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Christine SchmidtJanuary 17, 2019

“Media is hard”: Corey Ford on why his media venture fund Matter is paused (for now)

“We made a lot of investments over time that we knew were never going to be grand slams, but that we thought could be good sustainable, viable doubles that were actually solving a really important problem in this space.”

Christine SchmidtJune 13, 2018

“Did you even READ the piece?” This startup wants to make that question obsolete for commenters

The battle against the uncivil comments section is also a battle against high bounce rates for reallyread.it.

Ricardo BiltonMarch 1, 2018

An AI editor and story summaries are helping Compass News become a go-to app for non-news junkies

“If you go to any news site, at least half the headlines require a huge amount of assumed knowledge. Thats fine if you’re a journalist who spends a lot of time reading the news but it’s not if you are an average person who checks the news once a day for five minutes. We’re building for that second group.”

Matter will hold free bootcamps in four regions of the U.S. for teams from for-profit local news organizations

Ricardo BiltonNovember 2, 2017

“Instagram for data”: Grafiti wants to make it easier to create and share data visualizations on smartphones

“These days we have all these conversations about policy and immigration where data comes up, and it’s amazing how much plain text is still used to explain these ideas.”

Christine SchmidtOctober 31, 2017

Stung by Medium’s pivot, The Establishment powers up for a membership-driven future

“It’s obviously a crowded media sphere right now. A lot of people at the outset were dubious that we need another website.”

Ricardo BiltonOctober 18, 2017

Matter’s first post-election class: a focus on inclusion, activism, and even security

In the Trump era, Matter says its mission to build a “more informed, empathetic, and inclusive society” is more vital than ever.

Christine SchmidtJune 15, 2017

Matter’s seventh class of media startups has a focus on security and rebuilding trust in media

Matter focused on five areas in selecting its new class: diversity and inclusion, security, emerging technology, trust in media, and going beyond advertising.

Joseph LichtermanOctober 19, 2016

KQED is encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation with an in-house incubator

The Bay Area public media giant has launched a series of programs to try to introduce innovation at all commitment levels — from an eight-week bootcamp to lunchtime talks.

Matter launches in NYC with help from Google and New York Times, reveals new startup class

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