Social media creators say earning a decent, reliable income is getting harder, as platforms pay less for popular posts and brands get pickier about partnerships (Wall Street Journal)

Mediagazer: Social media creators say earning a decent, reliable income is getting harder, as platforms pay less for popular posts and brands get pickier about partnerships (Wall Street Journal)

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Reuters Institute:

RISJ's 2024 Digital News Report with a survey of 90K+: six platforms, like TikTok, reach 10%+ of respondents for news use, compared to just two a decade ago— This year's report comes at a time when around half the world's population have been going to the polls in national and regional elections …
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Allan Rose Hill /
Boing Boing: 40% of people don't care about the news, survey says

Esther Kezia Thorpe /
Media Voices: 5 things we learned about the state of podcasts from the Digital News Report 2024

Noor Nanji /
BBC: More people turning away from news, report says

Katherine Pennacchio /
LatAm Journalism Review: Using Facebook for the news in decline and concerns grow over AI's influence on misinformation: Reuters Institute report

Jeff Jarvis /
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social: Excellent, as ever, @risj_oxford news report. Interest in news down (UK halved since '15), avoidance up (now 39%). Facebook down 4%. TikTok & news up, beating Twitter (should it really be banned in an election?) Subscription flat & destination strategies borked (should publishers market more?) …

Clara Aberneithie /
Press Gazette: Trust in news up slightly in UK but remains lower than global average

Teemu Henriksson /
WAN-IFRA: Digital News Report 2024: Business challenges mount as subscription growth slows

Dr Craig T. Robertson /
Reuters Institute: How much do people pay for online news? And what might encourage more people to pay?

Dr Amy Ross Arguedas /
Reuters Institute: Public attitudes towards the use of AI in journalism

Dr Richard Fletcher /
Reuters Institute: More than ‘just the facts’: How news audiences think about ‘user needs’

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Press Gazette:

A look at news influencers in the US, the UK, and France: a majority are mainstream journalists in the UK, much higher YouTube use for news in the US, and more— News influencer trend well-developed in US, but in UK mainstream brands and journalists leave less of a gap.

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Reuters Institute

Press Gazette:
Reuters Institute: the share of people who say they sometimes or often actively avoid the news reached 39%, up 10 percentage points from 2017

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Inside Radio

Reuters:
Survey: 52% of US and 63% of UK respondents say they would be uneasy with news produced mostly using AI; 59% worry about false news content online, up 3% YoY

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Diya Banerjee on LinkedIn, @risj_oxford, Jacob Granger on LinkedIn, Aisling McCabe on LinkedIn, Michael Bruton on LinkedIn, Claes de Vreese on LinkedIn, National Union of Journalists …, Press Gazette and Reuters Institute

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Diya Banerjee /
Diya Banerjee on LinkedIn: The Digital News Report of 2024 is out, and let's dive in. — With vertical video and short-form #content topping the chart in formats, people prefer viewing byte-size news multimedia content. … @risj_oxford: 9️⃣ Trust in the news (40%) has remained stable over the last year, but is still four points lower than it was at the height of COVID-19. Finland🇫🇮 (69%) remains the country with the highest levels of trust, while Greece🇬🇷 and Hungary🇭🇺 (23%) have the lowest levels [image]

@risj_oxford:
4️⃣ The report documents the rise of a new generation of news creators 🇫🇷 A good example is @HugoTravers, who produces explainer videos on TikTok and YouTube and was cited by respondents more often than French legacy publishers @lemondefr or @Le_Figaro. See the tables below [image]

@risj_oxford:
Three headlines: 📱Video platforms are becoming a more important news source 🤖 Most people feel uncomfortable about news made with AI, even with human oversight 💰News subscriptions stall, with a significant % of subscribers paying less than full price https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ...

