Can Spirited Media create the ‘BuzzFeed of local news?’ A new merger aspires to do just that
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Next stop for Billy Penn founder: Pittsburgh
Can the Steel City support another news organization? We're about to find out. Jim Brady,…
May 9, 2016
The next destination for Jim Brady’s local news experiment: Baltimore, Chicago or Pittsburgh
Jim Brady, the media entrepreneur behind Philadelphia startup Billy Penn, has his sights set on…
April 11, 2016
New ESPN Public Editor Jim Brady will be an advocate for readers
It didn’t take long for Jim Brady to experience some of the fallout that comes…
November 12, 2015
Jim Brady named public editor at ESPN
ESPN's headquarters. (AP Photo) ESPN Jim Brady, the local news guru who founded Philadelphia's Billy…
November 6, 2015
Billy Penn has doubled its traffic since May
Medium After local news startup Billy Penn launched in October, its founder articulated a principle…
July 14, 2015
A look at 5 successful news partnerships
The Pew Research Center is out today with a new report seeking to define what…
December 4, 2014
Billy Penn launches desktop, mobile sites
Billy Penn Jim Brady's new local-news startup, Billy Penn, launched Wednesday, carrying a note saying…
October 22, 2014
Bill Simmons: Diva or fall guy?
Good morning. Almost there. Here are 10 media stories. ESPN ombo: "Is anybody watching the…
September 26, 2014
Billy Penn editor: Site ‘crossed that line’ with flip treatment of rape charge
In its newsletter Monday, the yet-to-launch Philadelphia news site Billy Penn wrote about a local…
September 22, 2014
Yet another NYT digital tier?
Good morning. Here are 10 media stories. Another NYT subscription tier? Lucia Moses reports: "According…
August 7, 2014
Do local news orgs need national news?
NetNewsCheck | The New York Times Former Project Thunderdome editor-in-chief Jim Brady asks whether local…
July 28, 2014
Brady takes another shot at local journalism with new venture
Sometimes people console Jim Brady about his bad fortune. After all, they lament, he was…
July 16, 2014
How Jim Brady plans to make money in local
Good morning. Here are 10 media stories. Was SI's LeBron James scoop legit? Sam Kirkland…
July 15, 2014
In-tweet purchases could be imminent, and why sports media are better innovators
Here's our roundup of the top digital and social media stories you should know about…
July 1, 2014
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