Transformation Tracker

News Corp., Microsoft Weigh Tie-Up (Audio)
Laura Sydell, NPR, Nov. 23, 2009

New Business Models for News Talk (Video)
Jeff Jarvis, BuzzMachine, Nov. 21, 2009

University-Based Reporting Could Keep Journalism Alive
Michael Schudson and Leonard Downie Jr., Chronicle Review, Nov. 15, 2009

Sources of Subsidy in the Production of News: A List
Jay Rosen, Quote and Comment, Nov. 14, 2009

New Business Models for News
Jose Zamora, Knight Foundation Blog, Nov. 14, 2009

Yale Law School Conference on the Future of Journalism
Nov. 13-14, 2009
See also:
Live blogging -- The Quest for Pay Models
Who Will Pay the Messengers? Non-Profit and Foundation-Funded Models
Direct and Indirect Government Subsidies
Final Panel: The View from the Newsroom

CUNY Conference Shows Journalists Must Understand Business
Dorian Benkoil, E-Media Tidbits, Poynter, Nov. 13, 2009

Publisher, Staff Explain What Killed East Valley Tribune
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Nov. 11, 2009

Take For Granted (Interview with Leonard Downie)
Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone, On the Media, Oct. 30, 2009

Harvard Hoedown Ponder$ Making $ In New$
Alan D. Mutter, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Oct. 29, 2009
(See also: Bill Densmore's report on the Harvard conference, "How to Make Money in News: New Business Models for the 21st Century")

A New Financial Model For News, Straight From The Cable Industry
Amos Gelb, paidContent, Oct. 28, 2009

Talking Points Memo explores a membership model, but no paywall
Joshua Benton, Nieman Journalism Lab, Oct. 26, 2009

Detroit Free Press, News Shifting Revenue from Advertisers to Readers
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Oct. 23, 2009
(See also:
Ground-Level (and Unscientific) Research Suggests Limits to Detroit Experiment
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Oct. 26, 2009)

Online Focus Is Working for Christian Science Monitor
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Oct. 23, 2009

The Reconstruction of American Journalism 
Leonard Downie, Jr. and Michael Schudson,
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Oct. 19, 2009
(See also:
Downie, Columbia Study: Government Must Fund Some News
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Oct. 19, 2009
Finding a New Model for News Reporting
Leonard Downie Jr. and Michael Schudson, Washington Post, Oct. 19, 2009
Next Steps for Downie-Schudson: 'Mutualizing' News about News
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Oct. 20, 2009)

Jeff Jarvis: Rewriting Media's Business Model (Again)
David Folkenflik, NPR, Oct. 6, 2009

Media Cloud among the Paths to Media's Future
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Oct. 6, 2009

Seeking a business model for journalism
Mindy McAdams, Teaching Online Journalism, Sep. 29, 2009

Clay Shirky: Let a thousand flowers bloom to replace newspapers;
don't build a paywall around a public good
Joshua Benton, Nieman Journalism Lab, Sep. 23, 2009

'Accountability journalism' is at risk, says Clay Shirky (Video)
Joan Sorenstein Center, Sep. 22, 2009

Another Nielsen Goes Niche in Pursuit of Profit
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Sep. 14, 2009

Business and Future of Journalism Syllabus
Tim McGuire, Arizona State University, Fall 2009

Debate Over Journalism's Financial Future Offers Some Hope
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Aug. 22, 2009

TV executives in search of a business model
Michael Grotticelli, Broadcast Engineering, Aug. 17, 2009

Aspen FOCAS Reminds 'Information Also Wants to Be Expensive'
Dorian Benkoil, E-Media Tidbits, Poynter, Aug. 18, 2009
(See also: New Business Models
City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism)

The Iron Core of News is at Risk: An Excerpt from "Losing the News"
Alex Jones, NewsPay, Poynter, Aug. 17, 2009

Economist Tries On-Demand Print Delivery
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Aug. 12, 2009

Mr. Magazine's Three-Point Maxim for Successful Publishing
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Aug. 10, 2009

Circulation, Page Views Up at Christian Science Monitor but Solvency Not Yet in Sight
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Aug. 6, 2009

Brill: Paid Online Content Debate Now About How, Not If
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Aug. 3, 2009

Is Saturday the New Sunday for Newspapers?
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jul 31, 2009

Hoyt's Donation to NYT Story Raises Question: Can Journalists be Both Contributors and Critics?
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jul. 27, 2009

Abandon Old Strategies to Survive in a New Era
Steve Yelvington, Cato Unbound, Jul. 20, 2009, Reaction Essay from:
How We Will (or Won't) Survive Without Newspapers
Cato Unbound Editors
(See also:
The Public May Need to Subsidize Itself
Paul Starr, Cato Unbound, Jul. 17, 2009
Some Patterns in the Chaos
Philip Meyer, Cato Unbound, Jul. 15, 2009
Not an Upgrade -- an Upheaval
Clay Shirky, Cato Unbound, Jul. 13, 2009)

