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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Fix’s contributor @emmalofgren.bsky.social speaks with Aftonbladet publisher and CEO Lotta Folcker about the launch, how they had to quickly shift gears to cover a big breaking story in their first week, and why they decided to put the studio smack bang in the middle of the newsroom floor.

Why Sweden's top newspaper launched a radio – interview with Aftonbladet

The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

One of the biggest talking points in the Swedish media world in 2026 was the newspaper giant Aftonbladet's unexpected win of the bid for one of the country’s only three FM radio licenses.

Why Sweden's top newspaper launched a radio – interview with Aftonbladet

The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

When the 2024 DANA floods hit Valencia, 40-year-old children’s comic magazine Camacuc lost its headquarters, archive, and over €30,000 in a matter of hours. But driven by community and school support, Camacuc has since doubled its subscriber base to 3,000 and achieved full financial sustainability.

Camacuc: the magazine that lost everything in Valencia’s floods – and rebuilt itself with its community’s support

Two years after the DANA floods destroyed everything, Valencian children’s magazine Camacuc has become financially sustainable for the first time.

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New from The Fix – two years after devastating floods destroyed everything, Valencian children’s magazine Camacuc has not only doubled its subscriber base but has also become financially sustainable for the first time. @romainchauvet.bsky.social spoke with Joan Escrivà, director of Camacuc.

Camacuc: the magazine that lost everything in Valencia’s floods – and rebuilt itself with its community’s support

Two years after the DANA floods destroyed everything, Valencian children’s magazine Camacuc has become financially sustainable for the first time.

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In the latest interview for FixEd, Anton Protsiuk spoke with Savage about his 22-year career in the media industry and his decision to step down as The Local’s CEO after two decades leading and co-leading the company. 📑 Read the transcript 👉 thefix.media/2026/09/24/w...

What's Your Media Job: James Savage on co-founding and stepping back from The Local

The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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“Every company needs fresh eyes from time to time, and a CEO shouldn't just sit there keeping his seat warm because he enjoys the job,” @jamessavage.bsky.social says. ▶️ Watch on YouTube 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FmK...

What's Your Media Job: James Savage on co-founding and stepping back from The Local

The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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New from The Fix – @pressgazette.co.uk & Flip-Pay launched Made By Humans, a new tool that simplifies flagging AI-generated content for newsrooms and offers independent verification for readers. We spoke with Dominic Ponsford & Paul McCarthy-Brain about how the tool turned out and development plans.

Press Gazette launches a tool for newsrooms to help flag AI-generated content

Made by Humans verifies image and text authenticity before publishing, and is now available for publishers and individual journalists

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Details & application form (in Ukrainian) 👉 forms.gle/j7iRoBd8A6MH... #HannahArendtInitiative

The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

‼️ Final reminder for Ukrainian newsrooms: Applications for the Technology Support Fund close on October 4. We’re offering up to €10K per outlet to secure generators, Starlinks, power banks, and essential reporting gear. Priority for regional, hyperlocal, and frontline media.

The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Details for media freelancers: • Equipment grants valued up to €1,600 • Eligibility requires sole proprietor status, a recommendation from a media organisation, and links to recent work 🗓️ Deadline: October 4 🔖 Apply here (in Ukrainian) 👉 forms.gle/GerdYDiMsw2j...

The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Fix Foundation and the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) are also providing technical support for Ukrainian independent journalists through the SAFE program. #HannahArendtInitiative

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The two-day conference will address business model sustainability, digital innovation, and operational resilience, with insights from the likes of The Guardian, The Atlantic, The Economist, Altinget, and independent newsrooms across Europe. Learn more about the agenda and speakers of the event 👇

Reinventing Media Business 2026 to bring media leaders to Riga on October 7–8

The two-day forum will focus on audience growth, revenue models, AI adoption, newsroom resilience and the future of quality media.

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On October 7–8, the Reinventing Media Business Forum returns to the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, featuring practical case studies and strategies from top newsroom leaders.

Reinventing Media Business 2026 to bring media leaders to Riga on October 7–8

The two-day forum will focus on audience growth, revenue models, AI adoption, newsroom resilience and the future of quality media.

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What two and a half years of training rooms reveal about Italian newsrooms: the AI use rules now exist, the tools are everywhere, and the decisions that matter are still waiting for someone to take them, Alberto Puliafito writes in his latest article for The Fix.

35 questions Italian journalists still ask about AIs (and the ones their publishers should answer)

What two and a half years of training rooms reveal about Italian newsrooms: the rules now exist, the tools are everywhere, and the decisions that matter are still waiting for someone to take them.

