@mediacoops.bsky.social
Tracking the growing phenomenon of #mediacoops worldwide. Help me (@sdp.bsky.social) find, list, track #journalism #cooperatives, and research/mapping/policy about them…
@beehiiv.com is there someone I (@sdp.bsky.social) can talk to about Media Collective?
26.09.2025 14:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0“The Nerve is the first UK publication to be part of @beehiiv.com’s invitation-only Media Collective, which provides benefits such as legal support, access to tools like Perplexity Pro and Getty Images, and extra platform support.”
26.09.2025 11:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0HERE WE GO!
#mediacoops
Of relevance to #mediacoops in the UK…
Cc @theferret.scot @thebristolcable.bsky.social @mcrmeteor.bsky.social @newint.bsky.social et al
#mediacoops in the USA 👇🏾
bsky.app/profile/ryan...
@thebristolcable.bsky.social’s latest edition:
“Across the nation, far-right anti-migrant narratives amplified by the heritage media are fuelling hatred and misinformation. (Ctd)”
thebristolcable.org/2025/08/bris...
#bristol #solidarity #cities #journalism #mediacoops #migration
When all else is lost, turn to the only people who can be trusted to put their clubs first, sell them a share of what they already own, emotionally speaking, then ignore them again. The new socios do not feel that way. They talk about the reality of reconnecting with institutions that had drifted away from them, but also reconnecting with those whom they would otherwise live alongside, but not with, in a fractured society. Mathilde, a 45-year-old Sociochaux told Libération: "It is about building something with people who slip a different voting paper in the ballot box. Those spaces are rare."
Interesting story on fan / #cooperative ownership in French #football (from @philippeauclair.bsky.social)
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Interesting… @latimes.com to “go public”…
www.instagram.com/reel/DMa5aDb...
A close-up of a ferret wearing a pink striped party hat sits on green grass. White playful text above reads “It’s our 10th birthday!” with “10th” circled in red. The Ferret’s logo appears in the bottom left corner.
It’s our 10th birthday 🎂
Ten years ago, a few of us sat round a kitchen table in Edinburgh, sharing carrot sticks, burnt pizza and a belief that Scotland needed fearless, independent investigative journalism.
We called it The Ferret 🧵
Here’s my List of #mediacoops - let me know what I am missing:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Hello media co-op friends! I'd love to know if you know of any current/contemporary guides or courses or advisory services, from any country or language, to setting up and running #mediacoops specifically. All pointers much appreciated...
#cooperatives
Fellow media co-op watchers and doers:
Is there any value to building a guide (that can be localised) on #mediacoops?
I’ve seen flurries of activity around this in the past, & I am sure the US has plenty of stuff on this, but for elsewhere around the world? Existing examples?
Delighted to discover (or hopefully re-discover) that @investigate-eu.bsky.social is a "charitable, non-profit European Cooperative Society, owned by its team"...
www.investigate-europe.eu/funding
#mediacoops
Curious to see @subvert.fm how progresses as a co-operatively-owned alt to @bandcamp.com:
subvert.fm
#cooperatives #mediacoops #music
One of the rival bids for the #Observer has offered to give a stake in the business to staff. No word on whether @theguardian.com #ScottTrust will entertain the bid as would be usual.
Here @mazzucatom.bsky.social suggests @theguardian.com and #Observer practice stakeholder capitalism…
#mediacoops
(Sorry for the interruption in service on all things #mediacoops - more soon, I hope!)
05.12.2024 13:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲
Presented today at Publix in Berlin, it offers a detailed analysis of independent public interest journalism across 🇪🇺, covering funding models, business challenges, and investigative journalism’s role.
🗺️ Explore the 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 and 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗽 here: t.ly/zTGpL
📢 The 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 has been published!
The report - made by @netzwerkrecherche.org - provides a comprehensive look at 🇪🇺 i͟n͟d͟e͟p͟e͟n͟d͟e͟n͟t͟ ͟p͟u͟b͟l͟i͟c͟ ͟i͟n͟t͟e͟r͟e͟s͟t͟ ͟m͟e͟d͟i͟a͟ ͟s͟e͟c͟t͟o͟r͟, highlighting funding models and i͟n͟v͟e͟s͟t͟i͟g͟a͟t͟i͟v͟e͟ ͟r͟e͟p͟o͟r͟t͟i͟n͟g͟’s role.
🗺️ Explore the 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 and 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗽 here: t.ly/zTGpL
Et c’est super-gentil de la part de @gaspardchameroy.bsky.social de m’inclure dans ce Starter Pack #cooperatives:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
#mediacoops #France
This is exciting as an initiative - long-mooted, now happening, it seems:
Medias-coop.org
This is a good (and fairly international) list of #cooperative related orgs and businesses.
21.11.2024 09:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
VoxEurop is “first European press cooperative, #Voxeurop is owned by its readers as well as its journalists, translators, partners and founders.”
voxeurop.eu/en/becoming-...
#mediacoops #europe
Good to see the @thebarentsobserver.com still going strong!
#mediacoops
The 2014 paper by @annamaris.bsky.social doesn’t seem to be online or accessible at @waybackmachine.bsky.social…
The media co-operative Fria Tidningar in #Sweden wound down pre-Covid, I think the last title shut down in 2019 or so, but the site remains:
www.fria.nu/omfria
#mediacoops
Linkrot means that the FADICCRA site is no longer active, but some stuff on #mediacoops in #Argentina remains here:
trabajocooperativo.com.ar/temas/fadicc...
And they’re definitely still operating:
cgcym.org.ar/cgcym-y-fadi...
< I used @en.blueark.app to import (most of) my tweets to this account. Of course there are broken links and usernames, but I’m happy to have it here, and have deleted the account over there. >
16.11.2024 20:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This, written by Dave Boyle in 2012, was a landmark publication on how a media co-operative could work in the UK:
www.uk.coop/sites/defaul...
#mediacoops #journalism
The #DataHarvest 2025 call for proposals is open - you have till Jan 19, 2025 to get your session proposals in.
More details:
dataharvest.eu/2024/11/15/d...
#journalism #festivals #conferences #europe
