Luis Amorim July 19, 2024
“Print sales are still necessary for supporting our journalism”: How The Irish Times embraces the old and new
Founded 165 years ago, The Irish Times holds the distinction of not only being Ireland’s leading newspaper but also the country’s newspaper of record.
www.mediamakersmeet.com/print-sales-are-still-necessary-for-supporting-our-journalism-how-the-irish-times-embraces-the-old-and-new
Financial motivation impacts the public’s perception of news
The news media face significant challenges in today's market, particularly in engaging large, diverse audiences and ensuring that their content is trusted
www.digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2024/07/16/financial-motivation-impacts-the-publics-perception-of-news
How Hamburger Morgenpost has embraced AI and digital technologies
Arist von Harpe of Hamburger Morgenpost and Peter Dyllick-Brenzinger of Purple discuss how the venerable newspaper is futureproofing itself and providing a template for other media businesses.
www.voices.media/how-hamburger-morgenpost-has-embraced-ai-and-digital-technologies-to-re-engineer-their-business-model-in-conversation-with-purple
OK computer? Understanding public attitudes towards the uses of generative AI in news
www.reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/ok-computer-understanding-public-attitudes-towards-uses-generative-ai-news
Tool for journalists: Story SpinnerAI, for generating story angles based on user needs
This chatbot can provide new content ideas to match the wants and needs of your audience
www.journalism.co.uk/news/tool-for-journalists-story-spinnerai-for-generating-content-based-on-user-needs/s2/a1159329
How Dow Jones is building a framework to tackle AI copyright challenges
"If we are to reap the rewards that GenAI technologies afford us, we need to be able to trace the origin of the information down to a sentence level," says Traci Mabrey
www.journalism.co.uk/news/how-dow-jones-is-building-a-framework-to-tackle-ai-copyright-challenges/s2/a1157574
Evaluating current user needs reveals opportunities for growth hacks
Newsrooms should assess their strengths and produce more from the user needs that perform well.
www.inma.org/blogs/big-data-for-news-publishers/post.cfm/evaluating-current-user-needs-reveals-opportunities-for-growth-hacks
From monologue to dialogue: How Sky News is revamping the modern live blog
In a past few days full of breaking news - from the Trump shooting to Southgate stepping down - live blog editor Jimmy Rice details how the news organisation provides minute-to-minute updates and easy catch-ups
www.journalism.co.uk/news/from-monologue-to-dialogue-how-sky-news-is-revamping-the-modern-live-blog/s2/a1158672
Why Every Newsletter Needs Four Different Strategies to Grow
The fastest-growing newsletters are using owned, earned, algorithmic, and paid strategies to build their lists. Here’s how you can use these strategies, too.
www.inboxcollective.com/the-four-newsletter-growth-quadrants
Nearly all local online newsrooms produce newsletters, a LION report finds
How can local online newsrooms best reach, and keep, their audiences? That question keeps many news publishers up at night. In the inhospitable internet climate of 2024, between the ambivalence-to-antagonism of social media toward news and the looming threat of AI search decimating Google referr…
www.niemanlab.org/2024/07/nearly-all-local-online-newsrooms-produce-newsletters-a-lion-report-finds
Google's Indifference To Site Publishers Explained
Google inadvertently reveals reasons that explain their seeming indifference to publishers hurt by algorithm updates
www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-indifference-to-site-publishers-explained/522143
Google To Consider Allowing Publishers To Exclude Content From Google Discover
Google may allow publishers to exclude some of their content from being displayed in Google Discover. Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, said he thinks that option would be useful and thus passed it on to the team to look into.
www.seroundtable.com/publishersexclude-content-from-google-discover-37738.html
The Toronto Star launches micropayments
The Canadian publication is among the first major news outlets to experiment with the monetization approach.
www.toolkits.com/publisher-monetization/toronto-star-micropayments
Dynamic paywall testing at Germany's FAZ | The Audiencers
Donika Lilova, Head of Paid Content and Deputy Chief Subscription, shares how they're testing their paywall to increase subscriber growth
www.theaudiencers.com/dynamic-paywall-testing-how-faz-is-working-to-reach-300000-digital-subscribers-by-2025
8 First-Party Data Strategies for Digital Publishers
8 First-Party Data Strategies for Digital Publishers: Actionable tips to build sustainable monetization as third-party cookies phase out.
www.stateofdigitalpublishing.com/digital-publishing/first-party-data-strategies
Media Briefing: Publishers say private programmatic revenue is up - but open is a mixed bag
Publishers check in on their programmatic businesses.
www.digiday.com/media/media-briefing-publishers-say-private-programmatic-revenue-is-up-but-open-is-a-mixed-bag
Some ad tech vendors are pulling back from Google's Privacy Sandbox amid uncertainty
This is what happens when uncertainty looms: prudence takes the spotlight.
www.digiday.com/marketing/some-ad-tech-vendors-are-pulling-back-from-googles-privacy-sandbox-amid-uncertainty
Publishers’ Privacy Sandbox pauses settle into a deep freeze following reports of poor performance
Publishers aren't ready to press play yet on dedicated Privacy Sandbox tests.
www.digiday.com/media/publishers-privacy-sandbox-pauses-settle-into-a-deep-freeze-following-reports-of-poor-performance
How media companies can succeed in podcasting: Slate's secret
Podcasting — it’s been a hot business since Serial became a cultural phenomenon back in 2014, spurring SNL skits and inspiring satirical spinoffs on
www.digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2024/07/18/how-media-companies-can-succeed-in-podcasting-slates-secret
Report: Americans moving away from TV bingeing
Consumer research platform Attest has released the findings from its fifth annual US Media Consumption Report which provides insights into how Americans’ habi
www.advanced-television.com/2024/07/18/report-americans-moving-away-from-tv-bingeing
75% Of All CTV Transactions Are Programmatic | AdExchanger
Business outcomes are now the most important KPI for determining success with digital video, according to the IAB’s annual report.
www.adexchanger.com/digital-tv/75-of-all-ctv-transactions-are-programmatic