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Author: Júlio Lubianco

Marty Baron about Bezos: “He obviously doesn't need the dividends.”

Business Models | May 3, 2021

Baron on Bezos ownership of the Washington Post: ‘I don’t think that we would have been a success without his involvement’

By Júlio Lubianco

The recent accomplishments of The Washington Post are unlikely to be repeated elsewhere in the United States or worldwide, according to former executive editor Marty Baron, one of the most prominent American journalists. That’s because the paper holds a unique position after being purchased in 2013 by multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s CEO and founder, who …  Read More

Deb Adeogba (Microsoft News), Aron Pilhofer (Temple University & News Catalyst), Cindy Royal (Texas State University), and Millie Tran (Texas Tribune).

Featured | July 25, 2020

Changing the mindset of journalists towards a product-oriented newsroom can open new revenue streams for journalism, panel says

By Júlio Lubianco

Many newsrooms struggle for survival in a very adverse business environment. Still, news organizations are tasked with the challenge of shaping their editorial content into products that make sense for their audiences. “In a perfect world, you would commit time, people and money, you would have a whole innovation group or an R&D [research and …  Read More

Katie Kingsbury (The New York Times), Sérgio Dávila (Folha de S. Paulo), Peter Erdelyi (444.hu), Anna Gielewska (Reporters Foundation - Poland), and Juan E. Pardinas (Reforma)

Freedom of Expression | July 22, 2020

Targeted by populist leaders, journalists develop safety protocols, collaborate with competing outlets and take legal measures against those in power

By Júlio Lubianco

For the first time in its 21-year-history, the International Symposium of Online Journalism (ISOJ) was held online only in 2020. To watch this panel, click here. To watch other panels, click here. Across the globe, a new generation of populist leaders is targeting journalists as their political enemies. Although practices and strategies differ, their intended results are …  Read More

Mandy Jenkins, general manager, The Compass Experiment (partnership Google-McClatchy); Alison Go, chief strategy officer, Chalkbeat; Sara Lomax-Reese, CEO, WURD Radio; Fraser Nelson, vice president of business innovation, Salt Lake Tribune; Chris Sopher, co-founder and CEO, WhereBy.us; Jennifer Preston, vice-president of journalism, Knight Foundation, and chair of the session.

Business Models | July 21, 2020

No single silver bullet for local news: legacy and digital newsrooms experiment with different editorial and business strategies to make sure nothing gets unreported

By Júlio Lubianco

For the first time in its 21-year-history, the International Symposium of Online Journalism (ISOJ) was held online only in 2020. To watch this panel, click here. To watch other panels, click here. There’s no single model for local news organizations to survive, so they must spend some of their efforts experimenting editorially and financially to find …  Read More