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Sarah ScireJune 7, 2021

Ted Williams proved local news can be profitable. Now, he’ll try to replicate the success for Axios.

“As time goes on, even when you’re financially successful in media, the tendency is to do more and more stuff. If I look at media companies who are poorly run, everyone is really busy, stressed out, and they’re not making money.”

Ellen Clegg and Dan KennedyMay 26, 2021

The local news crisis will be solved one community at a time

Though the collapse of community journalism is real enough, we believe that its causes are only partly understood.

The New York Times is reportedly looking into acquiring The Athletic

Deborah AugustinMay 19, 2021

How New Naratif reframed its pitch to members

When we asked members what might make them upgrade their membership tier, the clear winner was to pitch higher-tier membership as a way to make content accessible to people who couldn’t afford to sign up.

Michelle BaruchmanMay 10, 2021

How we unionized the digital team at The Seattle Times (and how you can do it at your company too)

A mini-diary of the organizing experience, including a timeline, resources you can rely on, and decision points you might face.

Laura Hazard OwenMay 7, 2021

It’s not their job to buy you cake

Working remotely for the last year has revealed just how much of office culture is accidental, arbitrary, and sexist.

Hanaa' TameezMay 6, 2021

Swati Sharma is leading a new era in Vox’s mission to “explain the world”

“When I think about the kinds of stories I want us to do more of, it’s the kind of coverage that pushes people to have the conversations that lead to real change.”

Hanaa' TameezApril 26, 2021

With Trapital, Dan Runcie found a way to cover the business of hip-hop and make it sustainable

“It’s easy for the media and others to dismiss entertainers as just being famous, and whatever they sold was a benefit of their fame — and not necessarily the business insights that came from that.”

Laura Hazard OwenApril 15, 2021

Would you pay $34.99 a month to get news from Reuters.com? That’s their hope

Who deems Reuters.com so essential that they’ll pay more than two Netflixes a month for it?

Sarah ScireApril 14, 2021

Philanthropic support is a small but growing revenue stream for The Guardian, reaching a record-breaking $9M last year

What does it mean for other news organizations hoping to attract institutional support?

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