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“We are bringing onto this platform — where people usually talk about their lost cat or that they’re looking for an apartment — serious news content sparking a new kind of conversation.”
“I see, every week, some example of where the two don’t understand each other. Each of them needs to shift a little bit.”
“It’s information. But it’s not news.”
“We don’t come in when there’s something crazy happening and then leave when it’s over. This is just what we do all the time. And I really hope that makes people trust us more as a newspaper.”
For the first time ever, more online news sites produced Pulitzer finalists than newspapers did.
Just 15% of Americans paid or gave money to a local news source in the past year, according to new research from the Pew-Knight Initiative.
What’s important to watch, in this gnarly legislation filled with acronyms, are two simple things: Money In and Money Out.
“People will pay you to make their lives easier, even when it comes to telling them which burrito to eat.”
“Celestial events tend to draw highly engaged audiences, and this one is no exception.”
“I think sometimes we get stuck in an echo chamber of being around each other a little too much. And I think that can hinder some of this work.”