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Nicco Mele

Nicco Mele is a recognized expert at the intersection of news, technology, and politics. A partner at Copper Sky, Nicco is also the co-founder of Data Management and Compliance, a software company. In 2023, Nicco advised the National Trust for Local News on their ground-breaking acquisition and conversion to a non-profit of Masthead Maine, a group of newspapers that includes the Portland Press Herald. From 2016 to 2019, Nicco was the Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School where he led research on sustainable business models for local journalism and misinformation on social networks. He previously served as the Senior Vice President and Deputy Publisher of the Los Angeles Times where he was responsible for digital revenue for all of the California News Group's brands. Nicco also founded The Lexington Observer, a local news digital weekly in his hometown. He is currently a Venture Partner at Draper Richards Kaplan where he serves on the board of the News Revenue Hub, City Bureau, Define American, and Recidiviz.

As webmaster for Governor Howard Dean's 2004 presidential bid, Nicco and the campaign team popularized the use of technology and social media that revolutionized political fundraising and reshaped American politics. Subsequently, he co-founded Echo & Co, a digital consultancy he sold in 2014. He has published widely, including the international bestseller “The End of Big: How The Digital Revolution Makes David The New Goliath” published in 2013 by St. Martin’s Press. He also wrote and illustrated a children’s book titled “Dogs I Have Loved” available on Amazon.

Nicco co-founded the Massachusetts Poetry Festival (where he still serves as board chair) and in 2014 he co-produced a documentary about the poet W.S. Merwin, "Even Though The Whole World Is Burning". Nicco highly recommends his wife’s podcast The Anxious Achiever and her books: The Anxious Achiever and Hiding in the Bathroom.