Exec Director @LIONPubs, co-founder @TinyNewsCo, founding ed @billy_penn, ex @PhillyInquirer. Suburban husband/dad; mildly obsessive about digital journalism.
Revelatory.
- Bezos wants The Post to pay for itself
- Tossed back a poorly-thought-out Will Lewis layoff plan
- That would have caused Matt Murray to quit; Bezos convinced him otherwise
- Knows op/ed page decisions cost subscribers
- Bezos took Bari and Nellie to dinner (!).
We're ISO judges for the 2026 LION Awards! Categories include LION Business of the Year, Operational Resilience, Public Service, Product of the Year, and more. Details here: https://t.co/N4FcAA2rlr
I wish this was a more hopeful prediction but there are some very big rocks ahead for folks who need to button up their news businesses: https://t.co/Na82TldBcv
NEWS: We are partnering with Press Forward on a sustainability program. 205 news businesses each receive two LION Sustainability Audits, plus world-class coaching from the stellar team at Blue Engine Collaborative. More: https://t.co/xqE4IMal3D
We're seeking applicants for the new @LIONPubs Growth Grant program, thanks to @macfound -- 15 publishers will receive $100,000 each to transform their businesses. Details here: https://t.co/yhF05xLcLP
Still some tickets left for the @LIONPubs Independent News Sustainability Summit in St. Louis in just a few weeks - attendees can nab this sweet T-shirt (pls note the lion flying the Spirit of St. Louis!) https://t.co/L0wvJ4Fz3e
A big deal for small indie publishers: @dicktofel worked with a mystery philanthropy to improve existing media liability insurance for the field. Too many operate without it, or without enough coverage. https://t.co/7bDIKEDe7A
FWIW Sewell's piece on the Houston Landing's abrupt shutdown was newsy, detailed, prescriptive and perceptive -- easily the best thing written about a nonprofit newsroom's high-profile failure in ages.
Easily, easily the best thing I've read about the news industry in maybe a decade. @rasmus_kleis this is incredible. Well done. https://t.co/XBrN9v3urI