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“We don’t know whether or how this nonprofit and its fund will operate, and likely won’t for some months (nonprofit governance is many things, but fast is not one of them).”
After finding success — and a Pulitzer Prize — in Santa Cruz, Lookout aims to replicate its model in Oregon. “All of these playbooks are at least partially written. You sometimes hear people say, ‘Nobody’s figured it out yet.’ But this is all about execution.”
“We set out to explore how big tech’s ‘philanthrocapitalism’ could be reshaping the news industry, focusing on countries in the Global South…Our findings suggest an emerging web of dependency between cash-strapped newsrooms and Silicon Valley’s deep pockets.”
“We would like to see at least 25% of our P&L look different in a couple of years than it does now…I don’t think any media company right now can just be banking on subscriptions to save the day.”
In recent weeks, Venezuelan journalists have found innovative ways to keep independent journalism alive; here are some of their efforts.
The first daily newspaper in the U.S. to become a nonprofit has published a refreshingly readable and transparent annual report.
In the four countries studied, each with its own unique technological, political, and social environment, understanding of algorithms varied across different sociodemographic groups.