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Every company needs fresh eyes from time to time, and a CEO shouldn't just sit there keeping his seat warm because he enjoys the job,” says James Savage, co-founder and leader at The Local. Learn more about his career path and find insights into his experience of founding a digital media company 👇

What’s your media job: co-founder and ex-CEO, with The Local’s James Savage

“Every company needs fresh eyes from time to time, and a CEO shouldn't just sit there keeping his seat warm because he enjoys the job,” James Savage says.

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Do I have to tell readers when I use artificial intelligence? If the chatbot makes a mistake and I publish it, who is responsible? Will readers trust us less if we declare it? In a new piece, Alberto Puliafito responds to 35 burning questions Italian and European journalists still ask about AIs.

35 questions Italian journalists still ask about AIs (and the ones their publishers should answer)

What two and a half years of training rooms reveal about Italian newsrooms: the rules now exist, the tools are everywhere, and the decisions that matter are still waiting for someone to take them.

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Listen to the full conversation on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts: ▶️ Youtube 👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FmKpep-y-U 🎵 Spotify 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/2f3v... 🍏 Apple 👉 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... 🎧 Other 👉 pod.link/1834171300/e...

What's Your Media Job: James Savage on co-founding and stepping back from The Local

The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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We talk about how The Local is doing, but focus on James’ personal career trajectory as someone who co-founded a digital media company and grew it for the past two decades during a disruptive time for the industry. James recently stepped down as the company’s CEO, so we talk about this chapter too.

What's Your Media Job: James Savage on co-founding and stepping back from The Local

The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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In this episode of FixEd, The Fix’s senior editor Anton Protsiuk speaks with James Savage, co-founder and senior leader at The Local, a network of English-language news websites across nine non-English-speaking European countries, and chairman of the Magazine Publishers’ Association.

What's Your Media Job: James Savage on co-founding and stepping back from The Local

The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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The panel, “Our quest for media viability: Four small independent media share their journey toward sustainability,” draws on practical experience from the MOST project, where we have worked with independent media across different European regions.

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Reinventing Media Business

Two-day media business event in Riga. A meeting for media managers, editors, content writers, communication & marketing professionals, innovators, and digital experts to meet, share, create, and collaborate.

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Four years in, Ilya Klishin’s project has scaled across Europe, Central Asia, and Caucasus. With zero reliance on grants, it is built entirely on a semi-volunteer model, reader donations & local ads. We look at how a local Lithuanian experiment became the go-to utility network for the new diaspora.

Volna, the news network built for the new Russian diaspora

While most Russian journalists in exile cover their home country, Volna helps Russian émigrés navigate the countries they've moved to.

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Focus areas: ⚡ Power & connectivity 📡 Frontline & hyperlocal newsrooms 🔎 Independent regional outlets 📅 Deadline: October 4 👉 Apply here: forms.gle/j7iRoBd8A6MH... ❓ Questions? Reach out to VoU@thefix.foundation

The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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New equipment support round for Ukrainian media is now open. The Fix Media Foundation and @ECPMF are offering up to €10,000 per newsroom to fund generators, Starlinks, batteries, and reporting gear to keep journalists working safely and consistently.

The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A new JX Fund country profile, produced with support from The Fix Research and Advisory, breaks down how these newsrooms operate, reach their audiences, and survive relentless state pressure. 🔍 Take a look at key findings 👉 thefix.media/2026/09/16/i... 📒 Full report 👉 jx-fund.org/countries/ir...

Inside the Iranian exile media sector

There are countries where press freedom is under pressure, and there are countries where independent journalism is barely possible at all. Iran belongs to the second group

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Interested in lively, insightful chats about the media world? Then you should watch our FixEd podcast on YouTube! Join us as we chat with industry experts about current trends, biggest challenges, and what’s ahead for media. Subscribe to our channel to never miss out on new episodes 👇

Bringing a solutions lens to the European media story.

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Unlike many Russian journalists in exile who focus on reporting about their homeland, Volna assists émigrés in adjusting to their new countries, from Germany to Kyrgyzstan. Veronica Snoj profiled the Telegram media network.

Volna, the news network built for the new Russian diaspora

While most Russian journalists in exile cover their home country, Volna helps Russian émigrés navigate the countries they've moved to.

