Today, we take a look at what comes next in innovation at media groups, what technologies are being passed over and what technologies and formats media companies are investing in. As Chris Sutcliffe writes in his summary of the Media Moments 2022 report, the media is experiencing its own crypto winter as money flows out of this risky, speculative asset class as the era of easy money and pandemic stimulus packages end.

What is very much on the innovation for 2023 is AI and short-form video, and Digiday highlights how Betches Media is leaning into their success. And Chinese internet giant Tencent is trying to play catchup and develop a response to TikTok. 

Plus, we look at how YouTube is becoming a major platform for podcasters, and how a newsletter for how to live inexpensively in London grew its audience. With the cost of living crisis really biting not only Londoners but everyone in the UK, it seems to be at the right place and the right time. 

And don’t miss an interesting proposal for the future of Twitter. A hybrid cooperative run as a B corp social enterprise? 

For many emerging technologies, the bubble has burst: Where are publishers now looking for innova…

Publishers hibernate during the crypto winter – but a few brave souls continue experimenting The FTX crypto exchange went kaput in November, taking billions in real-world money …

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Chris has some solid numbers here about how the Meta is simply not hitting its numbers when it coes to the Metaverse, despite aggressive advertising and promotion. And he also has a rundown of how far NFTs have fallen, although he expresses cautious optimism that their is still room for innovation. 
However, the area where he see the most investment and interest is AI. 

The AI effect

Early thoughts on publishing after the robots take over

www.therebooting.com

Speaking of AI, Brian Morrissey offers up some predictions. Marketing and advertising copy will go first he says. Search will become a mess, but he also sees AI as continuing to rebalance power from institutions to individuals. I’m not so sure about the creator economy getting a boost from that, but AI will definitely be a key area of technological development and disruption. ChatGPT is just the beginning, and investment will flow into this area as major players look to ensure that they are as dominant in the future as they have been in the past.  

CNET Is Experimenting With an AI Assist. Here’s Why

For over two decades, CNET has built our reputation testing new technologies and separating the hype from reality.

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Speaking of AI, transparency will be a major issue. CNET has been experimenting with it, but some have accused the tech site of not being clear on what it was doing. It’s trying to do that now. 

Podcasters First Wanted Your Ears. Now They Want Your Eyes Too

YouTube is the most preferred podcast platform among regular listeners, ahead of Spotify and Apple, according to Morning Consult data

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YouTube as a podcast platform should not be a surprise, and Morning Consult has some fascinating numbers that show a complicated picture of the relationship between video and podcast listening. 

How newsletter for thrifty Londoners built a 10,000 person audience by word of mouth

Press Gazette spoke with Cheapskate’s co-founder about how the newsletter grew on minimal funding and why it won a British Journalism Award.

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The idea is so simple: A newsletter full of free events for people in London. I remember back in the day in Washington DC that there was something similar – a happy hour listing where unpaid or low-pad interns could get free snacks with their drinks. Note, word of mouth has been important but so has good, old local BBC radio. The relationship between emerging and traditional media often has a symbiotic element. 

Developments in vertical, short-form video

The story about Betches Media, which is focused on serving young women, is another data point about the importance of YouTube. They are experimenting with YouTube Shorts. Why? Because it ties into their podcast strategy. I spot a trend. 

And not only is Tencent placing a big bet on social video, newsletter startup Morning Brew just bought Our Future because it gives them a foothold in short-form video. 

How Betches Media is using short form, vertical video to continue growing in 2023

Betches Media never pivoted away from short form, vertical video, but is now finding it helpful in pitching advertisers on campaigns when platforms like TikTok and Instagram are…

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Analysis: Tencent bets big on WeChat Channels in push to build its own TikTok

On a hot summer’s day last year, the 90’s boy band Backstreet Boys clambered on to a stage in Pennsylvania and belted out hits as 44 million viewers tuned in from thousands of m…

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Morning Brew acquires Our Future, a short-form video startup founded in 2020, with 1B views and 1…

From Morning Brew. View the full context on Mediagazer.

