Its not the old op-ed page anymore!, declared The International Symposium on Online Journalism while promoting an event with opinion editors. As it turns out, its not even an op-ed page anymore. The conference gathered top editors and one prominent, opinionated Substacker to discuss the growth of ...

https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/04/not-just-elected-officials-and-policy-experts-top-editors-are-trying-to-refocus-the-opinion-pages-on-regular-people/

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Since Scroll launched in early 2020, its users have paid $5 per month for ad-free versions of news sites like The Atlantic, The Verge, The Sacramento Bee, and The Daily Beast with most of the fee going straight to publishers. Ive tried it out and the technology (actually!) keeps me logged in. It ...

https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/05/eyeing-a-future-subscription-service-twitter-acquires-the-ad-free-news-startup-scroll/

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Overstory Media Group cofounders Farhan Mohamed and Andrew Wilkinson bonded over a common frustration: when it comes to local news, theres got to be a better way. Mohamed previously served as editor-in-chief and co-owner of the online news site Daily Hive and Wilkinson is a cofounder of Tiny Capital...

https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/05/in-canada-overstory-media-group-wants-to-provide-cover-and-salaries-for-local-journalists/

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Yahoo and AOL have been boring for so long that it can be hard to remember why (if?) they were ever interesting. But there was a time when they were truly the kings of the web one connecting people to the internet, the other taking up a shocking percentage of their time once they...Yahoo and AOL ...

https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/05/someone-new-thinks-they-can-make-yahoo-and-aol-good-businesses-in-2021/

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In February, roughly two and a half years after launching its paywall, Bloomberg met a major milestone: 300,000 paying subscribers. The subscription business is now the companys strongest area of revenue growth. But a subscription is expensive ($35/month or $420/year). Its not for everyone. A big ...

https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/05/heres-how-bloomberg-plans-to-turn-a-popular-podcast-into-paying-subscribers/

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In 2014, Melissa Bell, Ezra Klein, and Matt Yglesias started Vox.com, a news outlet that pioneered explanatory journalism. Seven years, 13 podcasts, one Netflix series, and millions of readers later, Voxs leadership was ready for change. In 2020, Klein, who was last the editor-at-large, left to join...

https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/05/swati-sharma-is-leading-a-new-era-in-voxs-mission-to-explain-the-world/

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