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Democracy in the Desert

State legislatures advance measures to support local news

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
May 21, 2024
Bills in New York and California include things like tax credits for employing local journalists and taxes on Meta and Google.
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Why Sports Illustrated's buyer is keeping the print magazine around

by Stephanie Hughes
Mar 19, 2024
Sports Illustrated has a new publisher who says it will keep producing the magazine's print editions. That could benefit the brand.
By keeping the print magazine version of Sports Illustrated around, "you're maintaining the value of that brand," said the University of San Francisco's Nola Agha.
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The economic toll of having your criminal record in the news

by Janet Nguyen
Jul 6, 2021
A growing number of news organizations are changing their policies when it comes to identifying criminal suspects.
Police officers stand outside of the Seattle Police Department's West Precinct back in June 2020.
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Deadspin journalists reunite with new site, Defector, and new business model

by Andy Uhler
Jul 29, 2020
It's a whole new ballgame when it comes to how Defector staffers will operate their digital media company.
Writers and editors for Defector will own and operate their new digital media company, and staffers will get paid as the money comes in.
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Digital startups see opportunity in local journalism

by Laura Benshoff
Jul 24, 2019
A handful of news media startups are finding new ways of generating revenue in straitened circumstances.
A tablet displaying a news website is shown on top of print versions of the newspaper in 2016.
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My Economy

From Ph.D. to freelance writer, trying to make it as a journalist

by Bennett Purser
Apr 22, 2019
Jennifer Mabry earned the degrees but is still hoping to land the right job.
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Report says network news lacking when it comes to climate coverage

by Erika Beras
Apr 8, 2019
A report from Media Matters finds that broadcast TV news coverage of climate change fell by 45 percent between 2017 and 2018.
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks as Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) (R) and other Congressional Democrats listen during a news conference in front of the U.S. Capitol February 7, 2019 in Washington, DC.
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My Economy: Leaving the big city life behind

by Marketplace Staff
May 8, 2018
One former journalist left the newsroom for the family business. The reason? A lower cost of living.
Matt Schewel traded a job in Washington, D.C., interviewing senators and congressman for work in the family furniture business. 
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Trump remembers his friends and his enemies, says Observer editor-in-chief

by David Brancaccio
Nov 10, 2016
The Observer's Ken Kurson doesn't expect Trump to be friendly to Wall Street, which he says was on Clinton's side.
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Rolling Stone sells almost half of magazine business to Singapore-based startup

by Lewis Wallace
Sep 26, 2016
The company is looking to diversify its business model.
A vendor in Singapore pulls out an issue of Rolling Stone. A Singapore firm linked to one of Asia's richest families has bought a 49 percent stake in Rolling Stone to expand the U.S. magazine's business in new markets.
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