Media Finance Monitor - Center for Sustainable Media

How digital transformation was killing me softly (and why it was worth it)

A case study from Warsaw on surviving the funding freeze, Elon Musk, and digital product development at Krytyka Polityczna.

3 hrs ago • 

Slawek Blich

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Has your outlet published an abstract nude depicting its editor?

Misaligned incentives in the attention economy, Meta's massive scam revenues, our strategy guide, lessons from a hyper-local outlet in Glasgow and 25…

Dec 4 • 

Peter Erdelyi

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María Paula Ángel Benavides

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November 2025

Strategy for the sector that never had a Golden Age

We worked with 50 publishers this year. Here is what we learned.

Nov 27 • 

Peter Erdelyi

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María Paula Ángel Benavides

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The best journalism support system has no humans in the loop

Newsroom-creator collaborations in the US backed by philanthropic funding, how local newsrooms become financially sustainable and 28 active calls.

Nov 20 • 

Peter Erdelyi

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María Paula Ángel Benavides

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The ever powerful liberal mainstream media that is no longer liberal, mainstream or particularly powerful

The “liberal mainstream media bias” critique has lost its explanatory power because the world that produced it has dissolved.

Nov 13 • 

Peter Erdelyi

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Shrinking the tent of public interest journalism

Building our identity around grievance, blended finance in CEE media, local journalism innovating in print and 26 active calls.

Nov 6 • 

Peter Erdelyi

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María Paula Ángel Benavides

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October 2025

The pornification of human attention

Sam Altman's disingenuous announcement, OnlyFans economics, the extremification feedback loop, and why AI was always going to enter the arousal…

Oct 30 • 

Peter Erdelyi

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Can journalism get so cheap that consumers just can’t pass it up?

A letter asking for more investment for the information ecosystem, the benefits of annual subscriptions, scaring the hell out of digital publishers, a…

Oct 24 • 

Peter Erdelyi

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María Paula Ángel Benavides

A new father's guide to the information ecosystem

Nine whole days into fatherhood, I'm learning that babies and journalism have something in common: neither cares much about your plans, theories, or our…

Oct 16 • 

Peter Erdelyi

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The media industry should have built tech. You specifically shouldn't.

A rare European media acquisition, creators working for equity instead of cash, our MFF policy survey, a case study in profitable local news and 17…

Oct 2 • 

Peter Erdelyi

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María Paula Ángel Benavides

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September 2025

How much media funding is enough?

Today: €715 million in historical EU media spending, why budget negotiations are heating up, two papers that reframe the funding debate, and your chance…

Sep 25 • 

Peter Erdelyi

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Attempts at intimidation delivers the biggest boost in journalism funding

New research on European content consumption, a deep dive into Tangle's growth strategy, the Atlantic going free for high schools and 18 active calls.

Sep 18 • 

Peter Erdelyi

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María Paula Ángel Benavides

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