This is the second of a two-part series looking at the growing variety of journalism startups and the business models that are powering them. The first, which you can read here, examined several news startups employing nonprofit, hybrid and cooperative business models. [Read more…]
The New Storytellers: For-profit news startups look to harness latest tech, starting with mobile
May 30, 2013 by Bryan Koenig
Filed Under: Business, Business Model Tagged With: Android, business models, Circa, for-profit, iPad, iPad newspaper, iPhone, mobile, mobile news, mobile reporting, mobile video, new business models, NowThis News
With Aggregation Becoming Big Business, Some Publishers Are Playing Along…For Now
May 13, 2013 by Ricky O'Bannon
Tech startups big and small are fighting for dominance in a new market offering personalized, curated or DIY magazines that aggregate what can be an overwhelming roar of online news content into something more manageable and meaningful. Judging from the popularity of apps like Flipboard, they have a captive audience. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Business Model, Mobile Tagged With: aggregation, business models, flipboard, mobile, mobile devices, new business models, news aggregators, next issue, zite
From “mojo” to data viz: Five takeaways from the International Symposium of Online Journalism
May 3, 2013 by Daniela Gerson
On April 19 to 20, more than 300 journalists from around the world descended on Austin for a sold-out conference on online journalism. The International Symposium of Online Journalism, hosted by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin, featured a host of new media gurus discussing everything from “mojos” to data visualization. A selection of takeaways: [Read more…]
Filed Under: Internet, Technology Tagged With: community engagement, data graphics, data journalism, data visualization, Entrepreneurial Journalism, journalism education, journalism schools, mobile, mobile reporting, online community journalism, Social Media, social media advice, social media reporting