonomics of new cutbacks at The New York Times

The Times found success with its first round of paywalls, disappointment with its second. Is it hitting a paid-content ceiling?

Caroline O'DonovanOctober 1, 2014

With limited time to revamp WNYC’s Schoolbook, John Keefe decided to take his team on the road

The new Schoolbook will have targeted emails, major content partnerships, three languages, and more — and building it took just seven days.

Business model lessons, from Ello to news companies

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