Episode 114 — The Job of Local News

Ben and James discuss why figuring out a new model means abandoning the old, this time in the context of newspapers and news.

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Links

• Ben Thompson: The Local News Business Model — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2017/the-local-news-business-m…)

• Jim Rutenberg: Ad Buyers Have a Say in Whether Real News Survives — New York Times (nytimes.com/2017/05/07/business/media/ad-buyer…)

• Ben Thompson: Wikitribune — Stratechery Daily Update (stratechery.com/2017/wikitribune-apple-cuts-af…)

• Ben Thompson: Why BuzzFeed is the Most Important News Organization in the World — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2015/buzzfeed-important-news-o…)

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson (twitter.com/benthompson), Stratechery (stratechery.com)

• James Allworth, @jamesallworth (twitter.com/jamesallworth), Harvard Business Review (hbr.org/search?term=James+Allworth&sort=po…)

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