What's Keeping News Organizing from Trying the 'Low-Profit' Model?
Nieman Journalism Lab, August 20, 2009
By Jim Barnett
Why aren't there more experiments in low-profit journalism? One of the big problems is no one wants to go first. And another is the cost of navigating the legalities of converting an existing corporation into something new.
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