Platform profile: How Patch Labs is trying to help individual journalists bridge gaps left by local papers
Hyperlocal news provider Patch’s start-up, Patch Labs, wants to help local journalists in the US go full-time covering their communities.…
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Newsnow-funded project to examine how to improve UK local news without simply ‘parachuting in money or solutions’
A news aggregator and journalism charity are teaming up in an attempt to examine the differing ways in which local…
ByHow Bristol became a local news oasis
Newspaper closures and cutbacks have led to large parts of the UK becoming deserts for local news. Bristol, on the…
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Annual audience of 39m reaps £7m revenue for 72 independent news publishers
A survey of 72 independent publishers based in the UK found that they make a total of £7m from a…
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Manchester Mill celebrates first year and 1,000 members with print run
Manchester-based newsletter The Mill has celebrated a year of regular publication with a special 15,000 copy print run. Mill founder…
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A new survey has revealed how much more likely people are to trust local news if it is produced locally.…
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Survey shows broken link between reach and revenue as 56 independent publishers reach 10m but earn just £5.4m combined
Almost 60 of the UK’s independent publishers earned a combined revenue of less than £5.4m in 2020 despite a reach…
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The ‘great unbundling’: Survey says 8% of Britons use local newspaper website on weekly basis, 6% print
What people want from their local and regional news media is “increasingly confined” to a small number of subjects such…
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