“On most days of the week, I’m competing with them.” But when the situation’s right, local news outlets are using one another to augment their own resources.
Two companies with similar editorial values and brands that mostly complement instead of overlap. This is the kind of smart merger we should see more of.
This might be a rare instance of the goals of a platform genuinely aligning with the goals of a publisher — or another case of publishers’ revenue streams being at the mercy of a tech company’s priorities.
New York magazine and Quartz both now want readers to pay up. How deep into their pockets will even dedicated news consumers go for a second (or third or fourth) read?
Owen, Laura Hazard. "Under its new CEO, New York Magazine is branching out into more “voice-y news products”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 6 Jan. 2017. Web. 20 Nov. 2023.
APA
Owen, L. (2017, Jan. 6). Under its new CEO, New York Magazine is branching out into more “voice-y news products”. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved November 20, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/01/under-its-new-ceo-new-york-magazine-is-branching-out-into-more-voice-y-news-products/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "Under its new CEO, New York Magazine is branching out into more “voice-y news products”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified January 6, 2017. Accessed November 20, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/01/under-its-new-ceo-new-york-magazine-is-branching-out-into-more-voice-y-news-products/.
Wikipedia
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