Telegraph chief appeals for transparency to end 'wild west' of news subscriber numbers
8 months agoThe chief executive of The Telegraph has called for transparent auditing of the "Wild west" of news industry subscription numbers, complaining that publishers are "Counting them themselves". Nick Hugh
Continue reading >>>Americans Trust Local News. That Belief Is Being Exploited.
0 months agoAs consumers become more skeptical about the national news they encounter online, impostor local sites that promote ideological agendas are becoming more common. These sites exploit the relatively hig
Continue reading >>>Google is redesigning the News tab, prioritizing context and publisher names
3 months agoIn the land of search engines and social media platforms providing more context to the things they show, Google is now tweaking its search results for news articles. Over the next couple weeks we're r
Continue reading >>>With costs rising, Facebook traffic arbitrage strategies lose effectiveness
4 months agoListicle publisher Ranker and lifestyle publisher Topix have, for years, employed profitable traffic arbitrage strategies, buying Facebook ads to acquire traffic that they can then monetize through ad
Continue reading >>>FAQ: How has social media changed journalism – and what does the future hold?
4 months agoTheir questions revolve around the impact of social media on journalism and Instagram in particular. How are the new social media apps changing the way journalism is produced, distributed and consumed
Continue reading >>>“First-generation fact-checking” is no longer good enough. Here's what comes next
4 months ago"Fact checkers need to move from 'publish and pray' to 'publish and act.'" "The idea that fact checking can work by correcting the public's inaccurate beliefs on a mass scale alone doesn't stack up,"
Continue reading >>>Quartz is shutting down its Quartz Brief mobile app July 1
4 months agoDigiday has learned that Quartz plans to shut down the Quartz Brief, the chatbot-style mobile app launched to great acclaim in 2016. Adam Pasick, who headed up editorial operations for the app, as wel
Continue reading >>>Can user rating help news brands regain audience trust?
4 months agoPublishers scrutinise their website traffic and clicks but rarely look at why readers lose trust and stop engaging with their content. Most editors are able to instantly tell you their key metrics lik
Continue reading >>>Global Alliance for Responsible Media sees 16 advertisers committing to digital safety
4 months agoMembers of World Federation of Advertisers have launched the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, which enlisted 16 advertisers to "Rapidly improve" digital safety. Media agencies such as Dentsu, Gr
Continue reading >>>Even people who like paying for news usually only pay for one subscription
4 months agoMore people say they avoid the news now than did in 2016, with a particularly large increase in news avoidance in the UK. These are some of the findings from a big new report out Tuesday evening from
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