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Who's right? In fight for national market, Brazil’s two main newspapers proclaim themselves ‘the most widely read’

The two largest newspapers in Brazil are in an open dispute for market leadership and they both call themselves leaders, but use different criteria and numbers to reach this conclusion.

Redação do CRHoy

Nearly ten years old, CRHoy creates impactful investigations and has built a strong audience

Close to being in existence for a decade, Costa Rican digital outlet CRHoy built a strong audience, betting on a balance between breaking news and impactful investigations, which led to awards and credibility for the outlet.

Sustainability Panel Coloquio 2021

Velocity fund helps Latin American digital media to professionalize organizations, diversify and be sustainable

By virtue of the financial and strategic support of a program for digital media in Latin America, 10 media outlets managed to grow as organizations, create and strengthen products, in addition to increasing their audience despite the general crisis caused by the pandemic.

People reporting, sitting on a globe

With 10,000 supporters, Intercept Brasil earns $55,000 per month and expands investigative reporting

The amount raised was used to hire journalists, move the newsroom to a larger and safer building, and to purchase equipment

Dimmi Amora, founder of Agência Infra: a journalistic product to serve a specific sector of the market. Photo: André Coelho

Balancing content and business: a challenge of Brazilian journalists’ startup covering infrastructure

Digital Natives: Agência Infra, which started 2017, is a Brazilian digital news organization that covers infrastructure projects for a demanding public and experiments with different products and services.

13 Coloquio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital panel on Zoom

Pandemic opens opportunities for small digital media in Latin America

Pandemic has brought business opportunities and editorial collaborations to some small digital media from the region that have contributed to their development and increase in audience. 

El nuevo periodismo digital de Brasil panel en Zoom

Brazilian media grew during the pandemic and they are betting on subscriptions

Brazilian digital media outlets like JOTA, NEX and Ponte grew during the COVID-19 pandemic and they are betting more and more on their subscriptions and membership programs to keep themselves afloat.

Newsroom of Jornal do Commercio in Brazil

Century-old newspapers in Brazil try to unite heritage with digital transformation and getting close to readers

In Brazil, today, there are 26 century-old newspapers in circulation. To stay relevant, they strive to stay true to their history and connected with readers who’ve been with them for decades, emphasizing their belonging to the community.

Diário Catarinense and other NSC titles: weekly magazine format

Out of necessity, more Brazilian newspapers are saying goodbye to print and investing in digital. Will they survive?

The gloomy end of Jornal do Brasil is not necessarily the rule that is being followed by other Brazilian newspapers that, more recently, have also given up their daily print editions to prioritize digital platforms.

The Membership Puzzle Project

Knight Center publishes Membership Puzzle Project report, in Spanish and Portuguese, on member-driven movements

The report is written at a time when long-standing and startup news organizations alike are facing great challenges in terms of financial sustainability and survival.

Revista Mono Red/accion

Young Argentinian media outlet bets on membership model and reader participation to end 'information intoxication'

The action button was launched in February 2019. Since then, it has generated more than a thousand responses or actions among its members.

Hand holding a card that says Associação

With membership models, Latin American media integrate readers and reinforce revenue

The report “Membership in News & Beyond: What Media Can Learn from Other Member-Driven Movements” underlines a “core difference” between the membership and subscription models.