Newsmedia industry

Single family-owned independent model ‘not sustainable’

Nov 28, 2023 at 03:21 pm by admin

Hearst – and particularly its Connecticut Media Group – is continuing to invest in regional media with a second acquisition this year. The family-owned Meriden Re.... Read More

PIJI notes launches, closures and ‘shells’... but not on the beach

Nov 28, 2023 at 12:41 pm by admin

A new report from Australia’s Public Interest Journalism Initiative charts not only recent comings-and-goings of the country’s newsrooms, but those since it starte.... Read More

Philanthropist looks to ‘local’ focus with $70+ million gift

Nov 24, 2023 at 12:22 pm by admin

There are hopes of an announcement next week that billionaire Judith Neilson’s Institute for Journalism and Ideas may be back next year, after a spectacular bust-up with.... Read More

Bringing back a crucial industry, one state at a time

Nov 16, 2023 at 10:31 am by admin

A new philanthropy-funded US daily has appeared, reprising the name of a revered predecessor 291 years ago. The four-person team at the South Carolina Daily Gazette staff the.... Read More

History in manoevres that could rearrange regional news

Nov 14, 2023 at 07:07 pm by admin

There’s an irony in one former regional news publisher and another still committed to the business fighting for control of a TV broadcaster, while a third with a foot st.... Read More