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Tracking the great wave of #mediacoops worldwide. Help me (@sdp.bsky.social) find, list, track #journalism #cooperatives & worker- & reader-owned media, research/mapping/policy about them…

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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"The larger ambition is to become a “Mondragón of Music: a constellation of community-owned ventures that form the foundation of an alternative economy owned by artists and workers" www.thenews.coop/subvert-co-o...
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Subvert co-operative: A future ‘Mondragón of music’?
A co-operatively owned music platform has launched this year – with over 20,000 members and a vision to become a ‘Mondragon of music’
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 20/04/2026
This account has moved to @eurosky.social - you can too, by following the steps at move.eurosky.tech
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EU-HAUL - Start Account Migration
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 07/02/2026
OK, friends - assistance please! Are there any groups that support or foster #cooperatives / #coops that I should add to this list? LMK! bsky.app/profile/medi...
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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Some excellent details in the @niemanlab.org piece, such as these two. Interesting to see things we know happen in lots of other countries - people giving cash as and when they can as a show of solidarity, for example - happening in the US too. And the student story is amazing.
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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
As ever the contrast with the scale of the scene in the US is stark, as this @niemanlab.org piece shows. It‘s a good and detailed piece, but it’s sobering to see the financial figures that #mediacoops in the US are raising vs anywhere else (except e.g. @taz.de) www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/jour...
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Journalism coops seem utopian. What’s it like working in one?
"If I was less self-directed, I'd probably be freaking out."
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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I’m not aware of any significant structured programmes that are looking to do that - please let me know here or at @mediacoops.bsky.social of any schemes or funders doing this in this domain. Or if there are any schemes within the #cooperatives movement that have included #mediacoops…. 3/n
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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
It’s long felt to me that, given access to sustained financial & business support, the #mediacoops field in the UK & Europe has levels of growth within it, and can make a huge contribution to #journalism, media diversity, healthier information environments, especially locally. 2/n
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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I’ve followed #mediacoops in the UK & Europe for >10 years, from Dave Boyle’s Good News report, through the start of @thebristolcable.bsky.social & @theferret.scot, @mcrmeteor.bsky.social etc. There’s a rich history, research, lots of learnings (I’ve long tracked some @mediacoops.bsky.social) 1/n
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 07/02/2026
Is working in #mediacoops utopian? A view from @niemanlab.org: bsky.app/profile/niem...
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 26/09/2025
@beehiiv.com is there someone I (@sdp.bsky.social) can talk to about Media Collective?
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 26/09/2025
HERE WE GO! #mediacoops
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 23/09/2025
Of relevance to #mediacoops in the UK… Cc @theferret.scot @thebristolcable.bsky.social @mcrmeteor.bsky.social @newint.bsky.social et al
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 20/09/2025
#mediacoops in the USA 👇🏾 bsky.app/profile/ryan...
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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
@thebristolcable.bsky.social’s latest edition: “Across the nation, far-right anti-migrant narratives amplified by the heritage media are fuelling hatred and misinformation. (Ctd)” thebristolcable.org/2025/08/bris... #bristol #solidarity #cities #journalism #mediacoops #migration
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Bristol: A City of Solidarity - The Bristol Cable
Across the nation, far-right anti-migrant narratives amplified by the heritage media are fuelling hatred and misinformation. In response, we centre this edition on migration—celebrating Bristol’s dive...
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 08/09/2025
Interesting story on fan / #cooperative ownership in French #football (from @philippeauclair.bsky.social) www.theguardian.com/football/202...
When all else is lost, turn to the only people who can be trusted to put their clubs first, sell them a share of what they already own, emotionally speaking, then ignore them again.
The new socios do not feel that way.
They talk about the reality of reconnecting with institutions that had drifted away from them, but also reconnecting with those whom they would otherwise live alongside, but not with, in a fractured society.
Mathilde, a 45-year-old Sociochaux told Libération: "It is about building something with people who slip a different voting paper in the ballot box. Those spaces are rare."
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 25/07/2025
Interesting… @latimes.com to “go public”… www.instagram.com/reel/DMa5aDb...
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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 07/07/2025
It’s our 10th birthday 🎂 Ten years ago, a few of us sat round a kitchen table in Edinburgh, sharing carrot sticks, burnt pizza and a belief that Scotland needed fearless, independent investigative journalism. We called it The Ferret 🧵
A close-up of a ferret wearing a pink striped party hat sits on green grass. White playful text above reads “It’s our 10th birthday!” with “10th” circled in red. The Ferret’s logo appears in the bottom left corner.
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 03/07/2025
Hello media co-op friends! I'd love to know if you know of any current/contemporary guides or courses or advisory services, from any country or language, to setting up and running #mediacoops specifically. All pointers much appreciated... #cooperatives
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 03/03/2025
Fellow media co-op watchers and doers: Is there any value to building a guide (that can be localised) on #mediacoops? I’ve seen flurries of activity around this in the past, & I am sure the US has plenty of stuff on this, but for elsewhere around the world? Existing examples?