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

25 years ago, OBCT set out to change how Italian media covered the Balkans after Yugoslavia's dissolution. Today, it’s a newsroom, research center, and think tank rolled into one—and that hybrid model is precisely why its journalism survived. Find more insights from our podcast with Chiara Sighele👇

How OBCT built a transnational newsroom in Italy – and keeps it going 25 years later

After 25 years of reporting on the Balkans, Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space, OBCT is still experimenting with how specialist journalism can reach wider audiences, work across borders and beco...

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

New from The Fix – while most Russian journalists in exile cover their home country, the Volna news network helps Russian-speaking émigrés navigate the countries they've moved to, @verosnoj.bsky.social writes.

Volna, the news network built for the new Russian diaspora

While most Russian journalists in exile cover their home country, Volna helps Russian émigrés navigate the countries they've moved to.

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Are you interested in a similarly rigorous and large-scale analysis for your organisation? Please contact The Fix Research & Advisory at partnerships@thefix.media to discuss a tailored study using our FAME (Fix AI Media Evaluation) tool for your needs.

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Fix Research & Advisory partnered with The Local Sweden for a wide-scale analysis of the topics that shaped Sweden’s political conversation in the year before yesterday’s election. We examined almost 88,000 political articles from 11 Swedish news outlets between August 2025 and August 2026.

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Crime, security and Kristersson: What Sweden's media talked about in the year before the election

Crime, foreign policy and security dominated Sweden's political agenda over the past year. But the story changed as Election Day drew closer, a new analysis by The Fix Advisory & Research in partnersh...

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The migration crisis in Ceuta has turned local newspaper El Pueblo de Ceuta into a key source. With over 70,000 migrants crossing from Morocco, tensions remain high amid threats to journalists and ongoing misinformation. Salvador Carnicero shares insights on covering this unprecedented event.

From local newsroom to national spotlight: how a Ceuta journalist covered Spain’s migration crisis

The unprecedented migration crisis in Ceuta has transformed the local newspaper El Pueblo de Ceuta into a point of reference.

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Editor’s note: This interview is part of a series produced by The Fix under MOST — Media Organisations for Stronger Transnational Journalism, an initiative led by OBCT and its partners and co-funded by the EU. The Fix works with partner newsrooms on product, audience, and business development.

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

For the FixEd podcast, we spoke with Chiara Sighele, project director at OBCT. Listen to the full talk on YouTube or wherever: ▶️ Youtube 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBRy... 🎵 Spotify 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/6BbJ... 🍏 Apple 👉 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... 🎧 Other 👉 pod.link/1834171300/e...

How OBCT built a transnational newsroom in Italy – and keeps it going 25 years later

The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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After 25 years of reporting on the Balkans, Eastern Europe, and the post-Soviet space, @balcanicaucaso.org is still experimenting with how specialist journalism can reach wider audiences, work across borders, and become less dependent on short-term funding.

How OBCT built a transnational newsroom in Italy – and keeps it going 25 years later

The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Spanish local publication El Pueblo de Ceuta has become a crucial source of information amid Ceuta's extraordinary migration crisis. The Fix spoke with one of its reporters to gain insights into its work.

From local newsroom to national spotlight: how a Ceuta journalist covered Spain’s migration crisis

The unprecedented migration crisis in Ceuta has transformed the local newspaper El Pueblo de Ceuta into a point of reference.

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Are on-demand newspapers produced by AI agents the future of journalism? Likely not. However, they also aren't entirely out of the picture. In our latest podcast episode, The Fix’s senior editor Anton Protsiuk talks to Christopher Brennan from Overtone AI. Find the highlights & the full episode 👇

How AI agents might change journalism, with Overtone AI’s Christopher Brennan

Are on-demand newspapers printed by AI agents the future of news? Probably not. But they are not not the future either.

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The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Listen to the full conversation on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts: ▶️ Youtube 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYVI... 🎵 Spotify 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/31a3... 🍏 Apple 👉 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... 🎧 Other 👉 pod.link/1834171300/e...

How AI agents might change journalism, with Overtone AI’s Christopher Brennan

The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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We start with some quick-take questions, talk about the model, and spend much of the interview discussing how AI agents – systems that can take actions on a user’s behalf, not just provide information in a chat format – could change how people consume news and how publishers distribute their stories

How AI agents might change journalism, with Overtone AI’s Christopher Brennan

The Fix Media @thefixmedia.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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In the latest FixEd podcast episode, The Fix’s senior editor Anton Protsiuk speaks with Christopher Brennan of Overtone, a company working at the intersection of AI, news, and advertising.

How AI agents might change journalism, with Overtone AI’s Christopher Brennan