My Weekly Digest ? #3-2022
Market Trends
Distrust in political, media and business leaders sweeps the globe Government leaders and journalists are considered the least trustworthy societal leaders, according to Edelman’s new 2022 global “Trust Barometer,” a survey of 35,000 respondents across 28 countries. www.axios.com?????
Most news organizations are bad at this. The good news is there are solutions available Newsrooms ignore issues that deliver huge payoff and ready-made solutions. Here are top five things that deliver huge returns on investment. thefix.media???? Read also this other piece by David Trudon:?Let’s start 2022 by questioning your newsroom’s business model ?Share
7 R&D executives forecast most significant industry changes in next 1-3 years As the local media industry forges ahead into 2022 and beyond, leaders in technology and services are developing ways to navigate the numerous opportunities that lie ahead. localmedia.org????
News media and environmental sustainability: what’s next for ‘green media’? News publishers report on climate change with an increased focus – but how does the industry approach its own environmental sustainability? The French press has reduced its ecological impact significantly over the last few years, thanks to a mix of regulations and voluntary commitments. Meanwhile, Schibsted’s approach to sustainability can help individual publishers with decreasing their emissions. wan-ifra.org?????
AdTech, MarTech M&A Report 2021 LUMA, a leading investment bank focused on digital media and marketing, released its annual market report: M&A activity in Ad Tech, MarTech, and the public markets. lumapartners.com???
Publishers focus on scalability and audience growth for 2022 In addition to ad scale, publishers are pursuing a mix of models to grow revenue including subscription, advertising, ecommerce, and events. digitalcontentnext.org?????
An argument for casual payment: Reducing barriers can expand the news market With the whole of the internet available to us, most readers read multiple newspapers, magazines and websites, watch multiple channels, and listen to multiple radio stations and podcasts. Most people have casual, uncommitted and very fluid relationships with the media overall and multiple brands within it. Demanding an ongoing commitment as the condition of access goes against that reality, so it should come as no surprise that so few do it. Solving the media’s payment problem requires making payment as casual as consumption. That, in turn, requires thinking as an industry collectively, not as a series of isolated competitors. journals.sagepub.com?????
Cybercriminals are having a field day A McKinsey survey found a near-sevenfold increase in spear-phishing attacks since the onset of the pandemic. This ongoing threat is proving increasingly challenging for organizations, but what does it mean for cybersecurity providers??This article?looks at the four remaining unsolved challenges in the new security landscape, and how addressing even one of them could help providers gain a sustainable edge. www.mckinsey.com?????
Business News
Chicago Public Media will acquire the Chicago Sun-Times A local public radio, affiliated with NPR, is taking over one of Chicago’s two major newspapers. www.wbez.org?????
How Insider’s first-party data offering grew in 2021 While many publishers spent 2020 trying to get their first-party data plans in gear, Insider already had a battle-tested product to bring to market; it had been testing Saga with clients quietly for a year when it officially launched the product in February 2020. The advertisers that bought ads from Insider using Saga had a renewal rate of 48%, and the amount of money those advertisers spent on average tripled, according to a company spokesperson. digiday.com?????
NYT’s The Daily seems to be beating European English-language news podcasts in popularity Out of the ten biggest US- and UK-based English-language news podcasts, The Daily from The New York Times ranked highest in Apple Podcasts and Spotify charts together with BBC’s Global News Podcast. thefix.media?????
New York Times media columnist Ben Smith and Bloomberg CEO Justin Smith quit to start “a new kind of global news media company". Can anyone create a truly global news source? And most vitally, would there be an audience for it? www.isabelleroughol.com?????
Adblocking Does Not Constitute Copyright Infringement, Court Rules Axel Springer has lost its copyright infringement lawsuit against Eyeo GmbH, the company behind Adblock Plus. The German publishing house, which owns the Bild and Die Welt brands, among others, claimed that adblockers interfere with the presentation of websites in browsers, thus breaching copyright. In a victory for Eyeo, the Hamburg District Court has dismissed the case. torrentfreak.com?????
