Local news reborn at the humble library?
Grim. Grim. Grim. That pretty much sums up the newspaper industry in the US, especially amongst the major chains that serve many markets. But the job losses - some 3,160… (more)
Google-McClatchy’s Compass Experiment: Can it find a sustainable model for local journalism?
Over the summer, Youngstown Ohio was in danger of losing its daily newspaper. The family that had owned The Vindicator, for 132 of its 150 years announced in June that… (more)
“Tying together two rocks doesn’t make them float”: Why newspapers are facing the end of scale
Years ago, just as the rumours of Microsoft buying Nokia were hotting up, I was speaking at a conference with media futurist Robert Tercek. As we shared a car to… (more)
Key takeaways from the Google News Initiative Summit
From supporting increasingly advanced subscriber funnels to additional tools for Wordpress through Newspack, Kevin Anderson draws out the initiatives from the GNI summit that publishers should be paying attention to.… (more)
The membership model is one bright spot in the crisis in local journalism
There is a crisis in local journalism across the English-speaking world. While those in the trenches - jobbing journalist and editorial management alike - try to keep a stiff upper… (more)
Which media will weather the winter?
2018 was the year that the VC-funded media bubble burst. Kevin Anderson argues that there are a number of smaller media companies playing the digital game successfully, and we can… (more)
Making Facebook a friend to your publishing business
Let’s be clear fellow publishers, Facebook doesn’t give a flying fig about your business. They have their own goals, and if those intersect with yours, it’s a fortunate accident. Bearing… (more)
Asian publishers do battle with the Duopoly
Doing extensive training and consulting with media companies across south and southeast Asia, I often started my work saying that I was like a character from the Terminator films, here… (more)
