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October 27, 2017

2017 LION Summit Livestream: Foundation support of local news

Follow our livestream of the 2017 LION Summit in Chicago.

By LION Publishers

October 27, 2017

2017 LION Summit: Livestream Friday morning lightning talks

Follow our livestream of the 2017 LION Summit in Chicago.

By LION Publishers

October 27, 2017

2017 LION Summit: Video – 40 Ideas in 40 Minutes

Follow along with our livestream of the 2017 LION Summit, the country’s largest gathering of local independent online news publishers.

By LION Publishers

October 27, 2017

Democracy Fund supports LION effort to bolster local online news sustainability

LION Publishers will receive a $250,000 grant from Democracy Fund to support an initiative to assist publishers of local independent online news organizations in developing sustainable business models.

By LION Publishers

October 27, 2017

Richland Source finds way to millennials’ hearts with free music & beer

North Central Ohio’s Richland Source has seen a 35 percent increase in readership among millennials over the past 2 years, in large part through a concerted effort involving free music shows with food and drinks included.

By LION Publishers

October 23, 2017

Group notes: 2017 LION Summit

An exercise in group note-taking — pitch in and help capture the conference!

By Dylan Smith

October 20, 2017

Advice on email newsletters, web and mobile design on tap at 2017 LION Summit

David Walsh of Walsh Creative, a website developer specializing in WordPress, will be back as a sponsor of the 2017 LION Summit Oct. 26-28 in Chicago, and as a speaker. We asked him for a preview of the advice he’ll give on the tech tools a local independent online news publisher needs to be successful, and how they can monetize email newsletters and mobile.

By LION Publishers

October 18, 2017

Covering local news (and paying for it) in a big city on LION Summit agenda

Reversing the decline of local news coverage in major U.S. cities, and the unique challenges of paying for local journalism in urban markets will be on the agenda of the 2017 LION Summit Oct. 26-28 in Chicago.

By LION Publishers

October 17, 2017

Podcast: Hiring, managing and paying advertising sales reps

This LION Publishers webinar from September 2017 focused on hiring, managing and paying advertising sales reps. The featured speakers are veteran local independent online news publishers Kelly Gilfillan of Homepage Media Group in the Nashville, Tennessee area, Scott Brodbeck of Local News Now in the Washington, D.C., area, and Jay Allred of Richland Source in Mansfield, Ohio.

By LION Publishers

October 16, 2017

An online alt weekly approach to local news in a red state community

Tasneem Raja is a writer and radio producer with lots of national news experience at outlets many would consider firmly in the “big city and coastal elite media bubble.” So why did she launch a local independent online news site in the red state community of Tyler, Texas, and what is she learning? She’ll be spekaing at the 2017 LION Summit Oct. 26-28 in Chicago, the country’s largest gathering of local independent online news publishers. We asked her for a preview:

By LION Publishers

October 15, 2017

Follow and join the conversation with #LION17 hashtag

Whether you are attending this year’s 2017 LION Summit in person Oct. 26-28 in Chicago, following along with livestream video at www.lionpublishers.com, or reading our live tweeting, blog posts and session writeups, we hope you will be part of the conversation using the #LION17 hashtag on Twitter.

By LION Publishers

October 14, 2017

One-on-one business coaching offered at LION Summit

Attendees of the 2017 LION Summit in Chicago this year can sign up for a 20- to 30-minute appointment with a veteran local independent online news publisher or consultant for one-on-one coaching on a market- or organization-specific problem or challenge you are facing with your local news site or your plans for launching one. Coaches will include longtime publishers with experience in both for-profit and nonprofit news organizations, and conference speakers and consultants including advertising sales expert Eleanor Cippel.

By LION Publishers

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