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Industry news: A mixed bag of growth and inflation-fuelled losses

When we put together our State of the Digital publishing report at Pugpig, we heard a lot of stories about increased costs, and that is playing out as media groups report their results. DC Thomson and National World both saw increases in revenue, but increased energy and paper costs have taken a bite of healthy revenue as pandemic lockdowns ended. 

DC Thomson 2021/22 profits hit by £8m increase in energy and paper costs

Revenues at DC Thomson rose 7.3% in the year to March 2022, reflecting the post-lockdown recovery that buoyed much of the media in 2021.

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National World sees digital revenue growth of 25% in 2022

National World said it predicted revenues “not less than £84m” for 2022, a slight decrease on the figure for 2021.

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News aggregator SmartNews lays off 40% of US and China staff, with further reductions planned in …

SmartNews, a Tokyo-headquartered news aggregation website and app valued at $2 billion, is expected to cut 50% of its global workforce.

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Twitter as a social enterprise? And what next for your career

Twitter: how to remove Elon Musk and reinvent the company

A ten-point plan for taking the social media platform into new territory.

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This an interesting proposal for a hybrid-cooperative model: a social enterprise. The one major hitch that I see is the sums that would be required to buy out Musk and his backers. However, as he drives the company into the ground, creditors may be willing or be forced to accept pennies on the dollar. 

How to change career in the new year

Self-praise, cheerleaders and good mental health are the essential ingredients to charting a career path, says former BBC journalist Dhruti Shah

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As media jobs become not only rarer but also the path to senior roles becomes more difficult, a former BBC journalist discusses how to make a personal pivot in 2023. 

Welcome to the new look newsletter on a new platform, Beehiiv. A big thanks to Esther Kezia-Thorpe at Media Voices for helping me narrow down which newsletter platform to choose. I could tell when we were doing our State of the Digital Publishing Report at Pugpig that we were on the cusp of a new tack strategically for media as the economic cycle was turning. As looks ahead, predictions and forecasts come out for 2023, subscriber retention has shot to the top of many lists. FT Strategy found that retention is the top priority for 68% of the subscription businesses that they spoke to, according to What’s New in Publishing. 

On that theme, WAN-IFRA looks at the playbook that the Star-Tribune in the US has for retaining its subscribers. They have focused on getting email contacts for their subscribers, and they focus on getting their subscribers to renew that first time. 

Plus, INMA looks at the product priorities of publishers and finds that personalisation and new content format intended to engage audiences are high on the list. So much of what publishers are focused on relates to efforts to engage and retain audiences. 

And we have a brief social media platform roundup with a look at the expected impact of a new online safety bill in the UK and the most recent ructions at Twitter, where it has become clear that they shut off API access to certain third-party apps. 

As I settle in with Beehiiv, things might change a bit over the coming weeks. If you have any suggestions please feel free to drop me an email or message on Twitter @kevglobal. Thanks for coming along for the move. 

Retention is top strategic priority for 68% of subscription businesses: Publisher insights from F…

New report presents key macro trends and predictions about the subscription economy. It underlines that retention is a top priority and shares the most effective strategies bein…

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George Adelman, Principal, FT Strategies in a new report, says that we’re entering a third phase of the subscription economy, according to a summary from What’s New in Publishing. Beginning around the turn of the century, subscriptions began to take hold, and then he points to COVID as a period that drove subscriptions. Now, we are entering the retention phase. 

Content formats, personalisation, managing product-tech are 2023 product focuses

This year, the INMA Product Initiative will focus on using innovative content formats to connect with diverse audiences, using personalisation to meet readers where (and when) t…

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How the Star Tribune aims to retain its 100,000 digital subscribers – WAN-IFRA

2023-01-12. “Our goal is to discuss retention as often as we discuss acquisition,” says Toby Collodora, Senior Manager of Retention and Engagement for the US-based Star Tribune.

