Archive for 'New News Organization'
News Innovators on the Frontline: The Arizona Guardian
Posted on 28. Jul, 2009 by Damian Ghigliotty.
Often, the slimmer the news organization the more dedicated its staff. The Arizona Guardian, a subscription-based news site in Phoenix, covers state politics as closely as any of its competitors. Except the Guardian’s five partners manage everything from the site’s political coverage to its information technology and sales. Their initial funder and co-owner, Bob Grossfeld […]
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Not-for-Profit News Deep in the Heart of Texas
Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by Matthew Sollars.
The wave of not-for-profit start-ups looking to cover local and statewide news continued to grow last week with the announcement that the Texas Tribune acquired the Texas Weekly, a subscription newsletter devoted to Texas politics and government. As newspapers continue to struggle and advertising revenues fall, it seems like new news organizations are finding it […]
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News Innovators on the Frontline: Voice of San Diego
Posted on 24. Jul, 2009 by Matthew Sollars.
As metro newspapers have faced an ugly year of decline and collapse, media observers have pointed to a number of not-for-profit efforts around the country that might fill the void. The Voice of San Diego is a notable example of a new breed of news organizations already taking up the slack, which is more than […]
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News Innovators on the Frontline: Texas Watchdog
Posted on 17. Jul, 2009 by Damian Ghigliotty.
Two and half years ago, Trent Seibert, of Texas Watchdog, saw the potential for a local online investigative news outlet. Having worked in both journalism — at The Tennessean and The Denver Post — as well government accountability — at the Tennessee Center for Policy Research — Trent had all the right credentials. Fortunately, a […]
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News Innovators on the Frontline: Gothamist
Posted on 13. Jul, 2009 by Matthew Sollars.
Gothamist.com was launched in 2003, as co-founder Jake Dobkin says, “by a few friends having a good time, talking about a subject they were interested in.” They only realized a few years later that they could sell more than enough advertising to sustain the site. Today, the Gothamist is a profitable brand with sites in […]
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Talking Fantasy Newsroom
Posted on 09. Jul, 2009 by Matthew Sollars.
Martin Langeveld over at the NiemanLab posted yesterday on the essentials he would build into a newsroom if he were starting one from scratch. His ideas include what should be obvious by now, like incorporating the url into branding and encouraging what Jarvis calls the link economy. Langeveld also suggests wikifying the news and thinking […]
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Lessons from SeattleCourant.com
Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 by Matthew Sollars.
We’ve tried to highlight some successful local news sites out there in recent weeks (and we’ll do more, so please take our survey!), but there is no question that for most start-ups life bends more towards the Hobbesian view. The story of the SeattleCourant.com, which shut down late last month, is a stark reminder of […]
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Meet the New Boss
Posted on 02. Jul, 2009 by Peter Hauck.
With some newspaper companies facing the very real possibility of bankruptcy, Poynter Online’s Media Business Analyst Rick Edmonds asks “So what are banks going to do with newspapers and newsrooms once they are in charge?” Good question. And Edmonds provides some good answers from a “specialist in bankruptcy workouts and ownership change” that he spoke […]
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Let a Thousand Models Bloom
Posted on 30. Jun, 2009 by Peter Hauck.
Hat tip to Peter Kafka, who writes MediaMemo for All Things Digital, for sharing a business model — put together by Mark Josephson, CEO of outside.in — of a hypothetical online-only news organization. While Josephson’s metro news operation of the future sports a mighty lean staff — 20 bodies in all, of which six are “news gatherers” — it […]
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About the New Business Models for News Project
Posted on 12. Jun, 2009 by Jeff Jarvis.
We at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism believe that the discussion about the future of journalism — as newspapers and other news organizations find their business rapidly eroding around them — needs to be informed by facts, figures, and business specifics. That is why we created the New Business Models […]
