LINK Media has acquired Cincinnati’s arts and culture publication CityBeat. CityBeat, founded in 1994, will be the second independent news publication under the LINK Media umbrella, joining LINK nky, which launched in 2021. LINK Media CEO Lacy Starling, who had announced her departure earlier this year, will remain with the organization. “This acquisition represents a […]
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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: 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 a new chapter
Written by Greg Fischer, LINK nky’s founding chairman When we launched LINK in 2021, we weren’t just starting a news organization—we were taking a stand for Northern Kentucky. We believed this region deserved local journalism that was independent, inclusive, solutions-focused, and unapologetically local. Four years later, LINK is thriving. And today, we begin the next […]
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Inside LINK: It’s time for every voice to be heard
Inside LINK is a regular column from our CEO, Lacy Starling. If you have questions you’d like Lacy to answer, email her at lacy@linknky.com. In my favorite song from the musical Hamilton, Aaron Burr sings of his longing to be “in the room where it happens” – where decisions are being made for the future of […]
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Mind Your Business NKY! Which Girl Scout Cookie is Your Favorite? with Susan Douglas
NKY! LINK CEO Lacy Starling and business reporter Kenton Hornbeck discuss the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion legislation, the North Cargo Village project at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, and the Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road CEO Susan Douglas.
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The Sunday Story Podcast: Inside LINK: Happy birthday to us!
This week on the Sunday Story, LINK nky CEO Lacy Starling describes how far LINK nky has come in just two short years…and how we need your help to keep moving forward. Read More Here | Listen Below | Donate Here — LINK nky opened its doors two years ago with a clear mission: Give […]
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Inside LINK: Bringing back NKY’s paper of record
Inside LINK is a weekly column from our CEO, Lacy Starling. If you have questions you’d like Lacy to answer, email her at lacy@linknky.com. I know I’ve told this story before, but it bears repeating. I grew up in a very small town in Ohio, where the weekly newspaper, the Free Press Standard, was part of […]
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Inside LINK: How we’re covering the election
Inside LINK is a weekly column from our CEO, Lacy Starling. If you have questions you’d like Lacy to answer, email her at lacy@linknky.com. The past month at LINK has been a whirlwind of activity, preparing for the midterm elections next week. (Reminder, early in-person voting starts today, so if you want to do your civic […]
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Inside LINK: Why bother with a print paper?
Inside LINK is a weekly column from our CEO, Lacy Starling. If you have questions you’d like Lacy to answer, email her at lacy@linknky.com. Plenty of people told me when we were starting LINK that print is dead. Printing a newspaper, they said, would be a total resource drain, and would provide absolutely no return on […]