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Simplifying Success: An Ecosystem Initiative for Improving the Financial Sustainability of Independent Digital News Media in Restricted Markets

Jason Lambert

Internews (2021), 24 pp.

"This report aims to progress the media development sector’s work towards the financial sustainability of independent news media. It proposes a new ecosystem-level framework for categorising media outlets, measuring their performance and making them more resilient to their obstacles in reaching an ... more

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How to Build a Successful Subscription News Business: Lessons from Britain and Spain

Eduardo Suárez

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2020), 79 pp.

"The paper explores what news companies with reader revenue models are doing through structured interviews with 26 media executives from 15 news organisations. Some of these outlets run digital subscriptions. Others have reader revenue models with a less transactional value proposition. Most of them ... more

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Accepting the Digital Challenge: Business Models and Audience Participation in Online Native Media

Sara Pérez-Seijo, Ángel Vizoso, Xosé López-García

Journal: Media, volume 1, issue 1 (2020), pp. 78-91

"The aim of this proposal is to present the evolution of the digital native media in Spain in order to compare their current situation with European success stories. For that purpose, we have conducted a comparative case study between three highlighted Spanish digital native news outlets and three f ... more

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Money for nothing and content for free? Paid content, Plattformen und Zahlungsbereitschaft im digitalen Journalismus

Christian M. Wellbrock, Christopher Buschow (eds.)

Baden-Baden: Nomos (2020), 209 pp.

"Die vorliegende Studie stellt Nutzerinnen und Nutzer in den Mittelpunkt. Sie fragt sowohl nach den Gründen für fehlende Zahlungsbereitschaft als auch danach, warum und wofür gezahlt wird. Auch wenn die Grundtendenz einer stark ausgeprägten Gratismentalität gegenüber digitaljournalistischen In ... more

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Comunicação, media e indústrias criativas na era digital

Paulo Faustino, Carla Martins, Iván Puentes, Francisco Belda (orgs.)

Porto: Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Letras (2020), 416 pp.

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Consumo y pago de noticias digitales: Oportunidades y desafíos del modelo de suscripción en América Latina

Luminate Foundation;Provokers (2020), 62 pp.

"Durante la pandemia de COVID-19, el 57% de los lectores de medios digitales en Argentina, Brazil, Colombia y Mexico ha aumentado su consumo de noticias. El 90% de los consumidores está accediendo a las noticias digitales por lo menos dos veces a la semana y el 78% por lo menos una vez al día. Las ... more

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Ländervergleich Onlinemedienförderung: Ergänzungsbericht. Bericht zuhanden des Bundesamts für Kommunikation

Manuel Puppis, Stefano Pedrazzi

Freiburg (CH): Universität Freiburg, Schweiz, Departement für Kommunikationswissenschaft und Medienforschung (DCM) (2020), 67 pp.

"Direkte Förderung: In Dänemark, Italien, Kanada, Luxemburg, Norwegen und Schweden existiert eine direkte Produktionsförderung für textbasierten Onlinejournalismus, in Finnland zumindest eine für Publikationen in Minderheitensprachen, in Frankreich für Lokalmedien. Eine wirklich konvergente di ... more

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Digital News Report 2020

Nic Newman, Richard Fletcher, Anne Schulz, Simge Andi, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (eds.)

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2020), 111 pp.

"The bulk of this report is based on data collected by a survey of more than 80,000 people in 40 markets and reflects media usage in January/February just before the coronavirus hit many of these countries. But the key trends that we document here, including changes in how people access news, low tr ... more

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The Independence of the News Media: Francophone Research on Media, Economics and Politics

Loïc Ballarini (ed.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xvii, 320 pp.

"This book explores the different ways Francophone research on news media has faced the challenges of dependence and independence from three complementary perspectives. The first is economics - how can sustainable business models be developed and to what extent can crowdfunding help to maintain the ... more

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From Start to Success: A Handbook for Digital Media Entrepreneurs
Key Guidance

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2020), 83 pp.

"This media viability handbook is unique in that it has been written by media startups themselves and presents the learnings of 21 digital pioneers including the Philippines' Rappler, Egypt's Mada Masr and Animal Politico in Mexico. The pages are filled with tips and information these media startups ... more

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Fighting for Survival: Media Startups in the Global South
Inspiring Practice

Anya Schiffrin

New York: Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) (2019), 180 pp.

"Three years after writing the report Publishing for Peanuts, in which we surveyed 35 media startups mostly from the Global South, we decided to go back and see how the outlets had fared. Our area of interest in 2015 was small-to-medium size independent media outlets with a track record of consisten ... more

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Rebooting Journalism: How Media Startups Overcame the Business Model Crisis. What Can We Learn from Eldiario.es and Mediapart?

Javier Borelli

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2019), 78 pp.

"This research is based on the belief that there is no journalism crisis, but a business model one. So, learning from successful experiences that innovate in the business is the first step towards building a healthier media landscape in other countries. During this paper I will focus specially in tw ... more

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Digital News Report 2019
Top Insights

Nic Newman, Richard Fletcher, Antonis Kalogeropoulos, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (eds.)

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2019), 153 pp.