The Athletic takeover: The New York Times' calculation - by Frederic Filloux Even for a successful subscription machine like the NYT, growth is slowing and the cost of winning new subscribers jumped from $76 in 2020 to $255 in 2021.?To replace each paper subscriber of the NYT who switches to its digital version, they need to accumulate almost 6 digital subscribers. Hence the search for a growth driver and the focus on The Athletic.??(French content). www.episodiqu.es?????
Haymarket doubles profits after faster than expected recovery from pandemic Haymarket Media Group doubled annual profits in the last financial year as the group bounced back from the pandemic faster than expected and generated half of its turnover from the US for the first time. www.campaignlive.co.uk?????
Newsweek CEO Dev Pragad Shares How An OKR-Based Partnership With Google Cloud Helped Transform Its Digital Publishing Business Newsweek CEO Dev Pragad attributes this growth to the implementation of an objectives and key results (OKR) framework that completely changed how the publication approached its content and revenue goals and led to a close partnership with Google Cloud. www.adexchanger.com?????
Gannett Eliminates Print On Saturdays For 136 Papers. Gannett Co., the largest newspaper chain in the US, is eliminating Saturday print editions for 136 of its brands beginning in early March, the company said. www.mediapost.com?????
Book review: ‘Don’t Print That! Giving Teens the Power of the Press’ “Don’t Print That!” is the compelling story of the who, what, where, when, why, and how of a print publication called LA Youth. Throughout the newspaper’s 25-year run, Southern California teenagers from all walks of life were the LA Youth reporters, photographers and illustrators. They took on topics such as race, sexuality and police brutality, often from a first-person perspective. At times, LA Youth’s investigative journalism even inspired “grown up” news organizations such as the Los Angeles Times and “60 Minutes.” editdesk.wordpress.com?????
Croatian investigative startup Telegram bets on subscriptions to drive revenue Telegram - not to be confused with the messaging service - is a small investigative outlet based in Croatia, created in 2015. It quickly found its niche in investigating corruption in the country and publishing long-form reads, but it waited until last year to ask readers to pay for its journalism. www.journalism.co.uk?????
BBC local news expansion plans is 'direct threat' say commercial news publishers The News Media Association has written to the BBC Board demanding it withdraw plans to extend the corporation’s digital local news coverage. pressgazette.co.uk?????
The Associated Press is starting its own NFT marketplace for photojournalism AP, has announced that it’s starting a marketplace to sell NFTs of its photojournalists’ work in collaboration with a company called Xooa. It’s billing its foray into NFTs as a way for collectors to “purchase the news agency’s award-winning contemporary and historic photojournalism” and says that the virtual tokens will be released at “broad and inclusive price points” www.theverge.com?????
UK: Google to pay more Iliffe Media newspapers for content More regional newspapers and websites are to receive payments for their content from Google. As part of Google’s licensing agreements with publishers, it is also giving readers the ability to access selected paywall content. www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk?????
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The Power of Data
The 2022 Data Science Job Market, Deep Learning Advancements, Emotion Recognition, and Jobs Factoring in the massive demand for AI professionals and why these jobs are desirable, here are 6 charts that show the AI job market is on fire. medium.com?????
How publishers can benefit from the rise of attention analytics For consumers to be affected by advertising messages, they need to be paying attention. But capturing consumer attention can be challenging. digitalcontentnext.org?????
The Atlantic has spent two years studying its readers’ & listeners’ needs What we’ve found & how it has affected the ways we we distribute our journalism By Emily Goligoski, executive director of audience research, The Atlantic. building.theatlantic.com?????
Spain to create Europe's first supervisory The Spanish Government has adopted the first steps to establish a supervisory authority in 2022 with competences to monitor and reduce the risks associated artificial intelligence technologies. www.engage.hoganlovells.com?????
We're failing at the ethics of AI. Here's how we make real impact While the pandemic has embedded AI into our lives at lightspeed, it’s also amplified the urgency to understand the rules and ethics concerning it. www.weforum.org?????
How Will Data Science Support Artificial Intelligence? Artificial intelligence is a fascinating topic that will have an impact on the way we live and work for the foreseeable future. With the help of data science, we’re able to use algorithms to find patterns and make predictions in complex systems. Artificial intelligence is a field that has drawn many minds from various industries to study its complexities, but it’s still not widely understood medium.com?????
