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    Luke WinkieAugust 10, 2022
    “Puzzles pair well with reading the news”: Why news outlets are getting into games (again)
    “Some subscribers would rather game than sift through the wreckage. Can you blame them?”
    Taylor Owen and Supriya DwivediAugust 9, 2022
    Canada’s Online News Act shows how other countries are learning from Australia’s news bill
    The potential here is for democratic governments to evolve their digital policy models based on each other’s experiences.
    Sarah ScireJuly 12, 2022
    Nearly a third of new subscribers to some news publications cancel in the first 24 hours
    The same-day cancellation rate likely includes subscribers who only wanted access to one article, or who felt the full paid experience was lacking after a quick look around. New data suggests some just really hate the idea of auto-renewal.
    Joshua BentonJune 28, 2022
    For print newspapers, one Florida retirement community is a better market than Atlanta, St. Louis, or Portland
    For local newspapers, print circulation has collapsed for every audience except retirees. That’s why the daily paper in The Villages, Florida (metro population 129,752) prints as many copies as the one in Atlanta (metro population 6,930,423).
    Hanaa' TameezJune 27, 2022
    The Tributary, covering Florida’s largest city, will be a worker-directed nonprofit
    Staffers will take part in making collective decisions about the organization, from hiring and compensation to developing the budget, along with their journalistic work.
    Wendi C. ThomasJune 15, 2022
    When student loans and the housing crisis force journalists out of the business
    “Is our compensation structure fundamentally unjust because we pay primarily for experience and skills, with no consideration for need?”
    Carrington J. TatumJune 15, 2022
    Loans got me into journalism. Student debt pushed me out.
    “My journalism degree was more expensive than my wealthier classmates’ degrees because I couldn’t afford to pay in cash. But that’s a common theme with American systems. Poor people pay high prices. Rich people get discounts.”
    Jon RinemanMay 11, 2022
    What might reverse late-night TV’s decline?
    “If someone’s already watching something on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, why would they set their DVRs for 1:30 a.m.?”
    Laura Hazard OwenMay 10, 2022
    “We need to be interesting”: Editors of metro dailies talk about their biggest opportunities and challenges now
    “Instead of focusing on one very small geographic area, that same reporter may look for commonalities and trends across multiple areas.”
    Sarah ScireMay 10, 2022
    Revenue for hundreds of local news orgs went up in 2021, according to new data
    More than 50 local newsrooms with just one or two full-time employees made more than $100,000 in annual revenue in 2021.
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