@risj_oxford:
7️⃣ We find little growth in news subscriptions, with 17% saying they paid for news online. Norway🇳🇴 (40%) and Sweden🇸🇪 (31%) have the highest %, and Japan🇯🇵 (9%) and the UK🇬🇧 (8%) the lowest In many countries we find evidence of heavy discounting. Here's the data for the US [image]

@risj_oxford:
3️⃣ Video is becoming a more important source of online news, especially for the young Short videos are accessed by 66% of our global sample, with longer formats attracting around half (51%). Most people consume news video on online platforms (72%) and not on news sites (22%) [image]

@risj_oxford:
8️⃣ 55% of those that are not currently subscribing say that they would pay nothing for online news, with most of the rest prepared to offer just a few dollars per month, when pressed Across markets, 2% of non-payers say that they would pay full price. Figures by market below [image]

@risj_oxford:
2️⃣ These top line figures hide big geographical differences: -Many still use Facebook for news in 🇵🇭Philippines 🇨🇴Colombia and 🇲🇾Malaysia -TikTok is huge (and growing rapidly) in 🇹🇭Thailand, 🇰🇪Kenya, 🇮🇩Indonesia and other markets of the Global South [image]

@risj_oxford:
5️⃣ Concern about online misinformation has risen by 3 points in the last year with 59% saying they are worried about it. The figure is much higher in: 🇿🇦South Africa (81%) and the 🇺🇸US (72%) In terms of platforms, concern is highest for TikTok and X. Figures in the chart below [image]

@risj_oxford:
1️⃣ We find a further decline in the use of Facebook for news. It's gone from 42% to 26% since 2016 in the 12 markets we've tracked in the last 10 years Our data shows a growing reliance on a range of alternatives including messaging apps and video networks. See the chart below [image]

@risj_oxford:
6️⃣ As publishers embrace the use of AI, we find widespread public suspicion about how it might be used, especially for ‘hard’ news stories As the chart shows, respondents in the US are much more comfortable about different uses of AI than those in Europe [image]

@risj_oxford:
🔟 High standards, a transparent approach, lack of bias, and fairness in terms of media representation are the 4 primary factors that influence trust The top responses are strongly linked and are consistent across countries, ages, and political viewpoints [image]

@risj_oxford:
Our Digital News Report 2024 is out! 📊 47 markets 🌏 95,000 respondents ✍️ Authored by @nicnewman @richrdfletcher Craig T. Robertson @amyross87 @rasmus_kleis & our partners 📱Explore now https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ... 🧵Findings in thread #DNR24 [image]

Jacob Granger /
Jacob Granger on LinkedIn: Happy Digital News Report day! The study I look forward to most every year. Huge congratulations to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism team for another incredible body of work …

Aisling McCabe /
Aisling McCabe on LinkedIn: The Reuters Digital News Report is out with lots of information and great insights. Some which stood out for me include: …

Michael Bruton /
Michael Bruton on LinkedIn: The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism just published the 2024 Digital News Report. — For anyone with an interest in communication, it is a really important read. …

Claes de Vreese /
Claes de Vreese on LinkedIn: It's 🎁 time: the new Digital News Report (2024) is out. An international ‘smorgasbord’ of news consumption patterns …

Dominic Ponsford /
Press Gazette: Where we get our news in 2024: Social media has become the new global newsstand

The Daily Beast:

A profile of The Washington Post CEO Will Lewis, once one of the UK's most feted journalists, and a look at the many compromises he's made in pursuit of power— DON'T STOP ME NOW — Lewis, the embattled CEO of the Washington Post, has long sought power and success.

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David Folkenflik /
NPR: New ‘Washington Post’ chiefs can't shake their past in London

Ben Smith /
@semaforben: Some Tina Brown Daily Beast restoration here https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... CNN: Postmarked for Return — Jeff Bezos has a decision to make — and it is one that will determine …

Harry Lambert /
@harrytlambert: I've written a new longread for @thedailybeast - on Bezos, Murdoch, Harry, Dowler and Will Lewis' long thirst for power. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...

