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Tuesday, June 11, 2019
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Can Quake Media shake up the paid-podcast marketplace? (Or maybe SiriusXM?)Plus: Editorial expectations for branded-content podcasts, the Obamas want to be in your AirPods, and the darkest poutine. By Nicholas Quah. |
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Mandy Jenkins will build McClatchy’s Google-funded new local sites. What’s her plan?“A lot of this is taking advantage of what Google has to offer as a partner. They're tracking all of these interesting trends all the time: what people are looking for and what they're missing.” By Christine Schmidt. |
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That “$4.7 billion” number for how much money Google makes off the news industry? It’s imaginaryIt’s based on math reasoning that would be embarrassing from a bright middle schooler. By Joshua Benton. |
What We’re Reading
Media Nation / Dan Kennedy
A federal bill would ease the way for nonprofit local news →
“A bill filed by U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Calif., would make it easier for ‘written news organizations’ to claim nonprofit status, ‘allowing them to focus on content instead of profit margins and reduce their tax burden.'”
The Guardian / Jim Waterson
BBC confirms plans to make people over 75 pay TV license fee →
“Millions of households will have to start paying £154.50 a year from June 2020 for the right to watch live television and access the BBC's iPlayer service….The BBC has said it will continue to provide TV licenses to over-75s who can provide evidence that they claim pension credit, a means-tested benefit designed to help older people.”
The Idea / Mollie Leavitt
The Washington Post launches a new digital travel initiative, By The Way →
“What we thought was a coverage area that would do really well with younger people actually tested really well with older folks, many of whom were subscribers.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Kyle Pope
CJR names its own “watchdogs” for The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, and MSNBC →
It’s calling them “public editors,” but they’re employed by CJR, not by the news orgs they’ll be covering.
Washington Post / Robert Costa
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reached out to Speaker Pelosi. She hasn’t called him back. →
“Pelosi's decision not to engage with Zuckerberg, one of the most powerful technology executives in the world, reflects her frustration with how Facebook handled a manipulated video clip of remarks by the speaker, said the people, who were not authorized to speak publicly.”
CNN / Brian Stelter
The New York Times will stop publishing editorial cartoons in its international edition →
It already doesn’t publish them in the U.S. edition.
Axios / Neal Rothschild, Sara Fischer, Stef W. Kight
The news Americans read versus the news they say they want covered →
“Entertainment and emotionally charged topics over-index on how much they are read vs. readers’ stated coverage preferences.”