At the Future of Media Technology Conference 2022, there were no mentions of generative AI.By contrast, this year there were two panels explicitly devoted to the subject and countless more discussions throughout the day.Executives and journalists from publishers and...
The Daily Mail’s digital subscription product Mail+ has become a “substantial” revenue stream for the publisher.Daily Mail product director Simon Regan-Edwards told Press Gazette’s Future of Media Technology Conference how Mail+ has more than doubled its subscriber base in...
Environmental disasters naturally spark anxiety as people fear for their personal safety, their homes, and their communities. And while a disaster can be viewed as a crisis, it can also be “a moment of opportunity,” writes ocean chemist Christopher...
"1329 press freedom violations, mostly perpetrated by state agents, against 338 Nicaraguan journalists, and 378 aggressions against 78 media outlets were documented and systematized by the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy , between April 2018 and April...
Reach has expanded its experiments with reader revenue to diversify away from its heavy reliance on advertising, which has seen an industry-wide decline, and build relationships with its most loyal readers.It has now launched premium options on three fronts:...
To build muscle memory around any habit, you need to practice regularly. Source tracking in newsrooms is no different. Last week we talked about the importance of setting impactful goals to strengthen coverage of local communities and amplify underrepresented...
One of the many ways generative AI is assisting the news media industry is by creating story summaries — something that is fast, simple and can increase readers’ engagement. During this week’s Webinar, Vebjørn Nevland, a data scientist at Verdens Gang...
Given that traffic on mobiles is significantly higher than on desktop (78.2% according to research), apps play an important role in publisher’s digital strategy. However, when it comes to reader revenue models on mobile, this same research showed that...
News avoidance and the displacement of publishers by social media as a primary source for news were among ten key trends discussed by Nic Newman of the Reuters Institute in his presentation to the Press Gazette Future of Media...
Journalist Carlos Mendoza of Honduras is one of the 220-plus professionals from 15 Latin American and Caribbean countries who have had the opportunity to improve their digital skills and develop digital media projects through the Emerging Media Leaders (EML)...