New York Times Garbage Patch Pitch Drives Cash and Names to Spot.Us
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jul. 20, 2009

Big Media Seek 21st Century Business Models
Yinka Adegoke, Reuters/Washington Post, Jul. 11, 2009

The U.S. Newspaper Industry in Transition
Suzanne M. Kirchhoff, Congressional Research Service, July 8, 2009

News Business Models
Jose Zamora, Knight Foundation Blog, Jul. 1, 2009

A National Strategy to Save the News
Frank Beacham, TV Technology, Jun. 25, 2009

Knight Foundation Initiative Seeks New Models for Investigative Reporting
Knight Foundation, Jun. 13, 2009

Recession could fuel new era of local newspaper ownership
Ryan Blethen, The Seattle Times, Jun. 12, 2009

Newspapers can avoid the music industry's illegal filesharing woes
John Burke, Editors Weblog, Jun. 12, 2009

The Need for Diverse Business Models for Public Media
Tony Shawcross, MediaShift Idea Lab, Jun. 11, 2009

10 Steps to Saving Newspapers
Mark Glaser, MediaShift, Jun. 11, 2009

A Web-Only Home for Murder Mystery
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jun. 8, 2009

How the Web Changed the Economics of News - in All Media
Paul Bradshaw, Online Journalism Blog, Jun. 4, 2009

MediaNews to Begin Customized Printing in Denver Homes Next Week
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, May 28, 2009

Publishers Tap Readers for Revenue With $2 Newspapers
Greg Bensinger, Bloomberg.com, May 27, 2009

Kindle Joins Hybrid Solution for News
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, May 19, 2009

Study: Newspapers Must Cross 'Digital Abyss'
Media Buyer Planner, May 15, 2009
(See also: Moving into Multiple Business Models
PricewaterhouseCoopers, World Association of Newspapers)

The Free Press Summit: Changing Media
Free Press, May 14, 2009
(See also: Saving the News: Toward a National Journalism Strategy)

Who Pays for the News?
Media Business Models and the Role of Philanthropy
New America Foundation, May 13, 2009

Non-For-Profit Isn't A Business Model For Newspapers
Lauren Rich Fine, paidContent.org, May 7, 2009

Live-Blogging RJI Symposium on New Tools, New Business Models
Mark Glaser, MediaShift, May 5, 2009

Looking to Big-Screen E-Readers to Help Save the Daily Press
New York Times, May 3, 2009

Herding Audience From Print to Online May Not Work
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, May 1, 2009

What's Ahead For the Papers? (Video)
Interview with Charlotte Hall and Bill Mitchell, CNBC, Apr. 24, 2009

The Search for a Business Model for Journalism
Alfred Hermida, Reportr.net, Apr. 17, 2009
See also: 10th International Symposium on Online Journalism (Blog) 

'Free Is Not a Business Model,' Except When It Is
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Apr. 16, 2009

Newspapers, GM and Big Pharma: Sharing the Business Model Blues
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Apr. 2, 2009

Prophet Motives: What Can Be Done?
Mark Fitzgerald, Editor & Publisher, Apr. 1, 2009

Top 10 business mistakes that newspapers must avoid as they go online-only
Dave Chase, OJR, Apr. 1, 2009

Voyages of Discovery Into New Media
Nieman Reports, Spring 2009

Poynter Holds Conference on Navigating News in Digital Era
Bill Mitchell, Poynter, Mar. 31, 2009

Stop the Presses: Newspapers As We Know Them May Cease To Exist...But What Will Become Of The News Itself? (Video)
Jeff Greenfield, CBS Sunday Morning, Mar. 29, 2009

Demos Not Memos: Fixes for Online Ads
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Mar. 23, 2009
(See also: RevenueTwoPointZero)

The end of the free lunch -- again
The demise of a popular but unsustainable business model now seems inevitable
The Economist, Mar. 19, 2009

The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers
John Nichols and Robert W. Mcchesney, The Nation, Mar. 18, 2009

The State of the News Media
Project for Excellence in Journalism, Mar. 16, 2009

Cable Grows Audience, Advertising While Other Media Decline
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Mar. 16, 2009

Shirky, State of the Media Make the Case for Risk
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Mar. 16, 2009

Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable
Clay Shirky, Mar. 13, 2009

Bad News for Newspapers (Graphic)
Hannah Fairfield and Alicia Parlapiano, The New York Times, Mar. 12, 2009

L3Cs a "Low-Profit" Business Model for News
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Mar. 2, 2009

Chronicling The Death Of American Newspapers
Linton Weeks, NPR, Mar. 2, 2009

Knight CEO Says Journalism Losing its Geographic Roots
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Feb. 27, 2009

