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    Articles tagged Ken Doctor (168)

    Joshua BentonSeptember 11, 2024
    With an expansion on the way, Ken Doctor’s Lookout thinks it has some answers to the local news crisis
    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.”
    Ken DoctorNovember 30, 2023
    Forget the link tax. Focus on one key metric to “save local news”
    “You need Google to stay in this. Otherwise, it devastates the entire industry.”
    Ken DoctorApril 14, 2022
    Ken Doctor: 18 months after launching a local news company (in an Alden market), here’s what I’ve learned
    “The term ‘news desert’ has been a shorthand, but the real problem here and elsewhere is that this region lacked the number of journalists it needed to thoroughly inform the public.”
    Ken DoctorJune 17, 2021
    Ken Doctor: Six months after launching a local news company (in an Alden market), here’s what I’ve learned
    We don’t wake up each morning to compete with a print daily, but rather to run our own local news and community model. That’s the key.
    Joshua BentonAugust 6, 2020
    In the arena: Ken Doctor is moving from “media analyst” to “media CEO” with Lookout, his plan for quality local news
    Lookout doesn’t want its local news sites to be a supplement or alternative to the local daily. They aim to be the news source of record in their communities, outgunning their shrunken newsprint rivals from Day 1.
    Ken DoctorJuly 30, 2020
    Newsonomics: The New York Times’ new CEO, Meredith Levien, on building a world-class digital media business — and a tech company
    “Engineering now is the second largest functional area at the New York Times, only behind journalism, and the largest function by far on the business side.”
    Ken DoctorJuly 13, 2020
    Newsonomics: The McClatchy auction ends not with a bang, but only more whimpers
    The hedge fund Chatham Asset Management reeled in its prize, as expected. But now what does it want to do with it?
    Ken DoctorJuly 6, 2020
    Newsonomics: There’s no Knight in shining armor coming to rescue McClatchy
    But Alden Global Capital would be happy to lend a hand. Plus: When a standstill isn’t really a standstill.
    Ken DoctorJune 29, 2020
    Newsonomics: The next 48 hours could determine the fate of two of America’s largest newspaper chains
    Tribune and McClatchy are both approaching critical deadlines that could lead to mergers, divisions — or even the first big nonprofit newspaper chain in the United States.
    Ken DoctorJune 29, 2020
    Newsonomics: The New York Times is opting out of Apple News
    A giant potential audience isn’t good enough on its own anymore: “It’s time to re-examine all of our relationships with the big platforms.”
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