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Transforming your newsroom into a record label
The Trump administration is cutting funding for USAGM, search traffic from AI is growing, a new study on audience development and 19 active calls.
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Peter Erdelyi
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María Paula Ángel Benavides
The Hungarian policy innovation fueling the renaissance of nonprofit newsrooms
The mid-1990s saw the Hungarian parliament adopt a policy so innovative and effective at nurturing civic engagement—and later nonprofit journalism—that…
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Peter Erdelyi
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Ioana Epure
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María Paula Ángel Benavides
Misunderstanding the power of opinion writing
Impenetrable paywalls, monetization tools, investing in communities instead of scale and 20 active calls.
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Peter Erdelyi
 and 
María Paula Ángel Benavides

February 2025

The elaborate hierarchy of "cleanliness" in media funding
Our industry's funding fixation has evolved into a sort of moral purity test and it's reinforcing the authoritarian narrative that all journalism is…
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Peter Erdelyi
Subscription ceilings and EU budgets
The Global North may be slowly running out of new subscribers, Reuters scores a win against AI on copyright, negotiations for the next EU budget and 23…
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Peter Erdelyi
 and 
María Paula Ángel Benavides
Termination notices and my epistemic insecurities
USAID implementing partners across the globe began receiving termination notices. For many independent newsrooms, survival may depend on how quickly…
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Peter Erdelyi
Don Quixote and a fistful of frozen dollars
11 thousand subscribers in four days, OpenAI worried about intellectual property, smart paywalls, a new study on the publishing tech stack and 18 active…
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Peter Erdelyi
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María Paula Ángel Benavides

January 2025

On the end of institutions and the health benefits of broccoli
The US's funding freeze is both a symptom and catalyst of a broader trend. Many of the world's largest institutions no longer see investing in the media…
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Peter Erdelyi
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What does the US suspending foreign assistance mean for journalism support programs?
Worker owned newsrooms, Big Tech vs EU, publishers beating creators on Youtube and 21 active calls.
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Peter Erdelyi
Creators, revenues, and why Facebook suspects I'm an electrician
The shift in algorithmic priorities doesn’t just disrupt the user experience, but also alters how creators connect with their audiences and directly…
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Peter Erdelyi
Meta funded a vibrant anti-disinfo ecosystem. Now they’ll likely kill it.
A critical survey on EU media funding, Spotify launches an actual revenue-sharing program for Creators, news publishers of late capitalism and 23 active…
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Peter Erdelyi

December 2024

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