Is 1440’s daily newsletter the unbiased news source it claims to be?
Feb 7, 2024 · “1440 makes over 95% of its income off of advertisements, with a small proportion coming from reader donations. He also explained that the company reviews potential advertisements before a newsletter with those ads are sent out. 1440 is largely employee-owned, with the remaining holdings from a venture capital firm.”
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Jacob L. Nelson Journalists abandon social media, and news audiences follow (eventually) “The downside: Without news brands investing the time and effort to add their content to social media platforms, these platforms — already flooded with misinformation — will become even less hospitable venues for the millions of people who spend hours on them daily.”
The National Trust for Local News keeps buying local newspapers.
Sep 26, 2024 · Atlanta — When newspaper veteran Ross McDuffie became the first-ever chief portfolio officer for the National Trust for Local News, the nonprofit organization owned two dozen newspapers in Colorado and generated around $5 million in earned revenue.. A little more than a year and a half later, the Trust has grown rapidly by nearly every measure. After new rounds of acquisitions and launching ...
Are you willing to pay for CNN.com? Prepare to be asked before …
Jul 10, 2024 · Paying for CNN is not something people are used to. Let me rephrase that: Directly paying for CNN is not something people are used to. For decades, an overwhelming majority of American households paid for cable or satellite service, and an opaque slice of that monthly charge — around $1 or so — found its way to Turner, Time Warner, AOL Time Warner, AT&T, Warner Bros. Discovery, or whatever ...
Google Discover is sending U.S. news publishers much more traffic ...
Sep 24, 2024 · Atlanta — If you are a U.S. news publisher, you likely know that your traffic from social media has fallen — the question is just how much.. Social analytics platform Chartbeat has some answers. Social’s share of traffic to the 700 U.S. news sites that are Chartbeat clients has dropped by a third since January 2023, from 6% then of all traffic then to 4% of all traffic now.
Newsweek is making generative AI a fixture in its newsroom
Apr 17, 2024 · “I think that the difference between newsrooms that embrace AI and newsrooms that shun AI is really going to prove itself over the next several months and years,” Jennifer H. Cunningham, the new executive editor of Newsweek, told me.Cunningham joined the publication in March, following her run as editor-in-chief of Insider’s news division. “We have really embraced AI as an opportunity ...
How 13 news publishers are using WhatsApp Channels
Nov 7, 2023 · WhatsApp is an integral part of how Argentinians communicate. More than nine out of 10 people with internet access in our country use it, and we thought it was a very fun opportunity to establish a different kind of connection with our audience.. WhatsApp is a rather informal space where you chat in confidence with your best friend, mom, or partner.
Content creators find a place in newsrooms
Dec 17, 2024 · “Ask someone in your life under 40 where they get the news. Odds are they’ll mention a non-newsroom podcaster or YouTuber.” What would you do to get your reporting in front of an audience of hundreds of thousands? Or maybe even millions? Here’s a hint: You don’t have to get on the evening ...
A courts reporter wrote about a few trials. Then an AI decided he …
Sep 23, 2024 · When German journalist Martin Bernklau typed his name and location into Microsoft’s Copilot to see how his articles would be picked up by the chatbot, the answers horrified him.Copilot’s results asserted that Bernklau was an escapee from a psychiatric institution, a convicted child abuser, and a conman preying on widowers.
Google Scholar now adds AI outlines to research papers
Nov 7, 2024 · Google Search may not get a lot of love these days, but a niche Chrome extension launched in March — Google Scholar PDF Reader — counts 500,000 users who leave largely positive reviews : "A revolutionary game changer. Considering naming my first-born child after this chrome extension.&quo…