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We report, teach, and fund the transformation of media in Asia.

The transformation of media in Asia requires the entry of diverse media startups. We are building an ecosystem that develops new models of media, and we’re calling it Splice 100.

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Transformations, Originals, Research

How Australia’s Junkee Media is growing up – and down – with its changing readership.

After quickly gaining traction with millennials, Junkee is conquering a new challenge: reaching the next generation of young Aussies.

Eleanor Dickinson

Splice Australia

A reporter for Khabar Lahariya interviews a group of women. Photo: Black Ticket Pictures.

Originals, Reporting

First developed by women to report on rural villages in India, Khabar Lahariya is now a national phenomenon.

This is how community stories from tiny villages make it to the mainstream press.

Kiran Nazish

Splice

Sunrise of Taipei city at dawn with Taipei 101 and mountain in background, Taiwan (Shutterstock)

Trends, Originals

As China tightens its grip on Hong Kong, Taiwan emerges as Asia’s hub for foreign media.

After years of cutbacks and disinterest, Taiwan ramps up.

Erin Hale

Splice Hong Kong

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