Newspapers in Trouble: Philanthropy to the Rescue?
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Feb. 24, 2009

Lauren Rich Fine's Script for Sustainable Journalism
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Feb. 24, 2009

Micropayments? Won't Work. Here's A Better Plan For Newspapers
Lauren Rich Fine, paidContent.org, Feb. 23, 2009

Dubious New Models for News
Jacob Weisberg, Newsweek, Feb. 21, 2009

Twitter: Can chaos be a biz model?
Martin Langeveld, Nieman Journalism Lab, Feb. 16, 2009

Could a government bailout be a short term
solution for the struggling newspaper industry?
Emma Heald, Editors Weblog, Feb. 13, 2009

Read All About Me on Kachingle: Where I'm Paying for News
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Feb. 13, 2009

Future of Newspapers Transcript (and Video)
Charlie Rose Show, PBS, Romenesko, Feb. 11, 2009

Battle Plans for Newspapers
Nicholas Lemann, Joel Kramer, Steven Brill, Geneva Overholser,
Craig Newmark, Andrew Keen, Edward M. Fouhy, Rick Rodriguez
The New York Times, Feb. 10, 2009

Ideas that get in the way of saving journalism, Part 1
Michele McLellan, Knight Digital Media Center, Feb. 10, 2009

Growing Woes Increase Coverage of Journalism Business Models
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Feb 6, 2009

A Nonprofit Panacea For Newspapers? Part Two (Part One) (Audio)
David Folkenflik, NPR, Feb. 6, 2009

Should News Organizations Charge for Online Content?
Al Tompkins, Al's Morning Meeting, Feb. 6, 2009

How to Save Your Newspaper
Walter Isaacson, Time, Feb. 5, 2009
(See also: Isaacson's Hays-Press Enterprise Lecture)

There really are new business models for journalism
Mark Briggs, Journalism 2.0, Feb. 4, 2009

Investigative Teem
Will Skowronski, AJR, February/March 2009

Alms for the Press?
Jack Shafer, Slate, Feb. 3, 2009

What's the Best Business Model for Newspapers?
Dan Gillmor, Now, New, Next, HarvardBusiness.org, Feb. 2, 2009

Business Models Essential to Journalism Training
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Feb. 2, 2009

Nonprofit Newspapers
Steve Coll, Think Tank: Online Only: The New Yorker, Jan. 28, 2009

Non-profit Endowments as a Future for News
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jan. 28, 2009

News You Can Endow
By David Swensen and Michael Schmidt, The New York Times, Jan. 27, 2009

New Media Venture Turns Bloggers Into Print Journalists
By Chris Snyder, Epicenter from Wired, Jan. 12, 2009

How to Make Your Blog a Paying Business
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jan. 22, 2009
(See also: Mar. 4, 2009 follow-up story)

Carnival of Journalism: How Do You Financially Support Journalism Online?
Paul Bradshaw, Online Journalism Blog, Jan. 16, 2009

The Money Hunt: Spot.Us and Kiva.org Make it Personal
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jan. 15, 2009

Rival Newspaper Transformation Plans Take Shape
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Jan. 15, 2009

The Elusive "Business Model"
Martin Langeveld, News after Newspapers, Jan. 13, 2009

Business Models for News Online - Presentation
Paul Bradshaw, Online Journalism Blog, Jan. 2, 2009

Your Guide to Alternative Business Models for Newspapers
By Mark Glaser, MediaShift, Dec. 18, 2008

New business models for news are not that new
Nikki Usher, OJR, Dec. 17, 2008

Looking for a New Journalism Business Model? Try Cable
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Dec. 12, 2008

Bill Baker: Is there a nonprofit future for American journalism?
Edward J. Delaney, Nieman Journalism Lab, Dec. 2, 2008

Paying for the News: Five Seeds for the Future of Journalism
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Nov. 21, 2008

Poynter's "Who Will Pay for the News?" Conference
Bill Densmore, Wiki about the Conference, Nov. 2008

Sustainability: Reporting back from the New Business Models for News Summit
Chris O'Brien, The NewNewsroom Project, Oct. 29, 2008

Out of Print: The Death and Life of the American Newspaper"
Eric Alterman, The New Yorker, Mar. 31, 2008

Poynter's St. Petersburg Times Model Not an Easy Solution for Newspapers
Carolyn Lo, Editors Weblog, Mar. 19, 2008

Where's the Innovation in Business Models?
Chris O'Brien, Idea Lab, Mar. 13, 2008

New Models for News
The Breaux Symposium, Manship School of Mass Communication,
Louisiana State University, 2008

News in the Public Interest: A Free and Subsidized Press
The Breaux Symposium, Manship School of Mass Communication,
Louisiana State University, 2004

Saving Journalism
Philip Meyer, Columbia Journalism Review, Nov./Dec. 2004

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