Ben Mullin /
@benjaminmullin@threads.net: tidbit: The Washington Post has canceled a splashy dinner it was planning to host at La Colombe d'Or. Lots of talk about this on the Croisette — this was supposed to be Will Lewis' reintroduction to the ad community as CEO of The Post

David Bauder /
Associated Press: New Leaders At Washington Post Haunted By Ethical Questions From Work In UK

Dan Kennedy /
@dankennedy_nu@threads.net: Will Lewis sounds a charmer and a suck-up who sold himself to Patty Stonefiser and Jeff Bezos as tech bro kind of media guy who speaks the language of innovation and disruption. Shame on them for not seeing through it and for failing to do their due diligence. JournalismThreads

John Johnson /
Newser: Washington Post Mess Takes Another Turn

Tom Jones /
Poynter: Washington Post publisher Will Lewis was more involved in a phone-hacking scandal than previously known

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@davidfolkenflik:

Former WaPo Senior Managing Editor Cameron Barr is now overseeing the paper's coverage of the controversies around CEO Will Lewis and next editor Rob Winnett— Update: Former WashPost Senior Managing Editor Cameron Barr is now overseeing the paper's coverage of the controversies besetting publisher Will Lewis and his pick as its next editor, Rob Winnett.

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Ben Smith /
@semaforben: When I talked to Barr a couple weeks ago, he was working from the north of England. This is getting complicated ....

Hamza Shaban /
@hshaban: The “third newsroom” at the Washington Post is just stories about Will Lewis and ethically compromised media bosses @chrisgeidner: Cameron Barr, who was most recently in the news for taking responsibility for the Post not running the Alito flag story in 2021: https://www.semafor.com/...

Staci D Kramer /
@sdkstl: Cameron Barr, who left WaPo last year, is the senior editor who shrugged off the Alito flag news in 2021 as “a single-slice story about the flag, because it seemed like the story was about Martha-Ann Alito and not her husband.” https://www.semafor.com/...

Cara Lynch /
@caradox: Great job by management all around. Maybe they should ask the News Guild for tips on leadership and authenticity. Might be a profit in it even.

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: Wash Post releases new statement further detailing oversight of coverage of the scandals surrounding publisher Will Lewis and his choice for editor, Rob Winnett, who is to take over in November [image]

Derek Thompson /
@dkthomp: Fuck It We're Adding a Fourth Newsroom [image]

Bill Grueskin /
@bgrueskin: A Fourth Newsroom, if you will

David Corn /
@davidcorndc: Does democracy die if newspapers have to spend too much time reporting on their own internal controversies?

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: NEW: The Post turns its famously rigorous newsroom on itself. w/@katie_robertson https://www.nytimes.com/...

Heidi N. Moore /
@moorehn: Cameron Barr is English and is the same editor who barred a sexual assault survivor from reporting on any other sexual assaults, and then retaliated against her for years in the newsroom. No ethics. It was inevitable that Lewis would glom onto someone else as dishonest as he

Matt Pearce /
@mattdpearce: The Third Newsroom is just all the people now writing about the new management.

David Freedlander /
@freedlander: Incredible respect for these guys (and their editors) [image]

Dylan Byers /
@dylanbyers: Cameron Barr, who stepped down as Washington Post managing editor last year, is now overseeing the paper's coverage of controversies surrounding the paper's publisher Will Lewis and incoming editor Rob Winnett. “We cover The Washington Post independently, rigorously and fairly,”

James Queally /
@jamesqueallylat: When you have to create a team to cover your publisher's scandals ... perhaps that says something about your choice in publisher.

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling /
New Republic: Washington Post Now Has a Team Just Covering Its Management Scandals

Nieman Reports:

A look at AP Corporate Archives, launched in 2003 to preserve the organization's history and since then expanded with initiatives like an oral history program— Two decades ago, The Associated Press set out to preserve the organization's history. What it created is an archive that sheds light …

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@niemanreports

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Wall Street Journal:

Social media creators say earning a decent, reliable income is getting harder, as platforms pay less for popular posts and brands get pickier about partnerships— Platforms are paying less for popular posts, brands are pickier about partnerships and a possible TikTok ban looms

The Verge:

Q&A with Tubi CEO Anjali Sud, who joined from Vimeo in September 2023, on the streaming industry, working within Fox, subscription fatigue, copyright, and more— TV isn't just competing with Netflix for your time — it needs to beat TikTok, too. … Today, I'm talking with Anjali Sud, the CEO of Tubi.

