Fat-shamed by The Economist
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To be fat-shamed by upmarket British magazine The Economist, first published 1843, is too much. Iraqi actress and TV personally Enas Taleb has called her lawyers after The Economist illustrated
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A trust in markets for local journalism
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A deal showing trust in markets for local journalism was announced when Axios, focusing on newsletter-like local news services across the US, agreed to be sold to regional US newspaper
Warner Discovery giving up “streaming first” policy
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The streaming entertainment business boomed during the pandemic but streaming giants are now adjusting strategies. Netflix recently changed its policy and will carry advertising. Most recently, its competitor Warner Brothers
How journalists in Afghanistan cooperate with exiled colleagues
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”If the world wants to help media in Afghanistan, they should help the local media there. That means empowering and enabling local journalists to tell their stories and the stories
All-time low for trust in newspapers and TV news
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The trust in newspapers and television news has fallen to all-time low! Just 16% of U.S. adults now say they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence
How to capture next generation of news consumers
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Publishers should target the medium, not the platform, to capture the next generation of news consumers. A global average of 34% of news consumers prefer video while on a publisher’s
TikTok fastest growing news source in the UK
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TikTok is the fastest growing news source in the UK between 2020 and 2022 – from 0.8 million adults in 2020 (1%), increasing to 3.9 million adults in 2022 (7%).
EU funding of European media platforms
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A project to develop European media platforms and increasing EU access to quality information has been launched by the EU Commission. The ambition is information in as many EU languages
UN expert warns of dangerous decline in media freedom
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Reporters getting killed. Online attacks against women journalists, including death and rape threats. Targeted electronic surveillance to intimidate and silence investigative journalism. Media freedom and safety have diminished in the
Musk backing out of Twitter deal
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Elon Musk’s turbulent offer to buy Twitter for 44 billion USD has entered a new phase with Musk announcing that he is backing out of the deal arguing Twitter has