Hedge fund Alden bids $140m for Lee Enterprises to expand its US local newspaper empire
Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund owner of Tribune Publishing, has made a $140m bid for US local media group…
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Perez Hilton interview: How Hollywood’s ‘most hated’ sacrificed clicks (and ad revenue) for his conscience
Not too long ago, Perez Hilton was the most successful celebrity journalist in the world. He broke news of ‘Brangelina’,…
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Research reveals millions in US political donations from media moguls… but more donor transparency is needed
Heidi Legg is the lead Research Fellow at the Future of Media Project at the Institute of Quantitative Social Science at Harvard…
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CEO interview: B2B without paywalls, how Industry Dive grew into $80m ‘journalism-first’ business
Update 19 July 2022: Informa buys US B2B publisher Industry Dive for £323m When Sean Griffey launched B2B publisher Industry…
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As Bustle UK heads for profitability, BDG Media considers London expansion for other brands
For US publishers, launching media brands in the UK is not always straightforward. Editorially, it can be a challenge to…
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Death threats, social media scrubbing and chaos: How the CPJ is fighting to help Afghan journalists flee the Taliban
The Committee to Protect Journalists is receiving hundreds of “SOS emails” a day from Afghans attempting to flee the Taliban,…
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6AM City: The local newsletter business that’s built up 450,000 subscribers by steering clear of politics and crime
How do you build a commercially successful local newsletter business? South Carolina-headquartered publisher 6AM City appears to have come up…
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‘We think there’s a large opportunity’: What Gannett learned from its first NFT mission
Local news giant Gannett believes there could be a “large opportunity” for publishers in the growing market of non-fungible tokens…
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