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April 7, 2017

Podcast: Howard Owens of The Batavian

Host Scott Brodbeck (ARLnow.com, RestonNow.com) interviews “OG” LION publisher Howard Owens of The Batavian and the Wyoming County Free Press. We talk about Howard’s path to launching the Batavian, growing readership and advertising, and what the future might hold for LION publishers in the age of Facebook.

By LION Publishers

April 4, 2017

LION member spotlight: Local Spins

A Q&A with LION member John Sinkevics, publisher of Local Spins in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

By LION Publishers

March 28, 2017

LION member spotlight: This is Reno

A Q&A with LION member Bob Conrad, publisher of This is Reno in Nevada.

By LION Publishers

March 24, 2017

Podcast: Kelly Gilfillan of Home Page Media Group

Kelly Gilfillan is one of the premier sales pros in LION Publishers. She started Home Page Media Group with a partner, journalist Susan Leathers, and grew it from one site in a suburb of Nashville, Tenn., to numerous local sites in the region. We asked Kelly about sales strategy, finding sales talent, launching (and monetizing) special sections, the difficulty of expanding, financial bumps in the road and about email marketing and client service.

By LION Publishers

March 22, 2017

LION member spotlight: Cambridge Day

A Q&A with LION member Marc Levy, publisher of Cambridge Day in Cambridge, Mass.

By LION Publishers

March 15, 2017

Local doesn't scale: The case for independent news publishers

Dylan Smith, publisher of TucsonSentinel.com and chairman of the LION Publishers board of directors, delivered an “Ignite” talk in December about the nationwide emergence of local independent online news publishers at the Newsgeist conference in Phoenix, sponsored by Google and the Knight Foundation.

By LION Publishers

February 27, 2017

LION Publishers names Matt DeRienzo as first full-time executive director

Local Independent Online News Publishers, a national organization dedicated to supporting local journalism entrepreneurs, has named Matt DeRienzo as its first full-time executive director.

By Dylan Smith

January 18, 2017

LION joins 60+ press groups urging Trump to meet on gov't access

LION Publishers joined with the Society of Professional Journalists and about 60 other journalism organizations in asking President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence to set up a meeting to discuss transparency and access to government.

By Dylan Smith

December 1, 2016

LION Publishers to expand with support from Knight Foundation

The Knight Foundation announced on Thursday morning a two-year, $200,000 grant to support Local Independent Online News Publishers expand its support of entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders who are launching and running local independent online news sites.

By LION Publishers

October 7, 2016

McBride, Gilfillan re-elected to LION Publishers Board

Two members have been re-elected to the LION Publishers Board of Directors, AustinTalks.org publisher Suzanne McBride and BIGR Media COO Kelly Gilfillan.

By Dylan Smith

October 6, 2016

What local independent online news publishers should keep in mind when choosing a CMS

Wordpress may be the most widely used web content management system, or CMS, when it comes to small independent websites, but it’s not the only option out there, as we heard at the LION Publishers 2016 Summit Friday afternoon during a roundtable with David Sutton of TownNews (which offers its proprietary BLOX software), Joe Hyde of San Angelo Live (a Drupal disciple), David Walsh of Walsh Creative (a WordPress design house), Steve Ludwig of BIGRMedia (which offers its own platform), and Travis Smith of HOP Studios (an ExpressionEngine design house).

By LION Publishers

October 6, 2016

Photos: 2016 LION Summit

A few scenes from the 2016 conference of Local Independent Online News Publishers.

By Dylan Smith

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