Fake news. Failing. Discredited. Corrupt. An embarrassment to journalism.These are just a few of the words and phrases Donald Trump used to describe the New York Times during his four years in the White House. Origen: Mark Thompson interview: Former New York Times CEO and BBC boss

Reuters will begin charging for access to its website as it tries to capture a slice of the digital subscription business.The company, one of the largest news organizations in the world, announced the new paywall on Thursday, as well as a redesigned website aimed at a “professional” audience wanting business, financial and general news. Origen: Reuters Puts Its Website Behind a Paywall - The New York Times

While the seemingly unending debate around Substack has focused on well-known writers with a national profile, the newsletter platform just announced that it will be supporting local (presumably non-famous) journalists through a new program.The startup described Substack Local as a $1 million initiative that will fund independent writers creating local news publications. Similar to the Substack Pro program, the company will offer cash advances of up to $100,000, as...

Apart from the purely money-driven vampires looking to suck the last bits of revenue from journalism, there are mostly two kinds of rich people who buy newspapers and magazines. Those, like Rupert Murdoch, who buy them with the explicit intention of wielding them as political megaphones. And those who buy them for the reason of the cultural cachet they bring–a quasi-philanthropic investment in a civic institution, a slightly more...