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Aug 13, 2024 | 
inpublishing.co.uk | Nic Newman
Legacy social media such as Facebook and X have been actively reducing the prominence and role of news on their platforms and investing more in content that they see as more fun and engaging for their uses. This includes content by creators and influencers, as well as formats such as video that are designed to keep people within the platforms rather than link out to publisher websites or apps.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
t.ly | Christina Couch |Nic Newman |Craig Robertson |Sophie Culpepper
A new rule issued by the Department of Labor earlier this year is making some freelancers nervous, so much so that a few are challenging it with lawsuits. The rule offers new guidance on how the agency will determine if a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Businesses rely on this guidance to make their own determinations as well.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
editorandpublisher.com | Nic Newman
Posted Friday, June 21, 2024 2:18 pm Seven or eight years ago much of the news industry lost its head over a supposed “pivot to video” after Facebook pushed live and other formats with the promise of monetization to come.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
techxplore.com | Amy Ross Arguedas |Nic Newman
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are disrupting many aspects of modern life, and the news industry is no exception. In a year with a record-breaking number of elections worldwide, there has been considerable soul-searching about the potential effect of so-called "deepfakes," and other synthetic content, on democracies. There have also been further disruptions to the business models and trust underpinning independent journalism.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
niemanlab.org | Nic Newman
Seven or eight years ago much of the news industry lost its head over a supposed “pivot to video” after Facebook pushed live and other formats with the promise of monetization to come. That didn’t work out so well for publishers, many of whom had hired expensive video teams and found they had to row back after interest waned. But now social platforms are going “all-in” on video again as they increasingly compete with each other for attention in a more fragmented and uncertain landscape.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Amy Ross Arguedas |Nic Newman
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are disrupting many aspects of modern life, and the news industry is no exception. In a year with a record-breaking number of elections worldwide, there has been considerable soul searching about the potential effect of so-called “deepfakes”, and other synthetic content, on democracies. There have also been further disruptions to the business models and trust underpinning independent journalism.
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Jun 16, 2024 | 
pressgazette.co.uk | Nic Newman
In recent years large social and video networks, offering powerful creator tools and free global distribution, have provided a platform for an increasingly wide range of voices and perspectives. Most of this content has nothing to do with news.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
inpublishing.co.uk | Nic Newman
In our annual survey of digital leaders for our Reuters Institute Trends Report, less than half (47%) of around 300 editors, CEOs and other executives from more than 50 countries say they are confident about journalism’s prospects, after a tough period for online advertising, slower subscription growth, and rapidly declining referrals from social media.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Nic Newman
News organisations are bracing for serious disruptions as a result of the increasing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) – both on the way that they work and the way their audiences consume news. As part of our latest journalism trends report, my colleagues and I at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism found that less than half (47%) of 314 editors, CEOs and other digital leaders from more than 50 countries say they are confident about journalism’s prospects in 2024.
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Oct 2, 2023 | 
benton.org | Nic Newman |Craig Robertson
This report uses survey data from 20 countries and qualitative research from the United Kingdom (UK), US, and Germany to explore who is paying for news content online, which publications they pay for, how much they pay, and what motivations they have for subscribing or donating to news. We focus, in particular, on how the cost-of-living crisis is impacting willingness to pay for online news.
