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Articles tagged venture capital (18)

Christine SchmidtJanuary 17, 2019

“Media is hard”: Corey Ford on why his media venture fund Matter is paused (for now)

“We made a lot of investments over time that we knew were never going to be grand slams, but that we thought could be good sustainable, viable doubles that were actually solving a really important problem in this space.”

Laura Hazard OwenOctober 11, 2018

The Outline built itself on being “weird.” But is it weird enough to survive?

“We’re not the enemy. This is a really shitty industry for writers.”

Christine SchmidtOctober 10, 2018

Venture philanthropy for local news might not be as scary as it sounds

The American Journalism Project, led by two top nonprofit news veterans, aims to propel $1 billion in annual investments to mission-driven local news outlets.

Joseph LichtermanJuly 10, 2017

“There’s an opportunity to go deep”: What’s next for Rafat Ali’s growing travel site Skift, 5 years in

“One of the things that we try to do, and I think it has worked well for us, is to surprise and delight. Surprise and delight is a marketing tactic. In our case, it’s essentially constantly launching new things so that the industry is constantly surprised.”

Shan WangMarch 6, 2017

Sidewire is civil, thoughtful, and either exactly right or exactly wrong for this political moment

The closed discussion platform shuts out the noise of Twitter’s eggs and trolls and is betting on — gasp! — the value of government and media elites talking to one another.

Matter launches in NYC with help from Google and New York Times, reveals new startup class

Joshua BentonMay 1, 2015

Circa, the buzzed-about mobile news app, is running out of money

Its core ideas have always been compelling, but Circa has been unable to find an audience large enough to attract new investment.

Caroline O'DonovanFebruary 11, 2015

Timeline is providing historical context to the news — but is there a business model to support it?

With successes in technology behind him and a career in venture capital in front of him, why did Tamer Hassanein decide to build a news app?

Elizabeth Spiers on BuzzFeed and other “tech” companies: “You’re Still A Media Company”

Caroline O'DonovanAugust 11, 2014

With $50 million, BuzzFeed growth calls for sharper lines between news and the other stuff

With a new round of investment from Andreessen Horowitz, the viral giant aims to get even bigger. One step down that path: making it more clear to readers what kinds of content BuzzFeed really offers.

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