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Wednesday, September 14, 2016
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Are you ready to pay for a Netflix for podcasts?Getting revenue directly from listeners is not an immediate priority for most podcast companies. But when payment does arrive, will the money go mostly to producers, networks, or platforms? Part 3 of a five-part series on the business of on-demand audio. By Ken Doctor. |
What We’re Reading
Digiday / Jemma Brackebush
With Mike Allen gone, Politico’s Playbook e-mail newsletter makes a play for millennials →
According to Playbook, its subscriptions have increased eight percent in the past two months and its gross open rate is “the highest it has ever been at 80 percent” (it declined to give specific figures or provide unique open rates).
Bloomberg / Aoife White
The EU unveils draft rules that would allow newspapers to demand payment when services like Google News run their stories →
EU regulators say they want to protect publishers and creators when their work is made available on the internet, often without remuneration. Google is fighting back vigorously.
NorthJersey.com
Gannett is laying off around 200 people from its New Jersey acquisitions →
“Since Gannett's July acquisition, we have recognized that [North Jersey Media Group] must transform even faster to meet the ever-changing demands of readers, advertisers and the communities we serve.”
Awful Announcing / Andrew Bucholtz
Deadspin posted court docs quoting their posts Univision took down →
“It's also notable that those stories were deleted, not retracted or corrected; Gawker Media has made no admission of fault with any of those stories…Quoting from publicly-available court records also would seem to perhaps be a safer position than publishing the initial report.”
Crain's Chicago Business / Lynne Marek
Despite Gannett’s pursuit, Tronc is eyeing digital acquisitions →
“Aside from newspaper targets, Tronc may be interested in buying ‘ad tech’ companies.”
Columbia Journalism Review / David Uberti
Why moderators aren’t the best option for fact-checking debates →
“I'd rather trust PolitiFact or The Washington Post, which have done their homework and written [fact-checks] in a nuanced way, than rely on a moderator making a decision in real-time.”
Recode / Peter Kafka
Hillary Clinton’s fainting video is making money for Rupert Murdoch →
Murdoch’s News Corp owns Storyful, and Storyful is representing Zdenek Gazda, the man who shot the Clinton footage Sunday morning. Though the video is freely available on Twitter, Storyful has been charging news organizations that want to use the video in broadcasts or other packages thousands of dollars for usage rights.
Skift / Rafat Ali
Skift expands from travel to food and drink →
“We are now ready for the next sector of expansion beyond travel, into a very adjacent vertical: the food & beverage sector, as the industry calls it, or in simpler terms, the business of dining out.” First: an email newsletter.
Recode / Kurt Wagner
Twitter launches an Apple TV app in time for its first streamed NFL game →
Also on Amazon Fire TV and Xbox. “The new apps…provide a way for Twitter to show off its other video content in the hope of eventually luring new users into the full Twitter experience. The message seems to be: We have great stuff we think you'll enjoy even if you don't want to tweet.”
9to5Mac / Jordan Kahn
Spotify hits 40 million paid subscribers and is outgrowing Apple Music →
It added 10 million new subs in the past five months, vs. Apple’s 4 million.
Digiday / Max Willens
From native ads to niche sites: How Time Inc. changed under Joe Ripp →
Here are four modernization initiatives Time Inc took under Ripp, who is stepping as CEO.