Signal Cleveland is the newest in an ambitious line of digital startups hoping to secure the future of local news. And the 200th site to launch on Newspack -- demonstrating the value of shared services in an economically challenging environment for news.
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Props to Marcia Parker and friends at the Times for supporting NewsMatch.
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Really grateful that enabled us at to have real-time results (also thanks to a grant from to pay for it). Not perfect but revolutionary for us -- with many many civic lessons and applications for the road ahead. epicenter-nyc.com
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Newspack is seeking an experienced audience and reader revenue strategist to work with our nearly 200 news publishers and lead future product development. The full posting is here:
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Delighted to be working with and its publishers -- ten of whom are on . Latest cohort announced today.
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Newspack is seeking an experienced sales manager to help shape our strategy, work with our journalists to source prospects and build awareness of our platform. Full posting is here:
Props to and for their work in helping these publishers make the transition.
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Does a new CMS for smaller pubs deliver enough ROI to justify the time/expense? We worked w/ 4 publishers over the past yr to find out-see full report. @NewspackPub @kinseywilson @knightfdn @pcheung630 @mikegrantme localmedia.org/2022/06/what-a
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We weren’t part of this program, but worked with to upgrade ’s site and I couldn’t be happier.
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Does a new CMS for smaller pubs deliver enough ROI to justify the time/expense? We worked w/ 4 publishers over the past yr to find out-see full report. @NewspackPub @kinseywilson @knightfdn @pcheung630 @mikegrantme localmedia.org/2022/06/what-a
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Technology that accelerates digital transformation for small and medium sized publishers, which enables revenue growth is in short supply. It’s why alongside as lead, has invested in .
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(1/4) We are thrilled to announce a lead investment from and enabling our expansion and support for industry initiatives to accelerate digital transformation in newsmedia.
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is out with her latest case study — this one a look at how Washington City Paper, a venerable alt-weekly, has grown its membership revenue since it came under new ownership shortly before the pandemic.
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Newspack publishers make terrific showing in inaugural awards from
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amsterdamnews.com , one of the country's oldest black weeklies, relaunches on after a long ride on Ellington, once the industry standard. holovaty.com/writing/django
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Sharing some lessons learned from one effort to crack the code on local news.
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TODAY: Knight has appointed as VP/Journalism and as VP/Communications and Chief DEI Officer. Both will join the foundation on 8/30. More on their work: kf.org/2WQhTIN.
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"This is a great example of market-making in action: Twitter is taking its user base, which no one publication could realistically reach or monetize on its own, and re-distributing their subscription fee across pubs that no one user could ever support individually."
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For those who are fans of (and subscribers to) Ben Thompson's Stratechery newsletter, he devotes his weekly article to the Twitter/Scroll combination and fleshes out the advantage.
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Smart combination. This could give Scroll the juice it needs to drive adoption and Twitter the publisher-friendly differentiator it needs to drive subscription. (Just sorry to see Nuzzel shuttered, however temporarily bit.ly/2SssbfZ).
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I’m so excited to say that Twitter is acquiring @tryscroll! We’ll be going into private beta as we integrate into a broader Twitter subscription later in the year. scroll.blog/2021/05/04/scr Here’s why...
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With close to 100 news sites launched and dozens more coming on board, Newspack is hiring engineers and a business analyst. Details: bit.ly/3efpCGp and bit.ly/3nH9ZuG Join us in helping local news orgs find a path to sustainability.
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Congrats to and , the latest sites to win support from , joining five other AJP-backed sites on our local journalism platform including , and
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With 32 sites live and 50 more close to launch, is growing quickly. But we want to grow faster, so we’re offering a half-price discount for 3 months to the 1st 25 European sites accepted before Nov 1. (1/2)
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With 27 sites launched and 50 getting set to go live, is growing fast. We want to grow even faster, so we’re offering a half-price discount for 3 months to the first 25 European newsrooms accepted into our subscription plan before November.
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If anyone can put all the pieces together to build a successful local news venture it's . In many conversations over many years, no one has exhibited the depth of curiosity, insight and understanding that Ken has for the news business.
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A shoutout to , tol.org covering news and events in post-Communist Europe and Central Asia. And providing training for independent media in the region. The 25th site to launch on with 50 more in the pipeline. bit.ly/33tJf8T
Congrats to Neil Chase and the team , which relaunched this afternoon on . Number 23 and counting.
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Hey newsletter editors, wanna see something cool? A WordPress plugin will let you build a Mailchimp newsletter without leaving WordPress — and in a fraction of the time. Join an webinar tomorrow for newsletter strategy, and more on the plugin. youtube.com/watch?v=Vb8mm4
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Introducing: The Journalism Crisis Project, a partnership with in an effort to document and examine losses in the media industry, and find a ways of moving forward
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(1/3) So excited it see the announcement of our 1st cohort of publishers to received a grant to adopt a publishing tools that will improve distribution, community engagement and revenue opportunities.
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NEW: We're helping 24 newsrooms adopt and manage the digital publishing platforms of their choice. With Knight support, the orgs will use digital tech to better serve their communities w/ quality, timely news and information. More: kf.org/cms20winners #lovelocalnews
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And , covering issues of consequence across the state of California, is next to launch on Wednesday!
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Much thanks to for addressing this need. And delighted to see that half plan to apply the funding to and another eight to .
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NEW: We're helping 24 newsrooms adopt and manage the digital publishing platforms of their choice. With Knight support, the orgs will use digital tech to better serve their communities w/ quality, timely news and information. More: kf.org/cms20winners #lovelocalnews
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Congrats to the team at , the 20th site to launch on and sister site of .
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Local news is a vital resource — it is critical to our communities. Find a local outlet you trust and support it at nytimes.com/supportlocaljo #worldpressfreedomday
I support , the first to support me (with a paycheck).
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Congrats! They are lucky to have you. Couldn't have accomplished half of what we did at NPR Digital without the extraordinary foundation you built. twitter.com/daniel_jacobso
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A year into we've launched 10 sites, have 35 more signed on and have opened up applications to any local news site looking for a smarter tech solution. Check it out: newspack.blog Thanks to funding partners
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Thrilled to announce that I’m starting a new job May 1 as CEO of the American Journalism Project. is a venture philanthropy supporting nonprofit local news orgs across the country 1/
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Putting out a call for local news organizations to join us as we try to build a better, more sustainable platform for digital news. nie.mn/2ss9Xeo via . Details at:
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Delighted to be forging a closer relationship with as we work to make podcasting an integral part of our mission to democratize publishing.
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Automattic’s First New Board Member: General Ann Dunwoody
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Delighted to be joining the growing team and parent company , iconic champion of the open web with many more chapters to write. goo.gl/XZBypX goo.gl/Nb4Ecb
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If you really want to know how the #publicmedia sausage is made - here's what The Daily #podcast looks like on @apmstations "clock" apmstations.org/news/the-daily
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