Samantha Rivera was studying engineering in Mexico in 2020 when a group of friends convinced her she could draw an audience by streaming herself playing Call of Duty, the video game she played in her spare time. Rivera set...
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, today announced that it plans to cut 12,000 jobs, joining a tech-and-media layoff list that already includes Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Salesforce, Snap, Twitter, and Warner Bros. Discovery. According to one estimate, roughly 130,000 people have...
When people say the news is biased, what do they mean? Versions of the critique can range from the cartoonishly simple to the paralyzingly complex.On one end of the spectrum lie straightforward claims of journalistic corruption. (“George Soros pays...
Hello, and welcome back to Soundbite. It’s another bleak week in the media and audio worlds, so we’ll be talking about Spotify’s big layoff news and then pivoting to a more cheerful story. As always, if you haven’t yet subscribed...
“If it’s broke, don’t fix it. Build something new instead.”Since joining LION’s staff two years ago, I’ve encouraged journalists who are fed up with the bloodletting, cost-cutting, video-pivoting, and slogan-slinging in corporate media to give up on reforming those...
The days of aimless channel surfing or relying on word-of-mouth tips for new shows began fading away in the 2000s. With the launch of YouTube in 2005 and Netflix streaming in 2007, algorithms—not people—began directing our viewing. These recommendations...
On March 21, 2007, The New York Times announced itself on Twitter: “Word up! It is I, the Gray Lady, with a ‘shoutout’ to all my hip young friends. Just wanted you to know I’ve added new specialized feeds.”
Origen:...
At least 995 jobs at English-speaking news media businesses have been cut or put at risk in January 2023.The job losses accelerate a trend that began in the second half of 2022, when media companies cut more than 1,000...
The Associated Press Stylebook, considered one of the most reliable guides to correct use of the English language for journalists, has apologised after producing a list of terms it thought could be dehumanising that included “the French”.
Origen: AP apologises...
While there are numerous success stories around the world with digital subscriptions, in many ways the industry is still grappling with myriad of challenges. Shared best-practice is in demand, which is why WAN-IFRA just published a new report, “Reader...
