How can media start-ups around the world sustain their success and achieve media viability? The Digital Media Pioneers of the Deutsche Welle Akademie have been trying to find answers to this question during last two years. In this session (that was live streamed), media startups from 16 countries introduce themselves and talk about what their organizations are good at, about their biggest achievements and what they learned from each other. The startups are based in countries such as Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ukraine, Moldova, Thailand and Malaysia.