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Dec 17, 2024 | 
lionpublishers.com | Sarah Lim
What does it mean to be a local news publisher in 2024 and beyond? Who qualifies as a publisher – a podcast? A video project? An email newsletter? There are countless ways to contribute to building or maintaining thriving local news ecosystems. At LION Publishers, our focus is on supporting publishers building digital businesses that are covering specific audiences, either in a geographic area or a community with a shared identity.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
lionpublishers.com | Hayley Milloy |David Grant |Sarah Lim
News Revenue Hub was a Community Sponsor of the 2024 Independent News Sustainability Summit. LION is profiling all Summit sponsors with a Q&A to help members learn more about their work. Hayley Milloy, LION Publishers: What is your 30-second elevator pitch (or 75-word pitch) to a LION member on what News Revenue Hub does? Evan Mackinder, News Revenue Hub: News Revenue Hub is a community-driven organization focused on driving audience growth and reader revenue for 100+ newsrooms.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
lionpublishers.com | David Grant |Sarah Lim
This guest post was written by David Grant, Blue Engine Collaborative’s director of partnerships. What does it mean to be “sustainable?”There’s no idea more core to discussions about the future of local news organizations than their sustainability. Yet there’s no working definition for when a news organization reaches this hallowed ground. We — Blue Engine Collaborative and LION Publishers — have an initial definition.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
lionpublishers.com | Sarah Lim |Chris Krewson
LION Publishers is pleased to announce a new partnership with Rolli, which will provide all LION members with free access to Rolli’s platform, including its suite of AI-powered tools designed to support efficient newsgathering and accurate reporting. This suite of tools can empower journalists to work more efficiently, meet tight deadlines, discover diverse experts who are vetted for their platform, and track and challenge disinformation.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
lionpublishers.com | Sarah Lim |Chris Krewson
News entrepreneurs who join LION Publishers have a vision for their business. To achieve those goals, they must make countless decisions, from how to define their work in a mission statement to which payment platform to use for donations or subscriptions. It’s hard work and often lonely, but LION aims to help our members navigate those choices and learn from other business owners on a similar path.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
lionpublishers.com | Andrew Rockway |Elaine Díaz Rodríguez |Elaine Rodriguez |Sarah Lim
We’re excited to announce the final 45 LION members participating in the LION Sustainability Audits and Funding program this year, which helps independent news businesses identify and overcome barriers to reaching sustainability. To date, 309 LION members, more than half of LION’s total membership, have participated in the program, receiving funding and an action plan tailored to their organizational goals.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
lionpublishers.com | Elaine Díaz Rodríguez |Elaine Rodriguez |Sarah Lim |Hayley Milloy
Status: Full-time salaried exempt (not eligible for overtime), with 90-day introductory period (see details below) Reports to: Associate Director of October 11, 2024 by Elaine Díaz Rodríguez Status: Full-time salaried exempt (not eligible for overtime), with 90-day introductory period (see details below) Reports to: Associate Director of Coaching Location: Remote within USA Compensation: $85,000 eligible for benefits (see details below) Job Summary LION Publishers is looking for a passionate...
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
hcamag.com | Sherridan Cook |Sarah Lim
Do your aspirations amount to contractual obligations?
Many collective agreements, as well as individual employment agreements, may contain aspirational statements about what the employer aims to do in respect of change or other processes within the organisation. In the recent decision of Television New Zealand Limited (TVNZ) v.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
lionpublishers.com | Sarah Lim |Hayley Milloy |Elaine Díaz Rodríguez |Elaine Rodriguez
We are looking for a new addition to our Membership Team October 11, 2024 by Sarah Gustavus Lim Status: Full-time exempt (not eligible for overtime), with 90-day introductory period (see details below) Reports to: Membership Director Location: Remote within USA Compensation: $110,000, eligible for benefits (see details below) Job Summary Are you passionate about preserving democracy through maintaining a free and independent press? Do you know how to quickly make sense of policy proposals and...
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
lionpublishers.com | Hayley Milloy |Elaine Díaz Rodríguez |Elaine Rodriguez |Sarah Lim
When Kenny Katzgrau, the publisher of LION member organization Red Bank Green, took the stage on Thursday, September 5, to accept the LION Community Engagement Award in the micro revenue tier, he kept his statement short n’ sweet, and identical to the message he wore on his hoodie, “Long live local news.” We heard variations of that phrase throughout the Independent News Sustainability Summit, which took place in Chicago from September 5 to 7 and included the sixth annual LION Sustainability...
