Transforming your newsroom into a record label

The Trump administration is cutting funding for USAGM, search traffic from AI is growing, a new study on audience development and 19 active calls.

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This week on the Media Finance Monitor:

• Transforming your newsroom into a record label

• The Trump administration is cutting funding for USAGM

• Search traffic from AI is growing

• Want to develop your audience? Read this study!

• 19 active calls (3 new)

Transforming your newsroom into a record label

The annual INMA Subscription Summit wrapped up last week, leaving behind a ton of super interesting stuff on their website - still blissfully paywall-free. For example this piece about young audiences, the creator economy, and what that means for our collective futures as news publishers desperately trying not to age out of relevance.

INMA's resident expert Greg Piechota makes a compelling case that young people can be convinced to part with their money online. Just look at the small fortunes they're willingly transferring to YouTubers, podcasters, and va…