News Entrepreneurs

25/08/2023

Luis Rubiales, the embattled head of Spanish soccer -- who planted an aggressive kiss on a female player on the World Cup winning team -- stands to lose 600,000 euros in salary, a house, and a cut of the income if he's fired. That's why he's fighting to stay on. If you can read Spanish, the scoop is here https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/sueldo-rubiales-600-000-euros-brutos-ano-casa-porcentaje-ingresos-federacion_1_10460374.html

El presidente de la Real Federación Española de Fútbol también percibe una ayuda a la vivienda de 3.000 euros al mes

11/05/2022

https://www.icfj.org/news/mdifs-torres-burd-there-no-one-size-fits-all-recipe-media-sustainability

Independent news outlets hold the powerful to a

13/04/2022

Advertising has followed shopping online during the pandemic at a breathless rate. The ad spend was concentrated—78.6%—at just 10 top digital publishers and platforms and the proportion is creeping higher.

07/04/2022

What happens when the donor gets bored and moves on? https://jamesbreiner.substack.com/p/grants-can-be-a-treadmill-and-a-trap?r=dztqj&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

The help is welcome, but the donor can pull the plug at any time

18/03/2022

As part of our response to the war in Ukraine, the International Press Institute (IPI) is today launching a new monitoring database which is systematically documenting all attacks on journalists and restrictions on media freedom linked to the conflict in Ukraine. IPI has so far documented 216 differ...

04/03/2022

If you build it, they won't necessarily come; you have to remind people of the value of the work you're doing.

News organizations are marketing the public-service value of their work in order to get users to pay for news they used to get for free.

04/03/2022

Local news startups are filling the coverage gaps left behind by legacy media, which have cut staff and reduced quality to protect their profit margins.

Digital media entrepreneurs are filling the gaps in local news coverage with new business models based on revenue from users, not advertisers

04/03/2022

Publishers are discovering new, younger audiences through podcasts.

Podcast audiences and ad revenue have grown rapidly for news organizations because of the power of the human voice to attract and engage us.

31/12/2021

A reasonable man.

Most Americans are tired of extremism; the media can help give them a voice

30/12/2021

He wants to give a voice to people who are tired of politics. https://jamesbreiner.substack.com/p/reasons-for-optimism-1-andrew-yang?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Most Americans are tired of extremism; the media can help give them a voice

19/12/2021

Una conversación entre José Luis Orihuela y Belén Torregrosa sobre los nuevos retos del storytelling. Belén Torregrosa es consultora ...

09/12/2021

Even with its inaccuracies and suspect motives, the public needed to know what the dossier said.

09/12/2021

https://jamesbreiner.substack.com/p/journalists-pay-a-price-for-speaking?r=58y8y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Many endure threats, cyberattacks, even physical violence in three global regions

08/12/2021

I am interviewed in Spanish about the best practices of new digital news organizations.

Entrevista de José Luis Orihuela a James Breiner quien visita Blogpocket Live para hablarnos de lo que están haciendo bien los medios. J...

09/11/2021

https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/11/cleveland-is-getting-a-new-nonprofit-news-outlet-with-a-staff-of-25-to-start/

Cleveland, Ohio, is getting its own nonprofit news outlet in the new year, and it may be one of the largest in the United States. The newly formed Ohio Local News Initiative announced on Tuesday that the American Journalism Project has partnered with a group of community organizations and leader…

04/11/2021

Our new report on 200 digital media entrepreneurs in Asia, Africe, and Latin Aemrica. https://data2021.sembramedia.org/

Want to read this report offline, share it to someone via Whatsapp, add it to your syllabus for students or just save it in your personal computer?

31/10/2021

https://newsinitiative.withgoogle.com/digital-growth/startups-playbook/resources/?fbclid=IwAR0njq2pgvJWigWrtvkckdtNCNMJFflFiQamEhIpst__8Jju_1MntbXRZJ8

The goal of this playbook is to demystify the process of launching a digital news startup, and to help you build a business that’s both financially viable and journalistically impactful.

26/10/2021

20/10/2021

Giving users a choice can increase members, subscribers

30/09/2021

https://jamesbreiner.substack.com/p/how-to-fight-the-power-of-fear-and?r=58y8y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=

Journalists have the tools to get people engaged at the local level

26/09/2021

From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers.

23/09/2021

My latest newsletter: https://jamesbreiner.substack.com/p/are-we-exaggerating-the-power-of?r=58y8y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy

We journalists assume it’s a problem, but plenty of independent data says no

02/09/2021

https://jamesbreiner.substack.com/p/economists-ask-does-advertising-actually?r=58y8y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy

Groundbreaking research questions the value of this $500 billion global industry

31/08/2021

In just five years, the percentage of Republicans with at least some trust in national news organizations has been cut in half.

26/08/2021

https://jamesbreiner.substack.com/p/how-digital-media-monetize-their?r=58y8y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy

My popular 2017 article highlighted the innovative strategies of four organizations

26/08/2021

https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/08/politico-is-being-sold-for-more-than-1-billion-here-are-some-of-the-smart-moves-it-made-to-get-there/

Love 'em or hate 'em, Politico has redefined political journalism on the Internet and built a robust business. Here are some of the things they've done right.

12/08/2021

https://wp.me/pbHjFq-10n

Journalists need to learn how to be good businesspeople without compromising their ethical standards, starting with the words they use.

05/08/2021

El curso abierto masivo en línea (MOOC, por sus siglas en inglés), “Estrategias de Producto para el Periodismo: Cómo Alinear Contenido, Audiencia, Monetización y Tecnología”, se llevará a cabo del 23 de agosto al 19 de septiembre de 2021 y será impartido simultáneamente en tres idiomas p...

23/06/2021

La encuesta, elaborada en 46 países por este instituto de la Universidad de Oxford, sitúa a elDiario.es como el tercer medio más leído en España en Internet