Journalists and readers who want to support and collaborate with journalists can sign up for one of two new levels of paid membership in Contributoria, a crowdfunding platform backed by Guardian… Read more »
Gawker wants to add more staff and boost its traffic so that it can try to catch up to its nemesis BuzzFeed, but its ambitious Kinja commenting and community-engagement platform is… Read more »
Comment sections are one of the most unloved parts of the online media business, but the media giants behind a new joint venture believe that they are worth fixing, and they… Read more »
The staff of the Libération newspaper in France are protesting plans by the paper’s shareholder group to turn the media entity into a kind of social and cultural hub, but by… Read more »
The Dutch crowdfunded journalism site De Correspondent is already bringing in almost $2 million per year in subscription revenue, and part of its success is being driven by the relationship it… Read more »
The latest redesign of the New York Times website includes a lot of nice features — but for an industry-leading publication, the Times has done very little in terms of pushing… Read more »
Twitter’s financial health and stock-price prospects have been the subject of much debate around the company’s IPO — but the real value doesn’t become apparent until you look at why users… Read more »
Most of the startups and networks focused on hyperlocal or community news and information try to be as open as possible, but Nextdoor is taking the exact opposite approach and making… Read more »
Jeff Atwood, co-founder of Stack Overflow, has launched a new platform that he hopes will improve the nature of online comments by adding trust metrics — but there are no shortcuts… Read more »
In addition to occasional acts of journalism, Reddit is also known for its less savory content, including a page featuring creepy photos of women taken without their permission — and the… Read more »