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 21/01/2025
Delighted to discover (or hopefully re-discover) that @investigate-eu.bsky.social is a "charitable, non-profit European Cooperative Society, owned by its team"... www.investigate-europe.eu/funding #mediacoops
investigate-europe.eu
Our Funding
Investigate Europe is a cross-border journalism cooperative with reporters in 12 countries, along with collaborators from across Europe.
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 07/01/2025
Curious to see @subvert.fm how progresses as a co-operatively-owned alt to @bandcamp.com: subvert.fm #cooperatives #mediacoops #music
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Subvert — The Collectively Owned Music Marketplace
A music platform owned by us all. Join Subvert to sell your work, support artists, and shape our shared future. Sincerely Ours.
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 05/12/2024
One of the rival bids for the #Observer has offered to give a stake in the business to staff. No word on whether @theguardian.com #ScottTrust will entertain the bid as would be usual. Here @mazzucatom.bsky.social suggests @theguardian.com and #Observer practice stakeholder capitalism… #mediacoops
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 05/12/2024
(Sorry for the interruption in service on all things #mediacoops - more soon, I hope!)
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 29/11/2024
📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 Presented today at Publix in Berlin, it offers a detailed analysis of independent public interest journalism across 🇪🇺, covering funding models, business challenges, and investigative journalism’s role. 🗺️ Explore the 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 and 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗽 here: t.ly/zTGpL
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Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @referencecircle.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
📢 The 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 has been published! The report - made by @netzwerkrecherche.org - provides a comprehensive look at 🇪🇺 i͟n͟d͟e͟p͟e͟n͟d͟e͟n͟t͟ ͟p͟u͟b͟l͟i͟c͟ ͟i͟n͟t͟e͟r͟e͟s͟t͟ ͟m͟e͟d͟i͟a͟ ͟s͟e͟c͟t͟o͟r͟, highlighting funding models and i͟n͟v͟e͟s͟t͟i͟g͟a͟t͟i͟v͟e͟ ͟r͟e͟p͟o͟r͟t͟i͟n͟g͟’s role. 🗺️ Explore the 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 and 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗽 here: t.ly/zTGpL
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 22/11/2024
#mediacoops #France This is exciting as an initiative - long-mooted, now happening, it seems: Medias-coop.org
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 21/11/2024
This is a good (and fairly international) list of #cooperative related orgs and businesses.
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 16/11/2024
VoxEurop is “first European press cooperative, #Voxeurop is owned by its readers as well as its journalists, translators, partners and founders.” voxeurop.eu/en/becoming-... #mediacoops #europe
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Becoming a shareholder - Voxeurop
As the first European press cooperative, Voxeurop is owned by its readers as well as its journalists, translators, partners and founders. The purpose of this project is to welcome all those who value ...
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 16/11/2024
Good to see the @thebarentsobserver.com still going strong! #mediacoops
The Barents Observer
Championing freedom of speech and support for democracy
The Barents Observer is a journalist-owned online newspaper covering the Euro-Arctic region and northern Russia.
Focused on delivering cross-border journalism, the Barents Observer provides daily news reports from Scandinavia, Russia and the Arctic.
Our dedicated and experienced team of Norwegian and Russian reporters produces news and multi-media content targeting global audiences interested in Arctic issues.
We follow the key trends and developments in topics like climate change, energy and industry, shipping, civil society, borders, politics, ecology, security and indigenous peoples issues.
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 16/11/2024
The 2014 paper by @annamaris.bsky.social doesn’t seem to be online or accessible at @waybackmachine.bsky.social… The media co-operative Fria Tidningar in #Sweden wound down pre-Covid, I think the last title shut down in 2019 or so, but the site remains: www.fria.nu/omfria #mediacoops
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Fria Tidningar
Normbrytande nyheter för människor som vill förändra världen.
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 16/11/2024
Linkrot means that the FADICCRA site is no longer active, but some stuff on #mediacoops in #Argentina remains here: trabajocooperativo.com.ar/temas/fadicc... And they’re definitely still operating: cgcym.org.ar/cgcym-y-fadi...
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FADICCRA
Federación Asociativa de Diarios y Comunicadores Cooperativos de la República Argentina
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 16/11/2024
< I used @en.blueark.app to import (most of) my tweets to this account. Of course there are broken links and usernames, but I’m happy to have it here, and have deleted the account over there. >
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 16/11/2024
This, written by Dave Boyle in 2012, was a landmark publication on how a media co-operative could work in the UK: www.uk.coop/sites/defaul... #mediacoops #journalism
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 16/11/2024
The #DataHarvest 2025 call for proposals is open - you have till Jan 19, 2025 to get your session proposals in. More details: dataharvest.eu/2024/11/15/d... #journalism #festivals #conferences #europe
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Call for proposals is now open - Dataharvest 2025
The pitching form is now open, so please send us your ideas and recommendations for the programme! Check our pitching guidelines before submitting!
