Luis Amorim February 09, 2024
The spectacular collapse of the Messenger is a lesson on how not to do journalism | Margaret Sullivan
The startup publication blew through $50m in less than a year – money that could sustain some newsrooms for decades
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/02/the-messenger-startup-collapse-journalism-takeaways
New York Times Co. Adds 300,000 Digital Subscribers in Quarter
At the end of the year, The Times had 10.36 million subscribers, 9.7 million of them digital-only.
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/business/media/new-york-times-q4-earnings.html
The New York Times expects ad revenue to continue to decline in 2024
The New York Times' Q4 2023 earnings report showed the company isn’t entirely immune from the volatile ad market. In fact, the company doesn’t expect to improve in the first quarter of this year.
digiday.com/media/the-new-york-times-expects-ad-revenue-to-continue-to-decline-in-2024
Expert media monetisation tips from FT, Economist, Condé Nast, Skift, and more
Whether markets go up or down, media revenue diversification and innovation will always feature in the top conversations of any of our summits and
mediamakersmeet.com/expert-media-monetisation-tips-from-ft-economist-conde-nast-skift-and-more
How do news leaders define success in their newsroom?
Editors are spoiled for choice when it comes to metrics like lifetime value, quality reads and conversion rate. Eight experts dissect how to gauge article performance and content strategy
www.journalism.co.uk/news/how-do-news-leaders-define-success-in-their-newsroom-/s2/a1112686
Building trust during 2024 elections with live-blogging and fact-checking
Voters are heading to the ballot box at a time when they are turning away from the news. How do publishers give them reliable and accurate information?
www.journalism.co.uk/news/building-trust-during-2024-elections-with-liveblogging-and-fact-checking/s2/a1112971
Microsoft is teaming up with Semafor on AI-assisted news stories
Microsoft is teaming up with media website Semafor on a new project that uses ChatGPT to aid in the creation of news stories.
www.engadget.com/microsoft-is-teaming-up-with-semafor-on-ai-assisted-news-stories-124320277.html
Confessions of an AI Clickbait Kingpin
Serbian DJ turned internet entrepreneur Nebojša Vujinović Vujo floods abandoned news sites with AI-generated articles. But he wants you to know he's a nice guy.
www.wired.com/story/confessions-of-an-ai-clickbait-kingpin
Navigating the new 2024 email guidelines: A roadmap for Gmail & Yahoo
Today, new guidelines have been introduced by two of the largest email service providers, Gmail and Yahoo. The changes will require email senders to prove
mediamakersmeet.com/navigating-the-new-2024-email-guidelines-a-roadmap-for-gmail-yahoo
News avoiders: How can we change refuseniks into audiences?
Why are millions of people avoiding the news? News consumption is declining, interest in news is down, and the social contract between journalism and much
mediamakersmeet.com/news-avoiders-how-can-we-change-refuseniks-into-audiences
News companies reverse course on hard subscriptions
News companies are reversing course on hard subscriptions — once seen as a safer alternative to the volatile ad market — in favor of flexible paywalls, membership programs and more ads
www.axios.com/2024/02/06/great-subscription-news-reversal
Amazon strikes landmark deal in response to Google's third-party cookie deprecation
The agreement could pave the way forward for advertisers trying to reach high-value customers in a cookieless world.
searchengineland.com/amazon-ad-data-deal-google-third-part-cookies-437218
Ad Tech 101: All You Need to Know About Ad Tech Landscape in 2024
All about ad tech: definition, difference between ad tech and martech, ad tech software & ecosystem, and how to choose an ad tech vendor
epom.com/blog/ad-server/ad-tech-101
The British Podcast Awards Hot 100
The most popular podcasts - as voted by the listeners
www.podpod.com/article/1860173/british-podcast-awards-hot-100
Publishers assess Amazon’s role in their post-cookie ad businesses
Publishers at the AWS Publishing Symposium assessed Amazon’s non-cookie capabilities.
digiday.com/media/publishers-assess-amazons-role-in-their-post-cookie-ad-businesses
Digiday+ Research breakdown: When do advertisers and publishers actually think Google will get rid of cookies?
We already know that Google's timeline of phasing out third-party cookies from its Chrome browser by the end of this year is a complicated one. But when do the marketing and media industries think cookies will actually be gone, if ever?
digiday.com/marketing/digiday-research-breakdown-when-do-advertisers-and-publishers-actually-think-google-will-get-rid-of-cookies
Sharing Personal Data Becomes Easier When Consumers Don't Feel Prodded Or Pushed
Brands need to rethink how they collect first-party data, because consumers don't trust them.
www.mediapost.com/publications/article/393165
New Funding Models in Journalism Are Emerging, but Major Leap Forward Is Lacking | Editorial | Media and Communication
Merja Myllylahti, James Meese
www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7891
The Value of News: Aligning Economic and Social Value From an Institutional Perspective | Article | Media and Communication
Terry Flew, Agata Stepnik
www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7462
Google’s Influence on Global Business Models in Journalism: An Analysis of Its Innovation Challenge | Article | Media and Communication
Alfred Hermida, Mary Lynn Young
www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7562
E-Commerce as a Source of Revenue in Spanish Digital News Media | Article | Media and Communication
Alfonso Vara-Miguel, Cristina Sánchez-Blanco, Samuel Negredo-Bruna, Charo Sádaba-Chalezquer
www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7388
Bundling Digital Journalism: Exploring the Potential of Subscription-Based Product Bundles | Article | Media and Communication
Lukas Erbrich, Christian-Mathias Wellbrock, Frank Lobigs, Christopher Buschow
www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7442
