If you live in Northern Kentucky, you’ll soon be getting the results of months of work by a small team of journalists who live in NKY, cover NKY, and care deeply about what happens here. Our latest Super Issue is our primary election voter guide — and we sent it to every single household in […]
Author Archives: Lacy Starling
Lacy is the president and CEO of LINK nky. Email her at lacy@linknky.com
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Inside LINK: What does the CityBeat purchase mean for LINK nky?
On December 5, LINK Media, the parent company of LINK nky, bought CityBeat, the 31-year-old alternative weekly newspaper in Cincinnati. It was not a decision we came to lightly, and I wanted to take this opportunity to explain to (literally) everyone in Northern Kentucky why we did it. When we founded LINK in 2021, our […]
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Inside LINK: An update on LINK + CityBeat
Six weeks ago, LINK Media acquired CityBeat. For us, and for many of our readers, that feels like a lifetime ago. I know everyone is eager to hear how things have been going with the acquisition and integration, so I wanted to provide an update and let folks know what’s coming next. In the past […]
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Inside LINK: We bought CityBeat, and I’m sticking around
My daughter is 14, and as with most teenagers, we talk a lot about the future. One of the things I repeat often to her is that she needs to stay open to possibilities in life- that believing in one rigidly prescribed life path is the best way to miss out on the opportunity for […]
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Inside LINK: The end of our threenager era
When my daughter, Catherine, was two, I was a pretty smug parent. I’d heard so much about the “terrible twos,” and my kid was honestly pretty great at that age. Easygoing, funny, loving – I figured I was the best parent on the planet, and I had it all figured out. No one told me […]
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Inside LINK: What’s the difference between community ownership and a donation?
What you need to know When we announced LINK nky’s Community Ownership program, a lot of folks asked me how it’s different from making a donation. After all, we’ve been fortunate to receive generous support through our Community Journalism Fund for several years now, and people are used to contributing in that way. . Both […]
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Inside LINK: You, too, can own LINK nky (just think Green Bay Packers)
Since we started LINK in 2021, I’ve been thinking about community ownership. The example I always come back to is the Green Bay Packers. By every measure, Green Bay shouldn’t have an NFL team. It’s too small a market, the economics don’t make sense, and yet they’ve built one of the most loyal, successful franchises […]
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Inside LINK: A new leader for LINK 2.0
I get mad when one of our reporters buries the lede, putting important information too far down in the story, so I’ll just come out and say it up top: I’m leaving LINK nky at the end of this year. Now that the band-aid is off, let me back up a bit. Being the founding […]
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Inside LINK: Remembering Jim Votruba
Jim Votruba was involved with LINK nky even before I was. When I was recruited to help with writing a business plan and determining if LINK could be a viable business, as well as the voice of Northern Kentucky, I was building on years of work that Jim, along with a team of other business […]
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Inside LINK: Where do we get our money?
Last month in this space, I announced LINK 2.0, our strategic plan for the next three years of LINK nky. We’re focused on revenue and audience growth, innovation, community ownership and creating a financially sustainable organization by the end of 2027. Today, I want to dive into what I think is the most important part […]