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In this first episode back following an… eventful summer for media, the team discusses six topics you might have missed over the past month.
Key stories:
Facebook & Google vs. Australia
- Facebook threatens to pull news from Australia if new law passes, Axios
- Explained: Google’s tussle in Australia over paying publishers for news, Digiday
- Google protests ‘unworkable’ ACCC code for digital platforms to pay news media companies, The Guardian
- Facebook threat to ban news content in Australia, InnovationAus
- Justice Dept. Plans to File Antitrust Charges Against Google in Coming Weeks, New York Times
The yin and yang of print magazines
- Sweet, This Is and No.1 among five DC Thomson magazines to close with loss of almost 20 jobs, Press Gazette
- Immediate Media to close 12 magazines and cut up to 113 jobs in post-Covid savings, Press Gazette
- Bauer to close magazine titles ‘unlikely to be sustainable’ after Covid-19, Press Gazette
- ‘Antidote to screen time’: How children’s news magazines have thrived during pandemic, Press Gazette
- Why we should be talking about the transformation of publishing, not its decline, Niche Publishing Network
- Is the COVID magazine subscription bump a short-term trend or a long-term bet? Media Voices
Podcast coverage goes mainstream
- Vulture to Double Podcast Coverage, New York Press Room
Apple vs. Epic, Facebook and publishers
- Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store, The Verge
- Fortnite for Android has also been kicked off the Google Play Store, The Verge
- Apple can block Epic’s Fortnite but not Unreal Engine, BBC
- Facebook goes after Apple, Axios
- News Publishers Join Fight Against Apple Over App Store Terms, Wall Street Journal
- Fortnite’s battle with Apple and Google could have an impact on news publishers, too, Nieman Lab
The unstoppable rise of reader revenue plays
- Why Vogue Business is launching membership, Vogue Business
eCommerce undergoes 5 years’ worth of growth in 3 months
- The ecommerce surge, Benedict Evans
Republished with kind permission of Media Voices, a weekly look at all the news and views from across the media world.
