In the good old days, news products were bundled. Bundled products were how distributors could deliver most things to most people. If there’s one thing digital technology is good at, though, it’s destroying distribution monopolies ... and those distribution oligopolies on which our media businesses were built were blown to smithereens. But like any trend, de-bundling has probably gone too far. Maybe there’s a chance to rebuild some of the bundles of the past.

Funding and creating journalism in the Bay area of California is challenging. But it’s not impossible. Lance Knobel and colleagues Tasneem Raja and Tracey Taylor started Berkeleyside.com in 2009. They filled a news desert with Oaklandside when the Oakland Tribune shut down. Now, they’re expanding into Richmond with Richmondside.

The popularity of newsletters with readers and the revenue-generating opportunities for publishers have increased substantially since E&P’s February 2022 Revenue Round-Up article. A new study of monthly newsletter readers released in July from MAGNA Media Trials and Sherwood Media found 41% said it was their preferred news source — topping a list of 12 sources. The study also found that one-third of newsletter readers don't use news websites as their regular news source.

Since its inception, the National Press Photographers Association has worked with photographers across traditional film-based and digital photography and video on topics such as freelancing and understanding First Amendment laws. Advocacy is the centerpiece for the NPPA.

Lawyers for the Department of Justice are preparing to close their case in the ongoing Google trial, which could potentially result in a breakup of its $307 billion per year online ad empire. …

Amid growing unease over the role of artificial intelligence in everyday life, a majority of Americans say they are concerned about the impact of AI on the 2024 presidential campaign.

Axel Springer on Thursday announced a decision with KKR, its largest shareholder, to split its classifieds business from its media operations.

Wade Davis led an acquisition of Univision in 2020, buying out a consortium of private-equity owners.

Fox News has fired longtime “Hannity” executive producer Robert Samuel following an internal probe of sexual harassment claims, Brian Stelter reported Thursday in his “Reliable Sources” newsletter.