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They have aligned the organisation around the goal of getting new subscribers to renew for the first time. That is the best indicator of whether they will develop a long-term relationship with a subscriber, and they frequently reinforce the quality and effort of their content. Email is a key component, and they send content-led emails twice a month to try to re-engage inactive subscribers. 

Social Media Roundup: Platforms prep for fallout from UK online safety bill, and Twitter shuts off API to some apps

TikTok, Instagram, and other social media apps expect age verification measures in the UK’s Onlin…

From Financial Times. View the full context on Mediagazer.

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The FT (£) looks at how social media platforms are preparing for a new online safety bill in the UK. They are expecting to see a drop in users due to the bill. 

If You Needed Any More Confirmation, Internal Slack Messages at Twitter Show That Cutting Off Thi…

Link to: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/musks-twitter-intentionally-suspended-tweet-bot-third-party-apps-messages-show?rc=jfy0lk

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This weekend my wife was upset because Tweetbot, which she uses to manage tweets for her business went offline. It was no accident John Gruber of Daring Fireball says as he refers to internal Slack messages first reported by The Information that show that this was a deliberate move by Elon Musk’s Twitter. 

Twitter Cuts Off Access to Some Third-Party Tweet Management Tools

Twitter appears to have deliberately cut access for some popular third party apps.

www.socialmediatoday.com

Social Media Today says that Tweebot and Twitterific were two of the apps affected by the API change. Twitter under Musk continues to make erratic moves with little communication with partners or customers. 

Agility both in terms of operations and also in terms of where they sourced talent has been an important lesson for media managers during the pandemic, and they are relying on those lessons as they prepare for next turn of the economic screw. Digiday reviews what other lessons in resilience they will focus on in 2023. And the digital publishing industry review also looks into what is hot and what is not in terms of the ad industry in 2023.

In a very long look back, the New York Times looks back a decade ago when it introduced Snowfall, which has inspired a decade of long-form digital media storytelling or scrolly-telling as it has been sometimes called.

PLUS journalism.co.uk has a great overview of how newsletter-based The Mill in Manchester broke even in two years. It’s a playbook to study for sure. And a look at a YouTube powerhouse, Channel 5, not the UK’s Channel 5 but a group of young journalism upstarts using the platform to reach the massive audience there.

This is the last week that this newsletter will be sent out via Revue. Next week, we’ll have a new-look newsletter and a new platform.

WSJ, Insider, BDG among publishers revisiting pandemic lessons in business ops as potential recession looms – Digiday — digiday.com

BDG, Insider, WSJ and other publishers are bracing for the uncertainties of 2023 with lessons from the pandemic.

One of the the themes that seemed to gather more attention in the tail of 2022 was how to continue to manage hybrid working situations. This was driven not just by the desire of staff to work remotely but also the economic motivation of many publishers to reduce their costs by reducing their real estate portfolio. It’s been happening in newspapers for years, but it is spreading to other outlets now. They also learned about flexibility in ad sales. More about that in a minute.

‘Snow Fall’ at 10: How It Changed Journalism – The New York Times — www.nytimes.com

The Pulitzer Prize-winning multimedia feature about an avalanche in Washington State changed the way The New York Times approaches storytelling.

They took what they learned in creating Snow Fall and productised it. They created tools and workflows.

The definitive Digiday guide to what’s in and out for advertising in 2023 – Digiday — digiday.com

From esports is dying to retail media hype, here’s what’s in (and out) for advertising in 2023.

What jumped out at me in this was how crypto ads and NFTs are so last year, but I am curious about how media will experiment with the metaverse. It feels like a bit of a blind alley for me, similar to 360 -degree video in which there will be a rush of largely undifferentiated projects without a sense of what really works in the medium.

