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We need to change the way journalism is funded in Europe
This week’s edition will be different from our usual issues. I’m going to make a serious (and, I admit, somewhat long-winded) case for EU media funding…
Sep 26
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Peter Erdelyi
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Salary transparency as an extreme sport in CEE newsrooms
Benefits of Facebook's news ban in Canada, one of Substack’s most successful newsrooms is leaving the platform for Ghost and 17 active calls.
Sep 19
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Peter Erdelyi
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Ioana Epure
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The Power of Small: How media capture helped catalyze local innovation in Hungary
The Orbán-government, not known for its unrelenting enthusiasm for independent journalism, may have inadvertently fostered an environment where small…
Sep 12
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Peter Erdelyi
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News and big tech have been battling for so long that victory has become nearly indistinguishable from defeat
Strategies for end-of-year fundraising campaigns, the EU being honest on media support, an insurance scheme for investigative newsrooms and 17 active…
Sep 5
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Peter Erdelyi
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María Paula Ángel Benavides
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Ioana Epure
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News and big tech have been battling for so long that victory has become nearly indistinguishable from defeat
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August 2024
A Bulgarian newsroom built an AI application. They needed to solve four challenges before monetizing it.
We spoke to Capital.bg about how they decided on investing in AI and why the publisher thinks extending their paywall is a good idea.
Aug 29
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Peter Erdelyi
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A Bulgarian newsroom built an AI application. They needed to solve four challenges before monetizing it.
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The news business may actually become more financially sustainable without newsrooms
The killing of a magazine, sins, repentance and Google’s News Consumer Insights and 17 active calls.
Aug 22
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Peter Erdelyi
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María Paula Ángel Benavides
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Donor countries spend hundreds of millions of dollars on media support. Only 8% goes directly to local organizations.
Despite an increasingly challenging environment, the amount of international aid meant for independent media remained flat since 2008. Organizations in…
Aug 15
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Peter Erdelyi
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María Paula Ángel Benavides
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Ioana Epure
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Donor countries spend hundreds of millions of dollars on media support. Only 8% goes directly to local organizations.
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This is either the collapse of independent media or a new paradigm in content production
AI companies announce YouTube-style revenue-sharing programs, financially successful content verticals and 19 active calls.
Aug 8
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Peter Erdelyi
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Credibility and cash flows: building trust with 21st century audiences with Joy Mayer
Solid reporting alone may no longer be enough to build trust with audiences. To stay relevant and financially sustainable, newsrooms need to rethink…
Aug 1
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Ioana Epure
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July 2024
Third-party cookies may stay around well beyond the heat death of the universe
OpenAI antagonizing newsrooms, new research into subscriber motivations, newsletters as the most important product of publishers and 18 active calls.
Jul 25
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Peter Erdelyi
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Reimagining media funding through a prison experiment and a deadly disease
Can a relatively new financial instrument help news publishers in trouble? Only if we find a way to measure some of the impact of public service…
Jul 18
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Peter Erdelyi
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María Paula Ángel Benavides
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The “tofu-eating wokerati” may end up funding your journalism
Scary successful AI experiments in a CEE newsroom, media retention strategies inspired by the games industry, an ambitious bet on university students…
Jul 11
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Peter Erdelyi
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