[FoME] Tune in: “Survive and Thrive” - DW Akademie’s new podcast on successful media business models

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On DW Akademie’s new monthly podcast "Survive and Thrive: The Media Viability Podcast", media professionals from around the world share experiences in developing innovative and sustainable business models.

It's become increasingly difficult for independent media around the world to survive: among the many challenges are increasing restrictions on press freedoms and freedom of expression, threats against media professionals and the public’s dwindling trust. In addition to financial struggles, many news organizations have also been affected by the pandemic, violent conflicts, natural disasters and increasing cyberattacks.

How, then, do media outlets overcome these challenges? What motivates media professionals around the world to continue? DW Akademie's new monthly podcast, "Survive and Thrive: The Media Viability Podcast" looks at funding models, success strategies and how to learn from bad decisions.

https://p.dw.com/p/4QXhL

The podcast’s first guest was Iryna Vidanava, the CEO and founder of CityDog. The online city magazine was originally based in the Belarus capital, Minsk, but following repressions and intimidation, the team now reports from exile. Still, Vidanava says the magazine's core mission hasn't changed: to build an active community of civil society in Minsk as well as abroad. The CityDog team focuses on telling positive stories and persevering, says Vidanava, despite having had to adjust their entire previous business model. It has not been easy, and that becomes clear in a conversation with podcast host and DW Business anchor, Janelle Dumalaon.

Newest episodes include Salam Omer of the Iraqi media organization Kirkuk Now, Andrii Dikhtiarenko of the Ukrainan Realnaya Gazeta and Laura Aguirre, CEO of the feminist Salvadoran media outlet Alharaca.
"Survive and Thrive: The Media Viability Podcast" is available on all major platforms<https://pod.link/1682873038>, including Spotify<https://open.spotify.com/show/13O8fy1ickO1kaILDUK4p1> and Apple Podcasts<https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/survive-and-thrive-the-media-viability-podcast/id1682873038>. The podcast can also be subscribed to on YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/@DWAkademie/podcasts> and on LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7057834549547782144>.


Survive and Thrive: The Media Viability Podcast
DW (Deutsche Welle) | Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 3 | 53113 Bonn | Germany
dw-akademie.surviveandthrive at dw.com<mailto:eva-maria.senftleben at dw.com>

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