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You might have heard: Digital and legacy news organizations alike are searching for successful revenue models, and we’re seeing a “a significant recalibration” of news business models But did you know: Making a reference to “Game of Thrones,” NYT’s Mark Thompson wrote in an essay for the Reuters Institute’s 2016 Digital News Report, “Winter really is […]
You might have heard: NPR instructed staff to no longer promote its podcasts or NPR One app on air, a result of NPR’s local station structure But did you know: Public radio is at a crucial intersection, Ellen Gamerman writes: Both its hosts and audiences are aging, and its business model is getting more competition […]
You might have heard: Pew Research Center released its annual State of the News Media report on Wednesday (Pew Research Center), showing that newspapers’ ad revenues declined by 8 percent from 2014 to 2015 (Poynter) But did you know: In 2015, 53 percent of all digital advertising money was spent on mobile ads, Pew Research […]
You might have heard: Facebook’s vice president for Europe Nicola Mendelsohn predicts that the platform will be “all video” within 5 years (Nieman Lab) But did you know: “Facebook has arguably made us all writers,” Cassie Werber writes, giving millions of people a platform to share their views. But with the prediction from Mendelsohn that […]
You might have heard: Donald Trump announced Monday that he was revoking The Washington Post’s press credentials (Facebook) But did you know: The Washington Post joins a list of news outlets who are blocked from covering Donald Trump’s campaign. Trump revoked the Post’s press credentials on Monday, calling the newspaper “phony and dishonest.” Other news […]
You might have heard: A Florida jury ordered Gawker to pay $115 million to Hulk Hogan, a decision that Gawker is now appealing But did you know: Gawker Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday, while its parent company Gawker Media Group announced that it had agreed to sell itself in an auction […]
You might have heard: Media organizations are divided over how to cover Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, and some journalists have come out in opposition to Trump But did you know: In a memo to staff on Monday, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti said Monday that the company has canceled an ad deal with the Republican National […]
You might have heard: Tribune Publishing is now tronc, with a vision that “calls for perhaps the most concentrated mess of buzzwords that digital publishing has ever seen” But did you know: “It’s not just that the name [tronc] is stupid, though it is,” Allison Hantschel writes. “It’s that giving the company a stupid, laughable name […]
You might have heard: Tribune Publishing is now tronc, which stands for “Tribune online content” (BusinessWire) But did you know: “Far worse than the name and punctuational idiosyncrasies is the direction in which [Tribune chairman Michael] Ferro is pushing the company,” Erik Wemple writes. “The vision calls for perhaps the most concentrated mess of buzzwords […]
You might have heard: Mary Meeker released her annual 2016 Internet trends report (KPCB), showing slow growth of the Internet as a whole and the potential for messaging apps to replace the home screen (Recode) But did you know: “The scariest chart in Mary Meeker’s slide deck for newspapers has gotten even a tiny bit scarier,” […]