Andrew Callaghan and Channel 5 Co-founders on New HBO Doc. Covering Jan. 6 Resurrection — www.esquire.com

Channel 5 has gone from upstart YouTube channel to undeniably influential reporting powerhouse. And they’re just getting started.

How a group of young video journalists used YouTube to break into the mainstream.

The Mill’s two-year roadmap to breaking even | Media news — www.journalism.co.uk

The Manchester-based startup has convinced 1.5k people to pay for local news powered by newsletters. The CEO shares tips on early growth strategies

Grab the low-hanging fruit right away so that you have the runway for long-term, sustainable growth. This is a good, practical business case.

Coming to a Hawaii library near you: Honolulu Civil Beat is hosting pop-up newsrooms around the state | Nieman Journalism Lab — www.niemanlab.org

“We learned that people have an interest if they can get to us.”

This is one trend that I keep an eye on, how local indie digital publishers are using libraries in different ways to

Ukraine, Queen lead Chartbeat’s list of 2022’s most-engaging stories – Poynter — www.poynter.org

But ESPN led the list with its story about sexual predator and former Penn State football player Todd Hodne

One of those great end-of-year links.

Google Releases Guide to Search Ranking Systems

Google has provided a short guide to help web publishers better understand their search ranking initiatives and perspectives.

A good guide to keep handy to inform your SEO efforts.

YouTube secures NFL Sunday Ticket in landmark streaming deal • TechCrunch — techcrunch.com

YouTube and the National Football League announced on Thursday that the two have reached a deal for the NFL Sunday Ticket.

YouTube’s deep pockets allow it to play in the big leagues.

Slow fade for Google and Meta’s ad dominance — www.axios.com

Online advertising’s dominant “duopoly” faces a wave of new challenges that are eating away at their numbers.

How the duopoly’s position is starting to fade and the challengers the are eating into their online ad revenue.

Most-Read ‘Mobile Insiders’ (But Don’t Waste Time Rereading Them) 12/22/2022

Most-Read ‘Mobile Insiders’ (But Don’t Waste Time Rereading Them) – 12/22/2022

Some sense of what mobile issues gained traction from a newsletter in 2022.

We’re winding down the year and the newsletter on Revue, and everyone is looking back and looking forward. On the note of the coming shutdown of Revue, I’ve had people suggest Ghost and Beehiiv. I’ll be looking into the next home for the newsletter over the holidays and making a decision. If you have a suggestion, I’m @kevglobal on Twitter – well at least for a little while longer.

And now the newsletter. Ariel Zirulnick takes up the user needs model, which has been most notably promoted by former BBC media leader and now consultant Dmirtry Shiskin. The crux of her piece is that we in media need to look beyond our core users and use cases to really become a part of people’s lives.

The Local Media Association has a review of newsletter projects by four Canadian outlets as part of Meta’s Accelerator programme. It’s a good overview of different approaches to using newsletters for audience development and subscriber growth.

PLUS With data talent in such high demand, INMA looks at how to identify strong candidates from unconventional backgrounds. A survey for why people have left US public media after a spike in departures including some high-profile talent in the past year. Experimentation is in the air when it comes to news and information websites. After settling into a relatively stable pattern for the last decade, site design is getting a shake-up.

Journalism doubles down on user needs » Nieman Journalism Lab — www.niemanlab.org

“If we continue to study just the tiny portion of a person’s day that they spend consuming journalism, we will miss innumerable opportunities to weave ourselves into people’s lives.”

An interesting piece by Ariel Zirulnick: “The user needs framework currently copy and pasted from newsroom to newsroom focuses just on people’s news consumption habits. If we continue to study just the tiny portion of a person’s day that they spend consuming journalism, we will miss innumerable opportunities to weave ourselves into people’s lives.”

4 email campaign themes that grew reader revenue for Canadian publishers – Local Media Association + Local Media Foundation — localmedia.org

In nine months, publishers collectively added more than 23,000 newsletter signups — which led to 4,700 new members, subscribers or donors and generated more than $1 million.

