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Thursday, September 29, 2016
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The Times of London is shuttering its international paid weekly appThe $4-a-month app, which launched in January, was an attempt to reach readers outside the U.K. and find a new revenue stream outside The Times’ usual strict paywall. By Joseph Lichterman. |
What We’re Reading
Pew Research Center / Joel Ericsen and Jeffrey Gottfried
Conservatives see news media as biased; liberals say they choose the wrong stories to cover →
“About two-in-ten Americans (22%) say the most negative thing the media do is report biased news, while 18% point to a failure to make good choices in what or how to report the news, such as too narrow a scope or reporting on things that aren't newsworthy. An additional 16% think the worst thing they do is lie, mislead or sensationalize, and 14% highlight too many reports on negative stories, such as guns and crime.”
The New York Times / Sydney Ember
For some newspapers, endorsing Clinton means losing subscibers →
“[Phil] Boas of The Arizona Republic said he expected "a lot of cancellations," pointing to cancellations at The Cincinnati Enquirer, which like The Republic, is owned by Gannett.”
5280 / Robert Sanchez
How massive cuts have remade The Denver Post →
“Journalists at the state's largest newspaper once wondered how much more they'd have to endure. Now they're finding out.”
Wall Street Journal / Shalini Ramachandran
Cord-cutting could cost pay TV industry $1 billion in a year →
“Pay-TV providers could lose nearly $1 billion in revenue as 800,000 customers cut the cord during the next 12 months, according to a new study from the firm cg42.”
YouTube
Nick Denton and Felix Salmon talk about power in the media →
This is a YouTube video of a conversation Denton and Salmon had on stage at the Transition Conference.
Ad Age / Jeremy Barr
Publishers tweak their approach to Facebook Live →
Facebook Live broadcasts for the top 500 media companies by audience seemed to peak in June at 5,385 broadcasts, then decline in July with 3,986 and August with 3,926, according to research conducted for Ad Age by the social media analytics company Socialbakers.
The Guardian / Mark Sweney
Daily Mail owner to cut more than 400 jobs as it battles a ‘challenging market’ →
Daily Mail & General Trust employs about 10,000 staff globally. It will take a £50m charge this year relating to the reorganization of the business, more than triple the £15m it said it expected in May.
Fast Company / Elizabeth Segran
Behind the millennial women-oriented site Bustle’s website redesign →
With innovations such as: more color, related stories hand-picked by editors, modular design.
The Media Briefing / Esther Kezia Harding
Are the benefits of digital video really all they're cracked up to be? →
Ad fraud, adblocking, and completion are just some of the problems which are contributing to a drop in digital ad spend for pre-roll ads, according one source.