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 16/11/2024
This is really fascinating. Vik, P. M., & Wallace, A. (2022). The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on British #creditunions and community lenders. Journal of Co-operative Studies, 55(2), 29-34. doi.org/10.61869/ZMS...
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Journal of Co-operative Studies 55(2), 29-34 | UK Society for Co-operative Studies
The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on British credit unions and community lenders
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 16/11/2024
Paydirt for scholars or students of #mediacoops - here’s the Journal of #Cooperative Studies edition on #journalism and co-ops. Several #research articles on the history and present of co-ops in the news sector: www.ukscs.coop/resources/jo...
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Journal of Co-operative Studies Vol 54 No 4
Late Winter 2021 (Jan 2022) - No 163 Supplement - Constructing the co-operative imaginary: Journalism’s past, present, and emerging contributions
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 16/11/2024
Interesting research on #cooperatives in the cultural and tech sectors (the Journal of Cooperative Studies): www.ukscs.coop/pages/journa...
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Journal of Co-operative Studies, 55(3), 57-64 | UK Society for Co-operative Studies
Cooperativism in cultural and tech sectors: Promises and challenges
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 14/11/2024
Great paper on #cooperatives & #journalism in #Greece by Eugenia Siapera & Lambrini Papadopoulou (sadly TF & $$$) www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... #mediacoops
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Entrepreneurialism or Cooperativism?
This article understands entrepreneurial journalism as part of broader socio-economic developments associated with cognitive capitalism. Entrepreneurialism represents an attempt to accumulate profi...
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 14/11/2024
“Autonomy is a huge part of job satisfaction, but autonomy when you don’t have a financial model in place is concerning. I don’t think my journalism students will adopt this model. They won’t work 60 hours and be paid for 40 … They have a stronger sense of a work-life balance.” #mediacoops
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Simon Owens @simonowens.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
Always exciting to see the launch of another writer-owned media cooperative. In this case, it's a weekly publication focused on science reporting. www.niemanlab.org/2024/03/sequ...
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Sequencer launches as a writer-owned popular science magazine
Last year, freelance journalist and National Geographic alum Michael Greshko predicted that a worker-owned science publication would be born in 2024. On Thursday, his prediction came true with the lau...
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 14/12/2023
The cooperative media: independent, transparent and democratic
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The cooperative media: independent, transparent and democratic - VoxEurop
Cooperative media outlets are breaking new ground in the news industry. Owned by their staff and readers, these democratically-run enterprises are focused on the public interest rather than profit. Independence and audience participation are at the forefront of their editorial policy.
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Reference - the European Independent Media Circle @referencecircle.bsky.social · 17/02/2024
🎙️ New podcast episode! We speak with Bram Souffreau, co-founder of independent Belgian newsroom @apachebe.bsky.social. Bram explains their transformation from blog into major investigative journalism cooperative, supported by 2000 members and 5000 subscribers. referencecircle.eu/the-loop-pod...
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Episode 3: Apache operational manager Bram Souffreau on community revenue – Reference
In this episode we talk to Bram Souffreau, a co-founder and former journalist of Apache, and now the operational manager. Apache started in 2009 by the will of a group of journalists affected by a res...
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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
PSA: Please encourage your #journalism, #independentmedia, #investigativejournalism partners and allies around the world to join here… (And funders, philanthropies etc.)
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 11/11/2024
Over at the other place, I had accumulated some pretty useful lists, including the media featured in these and following screenshots - I’ll try to recreate as a Starter Pack of #mediacoops in due course:
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 14/02/2024
Not a #mediacoop for once, but a #footballcoop - #cooperative FCG intends to buy a European #football club (cc @CDEccleshare @Okwonga @KuperSimon) footballclubgroup.com
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 23/11/2023
How #techcoop @outlandish uses #sociocracy for decision-making: outlandish.com/blog/co-operatives/h…
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How Sociocracy might benefit your organisation
How sociocracy helps our business to be more proactive, m...
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 06/11/2022
May be of interest to #mediacoops and #cooperatives exploring Mastodon: social.coop/about
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social.coop
A Fediverse instance for people interested in cooperative...
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 07/10/2022
Exciting to see the birth of a new media co-op in #Leicester, with the @thegazettecoop - their crowdfunding campaign is here: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/great-centr… #mediacoops
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 14/04/2022
London’s exceptional @NTSlive is based in a co-operative building, @hackneycoops: hced.co.uk/tenants/nts
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NTS Radio – HCD Hackney Cooperative Developments
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Media Co-operatives @mediacoops.eurosky.social · 30/03/2022
Of note to #mediacoops, from @ECF_tweets: culturalfoundation.eu/stories/cosro…
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Autonomic Co-operative - The Co-operative Cloud: public i...
Co-op Cloud is a public interest infrastructure: it makes...
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