Whether it’s campaigns to increase the number of subscribers or onboarding campaigns to help retain those newly acquired subscribers, this is a good overview of four types of newsletters and how publishers in Canada used them to grow reader revenue.

Media companies, data teams should question hiring culture to attract better talent — www.inma.org

Does the hiring culture at your news media organisation — and within your data team — make it more difficult to bring in and keep promising talent?

Some tips on how to identify and recruit talent from unconventional backgrounds.

Publishers: Does the 80-20 rule apply to audience metrics? | What’s New in Publishing | Digital Publishing News — whatsnewinpublishing.com

Can the 80-20 Rule be used to spotlight the types of content that deliver the best audience engagement? Identifying the content that drives the biggest share of audience engagement is crucial for publishers; knowing what works best can help fix overall content strategy and guide targeting for specific audiences. The Data Science team at analytics …

A good practical piece. In my previous role, I found that a modified Pareto distribution helped to filter out noise in the data. We also used the Audience Explorer Dashboard to segment our audience based on loyalty and identify content that was likely to convert audiences who had demonstrated some affinity towards membership.

We asked people why they left public media, and here’s what they told us — current.org

Here’s what we learned from our survey about why people leave public media, based on more than 300 responses.

As someone who left US public media in April, this leapt out at me. The top two

Bezos appears to lose interest in the Washington Post as its tech ambitions wither | Semafor — www.semafor.com

Employees and observers of the Post are left wondering what Bezos is doing with the publication.

The drum beat of stories about the Washington Post being a bit adrift are increasing.

What The Verge’s website redesign tells us about the future of media | What’s New in Publishing | Digital Publishing News — whatsnewinpublishing.com

The Verge has a new website design that rethinks the experience of news readers. What does this move say about the state of news media? The Verge’s radical website redesign was announced three months ago, and one of America’s biggest tech news publishers is still the talk of the town. While most news websites tend to highlight …

A response to social media and focus on the homepage. The latter does not surprise me. I’ve seen the analytics of a lot of digital properties, and the amount of time spent on the homepage is tremendous, and the challenge is really to get people to engage more with the entire site.

Whither the Metaverse

Two pieces that demonstrate the challenges but also continued commitment that Meta has to the Metaverse.

Virtual Reality Pioneer John Carmack Is Leaving Meta – The New York Times — www.nytimes.com

John Carmack, who was chief technology officer of Oculus, which Meta bought, is departing the company.

Meta Will Continue to Invest Big in the Metaverse in 2023, According to CTO | Social Media Today — www.socialmediatoday.com

Social Media Today

Working at a company like Pugpig where we build apps for hundreds of media brands, we keep a close eye on the app stores, and big changes could be coming as the EU rolls out new regulations. Google already allows side loading from third-party app stores. Apple is considering making a similar move by 2024 in anticipation of these new regulations. The devil will be in the details, especially when it comes to the cut that Apple might take, even for app sellers who sell outside of the app store.

There was also big news this week that will affect this newsletter. After weeks of rumours, Twitter announced that it will be shutting down Revue, which it bought last year. That is the platform that I use for this newsletter. I’ve been reviewing my options, and I’ll be moving first the newsletter first thing in the New Year. Please watch this space.

We’ve also got predictions for journalism next year, which include a call for clarity from leaders and a focus on new products. Plus, we look at the fallout from a ransomware attack at Norway’s largest local publisher. Plus industry news from NPR and Spotify.

Predictions for Journalism in 2023: newsroom leadership, product, and revenue | Media news — www.journalism.co.uk

The second installment of our annual predictions looks at the skills journalists will need in the year ahead and the news products that are likely to grow

There are predictions of a tough time ahead, but also calls to focus on products and growing revenue. On the individual level, it’s also a time to learn new skills so that you can adapt. I really appreciate Lucy Kueng’s point of view. Leaders need to focus on the must-win battles. During turbulence, clear priorities are a must.

