Twitter to undergo “a huge fundamental shift”: Publishers take note
“Twitter, right now, when you go to it, you don’t necessarily walk away feeling like you learned something.” “We’ve seen abuse, we’ve seen harassment, we’ve…
Mobile apps are making a comeback and publishers better be ready
The mobile app ecosystem will turn 11 years old this summer, and it has evolved into one of the largest industries globally with forecasted revenues of…
Poynter’s FactCheckingDay: A comprehensive online arsenal for battling fake news
Fake news can have deadly consequences. It has led to mob violence and murders in several parts of the world, and there are also ongoing…
Understanding what people pay attention to: Using Wikidata and sentiment analysis for deeper insights
At Parse.ly, we measure how much attention content receives, and broadly speaking – it’s a lot. We directly track how many page views individual URLs…
The must-read publishing stories you may have missed last week
The New York Times launches a 5G journalism lab, how Asian publishers are fighting fake news, and more 5G promises to bring ‘a revolution in…
“Spark a revolution in digital journalism”: NYT launches 5G journalism lab
The New York Times recently announced that it has launched a 5G journalism lab in partnership with Verizon, to explore how 5G can be used…
Should publishers be investing in news content for smart speakers today?
In our business of audio series this year, we’re exploring how publishers can monetise their audio content, whether it be longform podcasts, news briefs for smart speakers,…
Personalised print publishing: Marrying the emotional impact of print with variable data
New digital printing technology developed by Canon in Europe can now enable publishers to use data to produce the same personalised functionality to printed products…
Playing the media dating game: PressReader on how to attract more readers and more revenues
Here, PressReader’s chief content officer, Nikolay Malyarov, talks to us about the media dating game: how publishers can attract more readers by placing an audience-centric…
“Print continues to thrive”: Highlights from FIPP’s The Future of Media whitepaper
FIPP, in collaboration with UPM Communication Papers, recently released a whitepaper, The Future of Media. It looks into the value print adds, and how it…
Flamingo’s Cultural Trends Survey – The Frame – What publishers need to know
Strategic insight consultancy Flamingo’s Futures team has created The Frame, a quarterly cultural trends report, to help clients navigate the constantly-shifting cultural landscape. The Frame…
“The long-term battle is going to be won on trust”: Asian publishers fight fake news with innovative strategies
Fake news is rampant in some Asian countries like India and the Philippines. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that a lot of this…
What we learned about successful products at the International Journalism Festival
If you are at all active on Twitter, you probably couldn’t escape the fact that the International Journalism Festival was held in Perugia this past week. Over…
The must-read publishing stories you may have missed this week
What you need to know about TikTok, key takeaways from the Google News Initiative Summit, Apple News+ and piracy, and more What you need to…
Apple News+ and Piracy (the colossus no one’s talking about)
A few days after Apple’s News+ reveal, Digiday tersely summed up the reactions of the publishing community… “Apple News+ splits publisher opinion,” the headline ran,…
Successful media brands see their audiences as powerful content creators
This is the first installment of a new series of columns penned by students from the NYU School of Professional Studies Center for Publishing, where…
“TikTok represents uncharted territory”: What publishers need to know
TikTok is a video app from China that has been notching up impressive figures worldwide attracting serious attention from publishers. Currently, it has over half…
“Only two minutes into the revolution”: Conversations the news media industry needs to be having
If you are at all active on Twitter, you probably couldn’t escape the fact that the International Journalism Festivalwas held in Perugia this past week. Over five…
“A media culture overhaul is needed to save journalism,” and other things we learned at DIS2019
The Digital Innovators’ Summit took place on 25-26 March in Berlin. A killer line-up of world class media leaders presented the latest innovations from companies…
Media Voices celebrates 100 podcasts with a live London recording
2019 marks an important moment in the history of the publishing podcast series Media Voices: on the 2nd of May they’ll air their 100th episode.…