"Despite the efforts of the news industry, we find only a small increase in the numbers paying for any online news – whether by subscription, membership, or donation. Growth is limited to a handful of countries mainly in the Nordic region (Norway 34%, Sweden 27%) while the number paying in the US ... (16%) remains stable after a big jump in 2017. • Even in countries with higher levels of payment, the vast majority only have ONE online subscription – suggesting that ‘winner takes all’ dynamics are likely to be important. One encouraging development though is that most payments are now ‘ongoing’, rather than one-offs. In some countries, subscription fatigue may also be setting in, with the majority preferring to spend their limited budget on entertainment (Netflix/Spotify) rather than news. With many seeing news as a ‘chore’, publishers may struggle to substantially increase the market for high-priced ‘single title’ subscriptions. As more publishers launch pay models, over two-thirds (70%) of our sample in Norway and half (50%) in the United States now come across one or more barriers each week when trying to read online news. In many countries, people are spending less time with Facebook and more time with WhatsApp and Instagram than this time last year. Few users are abandoning Facebook entirely, though, and it remains by far the most important social network for news. Social communication around news is becoming more private as messaging apps continue to grow everywhere. WhatsApp has become a primary network for discussing and sharing news in non-Western countries like Brazil (53%) Malaysia (50%), and South Africa (49%). People in these countries are also far more likely than in the West to be part of large WhatsApp groups with people they don’t know – a trend that reflects how messaging applications can be used to easily share information at scale, potentially encouraging the spread of misinformation. Public and private Facebook Groups discussing news and politics have become popular in Turkey (29%) and Brazil (22%) but are much less used in Western countries such as Canada (7%) or Australia (7%). Concern about misinformation and disinformation remains high despite efforts by platforms and publishers to build public confidence. In Brazil 85% agree with a statement that they are worried about what is real and fake on the internet." (Summary, page 9) more

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Digital journalism & new business models: An overview on business models and financing of news media and digital newsroom structures

Andreas K. Bittner

European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) (2019), 19 pp.

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La babel digital: Pistas para un periodismo emprendedor
Key Guidance

Bogotá: Consejo de Redacción;Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS);Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (2018), 202 pp.

"Lo cierto es que después de muchas experiencias tipo ensayo-error hemos concluido que no existe un decálogo infalible para el éxito en el emprendimiento digital periodístico. Y que la viralidad es una mujer vestida de sol y en esa medida es mejor dejarte impactar por sus rayos que acercarte dem ... more

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Innovadores en el periodismo latinoamericano
Inspiring Practice

Teresa Mioli, Ismael Nafría

Austin: Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas;Open Society Foundations (2018), 107 pp.

"El libro recopila los reportajes de la serie “Innovadores en el Periodismo Latinoamericano”, publicada en el blog del Centro Knight entre los meses de diciembre de 2017 y abril de 2018. Además, ofrece consejos prácticos sobre innovación periodística digital sobre distintos temas." (Página ... more

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Case Studies on Paywall Implementation: Gazeta Wyborzca and Malaysiakini

Marius Dragomir, Dumitrita Holdis, Ian M. Cook

New York; Prague: Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) (2018), 27 pp.

"When Wyborcza.pl was launched back in 2008, besides its quality, one of the best things about it was that its content was freely accessible. Once the paywall was up in 2012, the publisher had to find a way to present this content differently. According to Bregula, this was the most important task w ... more

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Launching a Paywall: What You and Your Team Need to Know
Key Guidance

Tomás Bella

New York; Prague: Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) (2018), 39 pp.

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Innovators in Latin American Journalism
Inspiring Practice

Teresa Mioli, Ismael Nafría (eds.)

Austin, Tex.: Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas (2018), 106 pp.

"This book was presented in April 2018 at the 11th Iberian American Colloquium on Digital Journalism, organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin. The book compiles reports from the series “Innovators in Latin American Journalism,” published ... more

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Digital Monetization for Publishers: New Ways to Capture Consumer Revenue

Ryan Nakashima, Anne Cai

Associated Press (AP) (2018), 20 pp.

"Newspapers have come a long way since youngsters hawked the latest edition on street corners or metal boxes collected coins from anonymous visitors sucked in by a juicy headline. Today’s publishers need to be much more savvy about distribution, getting their arms around who their customers are, w ... more

From Start to Success: A Handbook for Digital Media Entrepreneurs Key Guidance

Fighting for Survival: Media Startups in the Global South Inspiring Practice

Digital News Report 2019 Top Insights

La babel digital: Pistas para un periodismo emprendedor Key Guidance

Innovadores en el periodismo latinoamericano Inspiring Practice

Launching a Paywall: What You and Your Team Need to Know Key Guidance

Innovators in Latin American Journalism Inspiring Practice

From Start to Success: A Handbook for Digital Media Entrepreneurs
Key Guidance

Fighting for Survival: Media Startups in the Global South
Inspiring Practice

Digital News Report 2019
Top Insights

La babel digital: Pistas para un periodismo emprendedor
Key Guidance

Innovadores en el periodismo latinoamericano
Inspiring Practice

Launching a Paywall: What You and Your Team Need to Know
Key Guidance

Innovators in Latin American Journalism
Inspiring Practice