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The Splice Lights On survey shows that over 40% of media orgs expect to start cutting jobs in the next 12 months.
Newsrooms need access to funds if we're going to avoid a mass layoff of journalists.
The Ken on holding the line on paid journalism in a pandemic
What we learned from The Ken.
Tech In Asia is finally on a path to profitability after a decade of testing business models.
Emerging from a series of painful layoffs, the Singapore-based startup finds its way forward.
Chasing a regional profile, Rice Media’s Mark Tan plants his Singapore startup in Thailand.
“Thailand has a mature media market and a population exposed to a wide spectrum of content.”
After struggling for 5 years, Minh Bui Jones almost shut Mekong Review down this month.
This November issue was almost unpublished.
How IDN Media grew from a hobby project into one of Indonesia’s fastest growing millennial sites
A Splice Media Entrepreneurs interview with founder Winston Utomo about building and funding the 'BuzzFeed of Indonesia’.
India’s most famous newspaperman Shekhar Gupta pivots to digital with The Print.
“You can call it the Bentley of political journalism or the Bloomberg of political journalism in India.”
Media Entrepreneurs: Why Manggadget’s Rakhmadi Afif Kusumo stepped out of mining and finance to start a tech review site in Indonesia
"The lifestyle definitely changes big time from professional life to business life. There are no more work hours.”
Media Entrepreneurs: Contextly’s Ryan Singel on delivering great recommendations, building newsroom tools and learning to ask for money
“There’s a big difference between those who want to start a startup to start a startup, versus those who decide to start a company to solve a problem they are passionate about.”
Media Entrepreneurs: How Tom Grundy of Hong Kong Free Press learned how to crowdfund his news service, build a team and keep the lights on
“Certainly, I don’t consider myself an entrepreneur — I didn’t have a meticulous business plan, nor had I ever set up a business before.”
Media Entrepreneurs: Antenna’s Porter Bayne on how he’s trying to help publishers build communities and the challenges of working with newsrooms
“The #1 thing is always figuring out what you can remove, design-wise, feature-wise, messaging-wise, team-wise.”
Media Entrepreneurs: 263Chat’s Nigel Mugamu wants to build dialogue in Zimbabwe.
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Media Entrepreneurs: Ashima Thomas’ journey from broadcast news to building better stories through VR
“You may start a business so you can do something you love, but you’ll probably spend less of your time doing that than actually running the business.”
Sri Ramakrishnan on how he built Nyusu, a video news platform, by getting out of his comfort zone
“Forty is a magical age. You’ve lived half your life and you begin to wonder where you are going.”
Tarek Atia on the importance of hyperlocal journalism in Egypt
“Business people tend to shy away from media. They tend to be nervous about it or scared of it.”