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@hi.im.vijay@threads.net, @anjsud, @reckless1280@threads.net and r/television

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Vijay Pemmaraju /
@hi.im.vijay@threads.net: There was a point in time where my entire TikTok feed was just bootlegged clips, I think I watched like 3 whole episodes of Suits on TikTok alone, it was wild

Anjali Sud /
@anjsud: Back for round 2! Thoroughly enjoyed my convo with @reckless, editor-in-chief of @verge on his Decoder pod. Listen as we discuss all things video, Hollywood, GenAI and Tubi's take on the F-word in streaming (aka flywheel) 🔄 https://www.theverge.com/...

Nilay Patel /
@reckless1280@threads.net: All those bootlegged movie clips on TikTok aren't driving any viewers to streaming platforms, Tubi CEO Anjali Sud tells me on this week's Decoder https://www.theverge.com/...

Euronews:

Study: anonymous pro-Russian actors are barraging journalists in Europe with fake news, in an effort to overwhelm fact checkers and amplify fake narratives— A new report says that the scheme also seeks to amplify certain fake narratives by having reporters publish their debunks and share them far and wide.

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Talking Biz News:

Dow Jones and the union that represents journalists at WSJ, Barron's, and MarketWatch reach a tentative agreement on a four-year deal after a year of bargaining— The union that represents journalists at The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and MarketWatch and parent company Dow Jones & Co. announced Monday …

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@natalieandrews, @katie_robertson, @gzuckerman, MediaPost and IAPE 1096

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Natalie Andrews /
@natalieandrews: After one year and a day of negotiations... We have a tentative agreement between IAPE and Dow Jones! I'm proud this helps our lowest-paid members and gives every member a salary increase of 8% effective July 1, 2024 More details: https://www.iape1096.org/...

Katie Robertson /
@katie_robertson: NEW: Dow Jones says it has reached a tentative contract deal with the union representing WSJ staffers, including a combined 8% pay increase for the first two years of the contract, with 3.75% boosts in 2025 and 2026

Gregory Zuckerman /
@gzuckerman: Dow Jones and union reach contract deal after year of difficult bargaining. Terms seem reasonable at first blush (says this union member). Nice to move on from this.

Ray Schultz /
MediaPost: Union And Dow Jones Agree To A Four-Year Contract

The Wrap:

Sources: 25 unionized staffers at The Daily Beast took buyouts, equivalent to ~70% of the guild, including almost all of the outlet's senior staffers— The Daily Beast is gutting its senior editorial team after implementing voluntary buyouts last month, with nearly 70% of unionized staffers leaving the outlet, TheWrap has learned.

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@nataliekorach and @willsommer

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Natalie Korach /
@nataliekorach: New: The Daily Beast is gutting its senior editorial team after implementing voluntary buyouts last month, with 70% of unionized staffers leaving the outlet https://www.thewrap.com/...

Will Sommer /
@willsommer: Media news: The Daily Beast buyout results are in, and they're just about gutting the site. 25 (or 70%) of unionized staffers took the buyouts, including nearly all of the most senior journalists. Meanwhile, non-union editors expect to face a round of firings at end of the month.

The Verge:

TikTok expands its Symphony generative AI ad suite with dubbing, stock Digital Avatars based on paid actors, and custom Avatars resembling specific creators— TikTok is introducing some new generative AI tools that aim to help organizations and content creators grow their global audiences …

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TikTok, Digital Trends, MediaPost, TechCrunch and The Drum, more at Techmeme »

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Ajay Kumar /
Digital Trends: TikTok is about to change forever

Colin Kirkland /
MediaPost: TikTok Expands Symphony Ad Suite With Digital Avatars, AI Language Dubbing

Aisha Malik /
TechCrunch: TikTok ads and branded content will now include AI avatars of creators and stock actors

Kendra Barnett /
The Drum: TikTok debuts humanlike AI-generated avatars & language dubbing for brands & creators

Financial Times:

The Cannes Lions ad festival adds humor as an award category, highlighting the importance of a “human connection” in ads, as AI struggles to create funny ads— New humour category highlights ‘human connection’ in a sector beset by a crisis in creativity

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Cynthia Littleton /
Variety: UTA and MediaLink Go Big on Digital Creators, Gen Z Marketers at Cannes Lions as New Leaders Take Reins

Liza Foreman /