New Business Models for News
City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism
Goals
Specific

Sustainable

Open
Assumptions
Top-25 market
Post-paper
Photo: Flickr/Sleeping Sun
Ecosystem
Hyperlocal
New news organization
Framework
Publicly supported . . .
In the beginning was the word.
And the word was....
Hyperlocal
New News 
Organization
Framework
State of hyperlocal
Number surveyed: 
Market size: (range)
Audience size: (range)
PPV: (range)
Annual revenue: (range/ave?)
Staffing
Optimizing hyperlocal
Improve ad products & services sold
Local networks
Metro network
E-commerce
Other
Hyperlocal business
spreadsheet
here
Staff: TK edit, TK sales, + TK
Audience: 
PPV:
CPMs
Assumptions
Reporting: metro-wide, beat, investigative
Curation of network
Collaboration with network
Journalistic training
Tasks
Other rev streams: 
National
etc.
Optimizing
spreadsheet
here
NNO business
Tasks
Framework business
spreadsheet
here
Enable metro network
Enable local networks
Some metro sale
Coordinate national advertising
Enable e-commerce
Train local sites: the cookbook
Technology platforms
Collaboration platforms
Lines of business
Share of advertising sold
Fees from networks
Fees for ad serving & tech
Share of e-commerce
Training?
Revenue opportunities
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Publicly supported journalism
Potential structure
NPR/PBS David Fanning proposal
NFP news org (a la San Diego, MinnPost)
NFP adjunct to news org (a la Huffington Post)
Independent efforts (Spot.US)
Invetigative: how much staff
Statehouse: how much staff
Collaborative, crowdsource project: staff & resource
Potential uses
NPR/PBS news: $
SanDiego, etc. experirence
Spot.US experience
Local foundations: % we propose
Total: $TK
Potential dollars
Also
Transparency
Volunteerism
National networks
Vertical interest networks
B-to-B's role
Slide about scale
Staff comparison
Audience comparison
Cost comparison
Revenue comparison
Next
At Aspen
Specific experience
Questions
New ideas
Needs
Priorities
After Aspen: CUNY
Polishes models & continues discussion
Works on more models, e.g., national, international
Shares best practices
Holds events
After Aspen: You
Experiment, build
Share best practices
What else
Needs
Technolgy
Standards
Research/analysis
Means to share best practices
More models
And...