“Dire signs for media were everywhere this year,” New York Magazine writes: Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker, questions about why more news organizations weren’t paying attention to police shootings, and accusations of being both too far to the right and too far to the left. New York Magazine talked to journalists about the structural problems […]

“The idea of publications totally based on advertising is, I think, an illusion,” Talking Points Memo’s founder and editor-in-chief Josh Marshall says. “Some can do it, but I don’t think it’s ever going to be a sustainable model for most publications. There [needs to be] something great and special about any publication that people think […]

Local news cooperative The Bristol Cable launched in the U.K. in 2014, and are trying to “redefine local media as we know it” through a membership model that encourages the community engagement through free events. As The Bristol Cable gets bigger, it’s also facing some growing pains, which include common problems such as needing a […]

Tronc is planning to put out 2,000 videos per day, largely through automation. But this strategy isn’t new, Timothy B. Lee writes. Some media companies such as eHow have been churning out text-based articles by the thousands for at least a decade, but when Google’s algorithm learned that people weren’t really interested in these “spammy” […]

At least 164 staffers have left Polish state broadcasting and audiences have declined at all state TV channels since January media controls went into effect, according to the Journalists’ Association, one of the two main organizations representing Polish journalists. “They (the journalists) did not want to participate in political pacification of the media,” the group […]

Following last week’s referendum and the resulting resignation of David Cameron, newspapers in the U.K. saw large increases in circulation over the course of the weekend, with sales of Saturday editions expected to increase 7 percent. The Guardian saw a record 17 million unique browsers and 77 million pageviews on Friday, June 24. + BBC […]

La Nueva Provincia, one of the oldest and most traditional newspapers of Argentina (recently renamed La Nueva), announced it will limit the circulation of its print edition as well as lay off 22 people. “La Nueva is not an exception in this global wave of change in communication. The same reasons for these changes are […]

You might have heard: The New York Times wants to double its digital revenue by 2020 But did you know: This summer, The New York Times is ushering in a transformation more comprehensive than it has seen in almost half a century. The 2020 Group — a team of seven Times journalists — is creating a sweeping strategic […]

You might have heard: Digital and legacy news organizations alike are searching for successful revenue models, and we’re seeing a “a significant recalibration” of news business models But did you know: Making a reference to “Game of Thrones,” NYT’s Mark Thompson wrote in an essay for the Reuters Institute’s 2016 Digital News Report, “Winter really is […]

Videos posted on tronc’s official HR YouTube account look more like something created by the people who directed Adult Swim videos “Too Many Cooks” and “Smart Pipe,” Recode’s Noah Kulwin writes. The videos talk about “content funnels,” “artificial intelligence,” “optimization,” and a host of other buzzwords, with the goal of getting “employees informed and motivated” […]