Will AI Take Over Content Moderation? Artificial intelligence still works best as a tool working alongside humanity rather than as humanity’s replacement. To replace humans with artificial intelligence, especially in this particular sector, is still a long way off. mindmatters.ai?????
Europe’s Move Against Google Analytics Is Just the Beginning Austria’s data regulator has found that the use of Google Analytics is a breach of GDPR. In the absence of a new EU-US data deal, other countries may follow. Ultimately, the ongoing legal wrangling and political negotiations may open up Privacy Shield’s replacement to more legal scrutiny—the cycle of agreements being struck down could continue if European organizations don’t consider data moving to the US to be properly protected from surveillance. www.wired.com?????
The Craft of News
Why people believe misinformation and resist correction In Nature, a team of nine researchers from the fields of psychology, mass media & communication have published a review of available research on the factors that lead people to “form or endorse misinformed views, and the psychological barriers” to changing their minds. techpolicy.press?????
Divorcing the terms "journalist" and "news" A case for divorcing the terms “news” and “journalist” because, increasingly, news doesn’t come from journalists. jihii.substack.com?????
Echo chambers, filter bubbles, and polarisation: a literature review This literature review examines social science work presenting evidence concerning the existence, causes, and effect of online echo chambers and consider what related research can tell us about scientific discussions online and how they might shape public understanding of science and the role of science in society. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk?????
How newsrooms are experimenting with Twitter Spaces Twitter Spaces, initially described as “ephemeral” audio-only chats, are taking on a more permanent role. The social platform has added the ability for hosts to record the live sessions, introduced ticketing for those who want to monetize their Spaces, and devoted prime real estate in the app to the feature. They’re also actively encouraging newsrooms and journalists to take on the role of host. www.niemanlab.org?????
Does having stronger local newspapers make people more likely to follow COVID safety guidelines? Er, not so much A new study finds that the more local newspapers there were in a county, the?worse?it performed on a measure of social distancing in the early days of the pandemic. But take the findings with a grain of salt. www.niemanlab.org?????
The case for a better way to poll Opinion polling often shows a clear bias towards progressive ideas, writes Matthew Yglesias, but people continue to vote for conservative politicians. He argues that polls are frequently designed in ways that appear to show support for liberal policies and that they?fail to understand the importance of party trust. www.grid.news?????
If Content Is Free, How Do The Content Creators Make Money? “Exposure doesn’t pay the rent”. An insider view: the 3 main methods for making money while sharing free content as a Content Creator or Influencer, how those methods are changing, and why we assume online content should be free, but don’t expect free work from other types of creators. designmom.substack.com?????
Journalism Is Broken and I Alone Can Fix It The mission statements and manifestos of journalism startups, from Grid to Puck, promise to remake journalism but fail to articulate a unique message. www.politico.com?????
NewsGuard says it's making a profit NewsGuard, which rates the reliability of news sources, expects to be profitable in every quarter of 2022 thanks to licensing deals with advertisers and others edition.cnn.com?????
Shams vs. the 'Woj bomb': Sports reporters are duking it out for scoops on Twitter, and their value is soaring A handful of top sports reporters are followed by millions of fans desperate for breaking news. They’re now set to command big paydays. A look at the rise of sports breaking news journalists using Twitter, like NFL reporter Adam Schefter, and NBA reporters Shams Charania and Adrian Wojnarowski? www.cnbc.com?????
Tek Fog: Morphing URLs to Make Real News Fake, 'Hijacking' WhatsApp to Drive BJP Propaganda The Wire looks at the tech behind the secretive app that lets BJP-linked cyber troops hack WhatsApp accounts and conduct targeted campaigns using third-party automation tools. thewire.in?????
Cross-Checking Cross Check: Recommendations to the Facebook Oversight Board Chris Riley (Executive Director Brave New Software) offers recommendations for changes in policy and practice by Meta, grounded in transparency and receptivity to external input. techpolicy.press?????
A Safe Harbor for Platform Research Knight Institute policy paper proposes legal protection for certain research and newsgathering projects focused on platforms. knightcolumbia.org?????
Eastern Europe Tests New Forms of Media Censorship With new, less repressive tactics, countries like Serbia, Poland and Hungary are deploying highly effective tools to skew public opinion. www.nytimes.com?????
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