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Podcast: Trint founder Jeff Kofman on why journalists should be entrepreneurs

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Podcast: Trint founder Jeff Kofman on why journalists should be entrepreneurs

By WNIP2 years ago

Last modified on December 3rd, 2018

This week we hear from Jeff Kofman, founder and CEO of Trint.

He talks about the dark abyss of transcription, whether Google and Facebook are serious about funding journalism, and the good, the bad, and the ugly of social media.

In the news roundup the team discusses a bad week for UK media companies including Johnston Press going into administration, Esquire cutting back its print offering, and Shortlist going digital-only. The team go Thanksgiving mad (not in a good way).

Republished with kind permission of Media Voices, a weekly look at all the news and views from across the media world

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