Session Spotlight

(August 18) 9:50 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: Building a Modern Multiplatform News Brand: Spotlight Delaware

If you built a local newsroom today from the ground up, applying the best practices for revenue and audience, including the changing ways consumers get news, it would probably look like Spotlight Delaware. Launched as startup in Jan 2024, Spotlight Delaware now has built out six lines of revenue including Events, Branded Content and Advertising along with institutional philanthropy, membership and donations; it has launched both English and now Spanish language versions; offers both newsletters/web, (vertical) video, podcasts, events…and has social channels like TikTok and Reels. Founder Allison Taylor Levine shares how her team built this modern local news startup.

Presenter: Allison Taylor Levine, publisher and CEO, Spotlight Delaware

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Join us in Chicago at the Gleacher Center, Aug. 18-20 for Local Media Fest – a unique event focused on revenue, opportunities, and the future of local media.

Local Media Fest Registration

Registration is now open! Click here to register. If you have any issues registering, please email Lindsey.Estes@localmedia.org with your information.

LMA local media company members ALWAYS receive free registrations to this event as part of our dues value proposition (number of free registrations varies based on amount of dues paid). Contact Lindsey Estes for the number of registrations your company receives and the registration code.

Non-members are welcome to register for a fee of $895.

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