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Archives: June 2018

Laura Hazard OwenJune 13, 2018

After years of growth, the use of social media for news is falling across the world

But messaging apps are picking up the slack, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism finds in its 2018 Digital News Report.

Antonis Kalogeropoulos and Richard FletcherJune 13, 2018

In the U.S., the left trusts the mainstream media more than the right, and the gap is growing

As Facebook moves to privilege “broadly trusted” sources in its News Feed, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism research shows that broadcasters and newspapers are more trusted than digital-born outlets across a number of countries.

Shan WangJune 13, 2018

For the World Cup, livestreamed online video is threatening to score the equalizer on traditional TV

In both the U.S. and China, more people say they’ll watch matches via live video online than via terrestrial, cable, or satellite television.

Christine SchmidtJune 13, 2018

“Did you even READ the piece?” This startup wants to make that question obsolete for commenters

The battle against the uncivil comments section is also a battle against high bounce rates for reallyread.it.

Laura Hazard OwenJune 13, 2018

Civil promises that you don’t have to care about blockchain to care about what it’s doing (also, its first newsrooms just launched)

But beyond the crypto talk, how to actually pay for journalism very much remains an unsolved problem.

A definitive playbook: How to DIY a local nonprofit news outlet

Nicholas QuahJune 12, 2018

Grow the pie: Podcast revenue seems to be growing fast enough for everyone to get a slice

Plus: Google’s latest table-stakes move, Stuff You Should Know sets a record, and In The Dark keeps blowing up.

Shan WangJune 12, 2018

Canada’s The Logic is a new subscription news outlet focused on the innovation economy, à la The Information

“Is it a tech story? Is it a business and tech or policy and politics story, is it a cultural story? Well, it’s actually all the above: The impact of technology on the cognitive, economic, and political ways we live is quite transformative.”

Christine SchmidtJune 11, 2018

In the hunt for sustainability, DocumentCloud and MuckRock are joining together as one organization

“It’s a much better problem to have: How are you going to make those all work together, rather than how are you going to make it work at all.”

Laura Hazard OwenJune 11, 2018

Americans think the news industry is “headed in the wrong direction,” but what does that even mean?

People are increasingly trustful, however, of their own preferred news outlets.

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