Episode 114 — The Job of Local News

Exponent

Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2017

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Ben and James discuss why figuring out a new model means abandoning the old, this time in the context of newspapers and news. Presented by MailChimp Links Ben Thompson: The Local News Business Model — Stratechery Jim Rutenberg: Ad Buyers Have a Say in Whether Real News Survives — New York Times Ben Thompson: Wikitribune — Stratechery Daily Update Ben Thompson: Why BuzzFeed is the Most Important News Organization in the World — Stratechery Hosts Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review Podcast Information Feed iTunes SoundCloud Twitter Feedback Presented by MailChimp

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0:00.0	Hi, James.
0:00.9	Ben, how are you?
0:02.3	Worn out.
0:03.1	I feel worn out.
0:04.2	Why worn out?
0:05.5	Because we basically just recorded a episode of X-Fundit, but didn't record it.
0:09.9	That's true.
0:10.7	It's Insider's edition.
0:12.4	We had a 50-minute conversation about all kinds of fun things.
0:15.7	Thanks to Mailchip.
0:16.9	Mailchip, you send better email, sell more stuff.
0:18.7	Melchum's been around since 2001. Company started as a side project funded by various web development jobs.
0:22.8	Now they are the world's leading email marketing platforms sending more than a billion
0:25.9	emails a day.
0:27.4	Melchimp democratizes technology for small businesses, creating innovative products that empower
0:31.1	their customers to grow.
0:32.6	Are things to MailChimp for sponsoring Expoena.
0:34.3	They sponsor us every week, and we appreciate it.
0:36.7	Thanks, guys, as always. So I read something that I thought was kind of done this week,
0:41.3	but as regular listeners of this podcast know, one of my favorite sayings is don't presume that
0:47.9	someone who does something you disagree with is stupid. Like, it's not helpful, right? Presume they
0:53.1	are smart and then try to figure out what led them to do it.
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