Exec Director @LIONPubs, co-founder @TinyNewsCo, founding ed @billy_penn, ex @PhillyInquirer. Suburban husband/dad; mildly obsessive about digital journalism.
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Chris Krewson retweeted
How an Alaska news nonprofit bought the local newspaper it was founded to compete with
niemanlab.org/2026/06/how-an…
Revelatory.
- Bezos wants The Post to pay for itself
- Tossed back a poorly-thought-out Will Lewis layoff plan
- That would have caused Matt Murray to quit; Bezos convinced him otherwise
- Knows op/ed page decisions cost subscribers
- Bezos took Bari and Nellie to dinner (!).
New, with @ErikWemple and @katie_robertson: How Jeff Bezos Upended The Washington Post
nytimes.com/2026/03/14/busin…
We're ISO judges for the 2026 LION Awards! Categories include LION Business of the Year, Operational Resilience, Public Service, Product of the Year, and more. Details here: lionpublishers.com/apply-to-…
Chris Krewson retweeted
.@ckrewson: 3 big risks catch up with some indie publishers in 2026
niemanlab.org/2025/12/3-big-…
I wish this was a more hopeful prediction but there are some very big rocks ahead for folks who need to button up their news businesses: niemanlab.org/2025/12/3-big-…
NEWS: We are partnering with Press Forward on a sustainability program. 205 news businesses each receive two LION Sustainability Audits, plus world-class coaching from the stellar team at Blue Engine Collaborative. More: lionpublishers.com/lion-pres…
We're seeking applicants for the new @LIONPubs Growth Grant program, thanks to @macfound -- 15 publishers will receive $100,000 each to transform their businesses. Details here: lionpublishers.com/lion-open…
Still some tickets left for the @LIONPubs Independent News Sustainability Summit in St. Louis in just a few weeks - attendees can nab this sweet T-shirt (pls note the lion flying the Spirit of St. Louis!) lionpublishers.com/summit-20…
Honored and thrilled that @LIONPubs is one of 22 grantees in Press Forward's Open Call for Infrastructure projects: lionpublishers.com/lion-publ…
A big deal for small indie publishers: @dicktofel worked with a mystery philanthropy to improve existing media liability insurance for the field. Too many operate without it, or without enough coverage. dicktofel.substack.com/p/som…
Chris Krewson retweeted
I don't know who submitted this to public comment on Oregon's awful Senate bill 686 but this is *brilliant.* h/t @ckrewson
FWIW Sewell's piece on the Houston Landing's abrupt shutdown was newsy, detailed, prescriptive and perceptive -- easily the best thing written about a nonprofit newsroom's high-profile failure in ages.
Easily, easily the best thing I've read about the news industry in maybe a decade. @rasmus_kleis this is incredible. Well done. prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas…
Chris Krewson retweeted
"The sausage-making is going to happen whether we choose to be a part of it or not.” buff.ly/3Q5TUxu
Chris Krewson retweeted
WOW
This video has AUDIO AND VIDEO of a terrible explosion in NE Philly as a plane crashes into several homes
This thing rolled out with no warning to existing users who at least understood how the old thing worked; it's... admittedly a better UI, but lags in weird ways.
Commuters use this for 2 things: Is the train/bus/trolley I'm taking late? And when's the next one? And... 1/
New SEPTA app looks to make things simpler, faster for commuters. Some like it, though some angry it deleted their favorite routes. buff.ly/3VI62YT