LeadStory is a personalized news streaming platform optimized for connected cars and smart TVs. They are already inking deals with major car manufacturers to provide local, national, and international news content directly to your car – news that will appear as video when your car is autonomous and switch seamlessly to audio-only when a human is driving.

Glen Nelson Center made a Horizon Fund investment in Hamlet, a company on a mission to revolutionize the way communities, businesses, and journalists access and utilize local information. This early-stage investment is part of Glen Nelson Center’s commitment to Press Forward, a national movement to strengthen communities by reinvigorating local news.  

Glen Nelson Center at American Public Media Group (APMG) just awarded $150,000 in grants to six innovative startups who won the 2024 Next Challenge for Media & Journalism. This was the third year of the national competition promoting groundbreaking ideas and trailblazing startups that will reinvent journalism and media over the coming decade. The Next Challenge is the largest startup competition open to nonprofit and for-profit media companies in the U.S.

Glen Nelson Center made a Horizon Fund investment in Minneapolis-based Pennant, a technology that enables performing artists to launch their own custom-branded subscription video channel and connect directly with their patrons and fans.

Glen Nelson Center at American Public Media Group is joining a coalition of 22 funders across the United States to launch Press Forward, a groundbreaking national initiative aimed at revitalizing and empowering local journalism.

Glen Nelson Center is partnering with YouTube and the Google News Initiative to launch a new Next Challenge division, the Top Creator Award

Applications are open for the second annual startup competition awarding $130,000 to the most promising media ventures in the United States.