For most newsrooms, the question is not whether to meet audience demands for authentic, easy to digest news they can use, but how to get it to them – and this, notes award-winning journalist, educator and media consultant Adriana Lacy, is leading to “an increasing complexity” of the landscape. The creator ecosystem, she noted, is…
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Reddit is one of the most-cited sources in AI-generated answers and among the most-visited websites on the internet. Yet many publishers still approach the platform the wrong way, according to Gabriel Sands, News & Lifestyle BD Partnerships Lead, Reddit, USA. “News publishers who are willing to be on Reddit really need to be approaching the…
The company was bought by Cox Enterprises for $525 million in August 2022, but its co-founders – Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen and Roy Schwartz – have remained in the key leadership roles. All three were also instrumental in Politico’s success: VandeHei was a co-founder, Allen was Politico’s first hire, and Schwartz served as its chief…
The annual report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism tends to make for a sobering read, and this year is no exception. From elusive young audiences and stagnating willingness to pay for news, to third-party platforms pushing news publishers further and further onto the digital sidelines, the report paints a picture of…
“Longevity” — a buzzy catchall for the quest for a longer life — is having a moment. Tech titans like Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos are spending billions to fund research into how to slow aging. Celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and Hailey Bieber are touting peptide use. And the world’s most powerful authoritarian…
In an industry where speed and agility are all the rage these days, Amedia, Norway’s largest local media publisher, stands out with its 14-year-old strategy that continues to bear fruit. Around 2013 and 2014, the Norwegian publisher found itself in a difficult situation. “We were basically about to go bankrupt,” said Anders Opdahl, CEO of Amedia….
One should never underestimate President Donald Trump’s ability to use sheer obfuscation to extract “victory” from a situation where the outcome is ambiguous at best. In the days to come, following Sunday’s announcement of a US-Iran ceasefire deal, the Trump administration will undoubtedly face questions about why it was worth killing thousands of people and…
Gas prices are high right now — an average of roughly a dollar more than they were last year for Americans. But considering that we’re not more than 100 days into the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which the International Energy Agency called the “most severe oil supply shock in history,” it seems like…
Here’s what’s undeniable: The Democratic electorate has dramatically shifted when it comes to the United States’ relationship with Israel. Earlier this year, a national poll from Gallup found that 41 percent of Americans sympathize with Palestinians and 36 percent with Israelis — the first time since Gallup began tracking the metric in 2001 that Israelis…