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Defining your exit strategy to build a legacy
It felt odd to consider “exit strategy” at the recent Community Journalism Executive Training program (CJET), which brought nearly three dozen news organizations to Los Angeles for two days of intense, hands-on work developing specific business strategies and action plans. After … Continue reading
Posted in Business Models, Entrepreneurship, Getting Started, Sustainability, Training, Uncategorized
Tagged business, independent publishers, Investigative News Network, Knight Digital Media Center, Knight Foundation, Rusty Coats, The Journalism Accelerator, The McCormick Foundation, The Patterson Foundation
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Multiple revenue streams-Beyond Advertising
By Kathleen Majorsky Advertising is an important source of revenue for independent sites, but as sites grow it is important to explore different revenue streams. Ben Ilfeld from Sacramento Press and Howard Owens from The Batavian shared their own experiences … Continue reading
Posted in BlockbyBlock, Crowdfunding, Directories, Memberships, online advertising, Revenue
Tagged business models, independent publishers, revenue streams
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Which paths are leading local news startups to financial success?
This Tuesday and Wednesday a spicy mix of publishers, business folks, entrepreneurs and local news startups are coming together to talk revenue in an online forum at the Journalism Accelerator (JA). Those who have RSVP’d so far bring specific stories to share and … Continue reading
Posted in Revenue
Tagged best practices, community news start-up, emerging trends, financial models, idea exchange, independent publishers, The Journalism Accelerator
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Follow #bxb11 for indie local news publisher ideas, advice, trends
Block by Block Community News Summit 2011 begins today at 4 pm. Publishers of for-profit and nonprofit community news start-ups will meet in Chicago through Oct. 1 to talk about where they are in the independent hyperlocal business, trends and … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, Block by Block, bxb11, community news, community news sustainability, hyperlocal, independent publishers, jessica durkin, journalism, local news, michele mclellan, news summit, RJI Reynolds
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