Will Apple Allow Users to Install Third-Party App Stores, Sideload in Europe? – Bloomberg — www.bloomberg.com

Apple Inc. is preparing to allow alternative app stores on its iPhones and iPads, part of a sweeping overhaul aimed at complying with strict European Union requirements coming in 2024.

INMA: How can product help newsrooms connect to users? — inma.org

During Wednesday’s Webinar, INMA Product Initiative Lead Jodie Hopperton led a discussion about how product and newsrooms can work together to reach users in an increasingly digital environment.

This definitely caught my eye due to my work at Pugpig. Apple is expecting to allow side loading and third-party app stores in the EU by 2024. The move anticipates changes in EU regulation, but coverage across the internet highlight that European countries are not alone in reviewing competition in app stores.

Twitter Shuts Down Revue Newsletter Platform Following ‘Twitter Files’ Response from Former CEO | Social Media Today — www.socialmediatoday.com

Social Media Today

And this is the news that will mean that this newsletter will be moving. Expect details early in the New Year.

Rising costs force more digital innovation » Nieman Journalism Lab — www.niemanlab.org

“Those who moved fast over the past five years will come out on top, and those who didn’t will struggle, fire staff, and disappoint customers and advertisers with clunky sites, second-grade apps, and increasingly thin newspapers they’ll still try to charge the earth for.”

The introductory pull-quote sums up Peter’s points well. “Those who moved fast over the past five years will come out on top, and those who didn’t will struggle, fire staff, and disappoint customers and advertisers with clunky sites, second-grade apps, and increasingly thin newspapers they’ll still try to charge the earth for.”

“Hacks occur at the most inconvenient times”: Lessons from Amedia’s Christmas shutdown | What’s New in Publishing | Digital Publishing News — whatsnewinpublishing.com

Between December 27th – 28th last year, one of Norway’s largest media groups – Amedia – was hit by a catastrophic ransomware attack that shut down its printing presses and also impacted the company’s advertising and subscription systems. Here are the key takeaways… Editor’s Note: Our thanks to Jim Bilton of wessendenbriefing for the original …

Lots of important lessons here because the cost is extreme. “In all, it took €3 million and nine months to get back to where it was before the attack, not to mention the loss of ongoing tech development and, crucially, user trust.”

NPR cancels internships, citing economic woes | The Hill

National Public Radio on Monday said it would do away with its annual summer internship program as a cost-cutting measure. “We are seeing a worldwide set of economic challenges that have weakened the advertising industry and negatively affected media and technology companies. A major portion of NPR’s revenue comes through corporate sponsorships which are sensitive…

The US public radio broadcaster is making cuts to try to protect staffing level as sponsorship drains away as the US enters a recession.

Spotify is ending production of several of its live audio shows • TechCrunch — techcrunch.com

Spotify looks to be scaling back its live audio ambitions, as the company is ending production of several of its live audio shows.

Spotify has pinned a lot of hopes on its original spoken word content. That has mostly been podcasts, but they dipped their toe into live audio, mostly focused on sports. Some of those sports shows will remain, but a good chunk of them will be going dark.

I’ve spent the last three months elbow-deep in our data at Pugpig. We have access to the app data of more than 350 media brands who use our mobile platform, and it provides us with some unique insights from the aggregated data. We also spoke to dozens of media leaders and analysts about what the last 12 months were like and what they expect in 2023. We’ve got details about their product roadmaps for the next year, where will they be spending their innovation time, attention and resources. We’ve got details on the challenges that they are facing and what they will be doing to face them, and we’ve got data on which subscription segment is the most engaged. It’s free to download.

Plus, I’ve chosen a few of this year’s Nieman Lab predictions that caught my eye, including Cindy Royal’s look at whether news product managers need to know how to code and Gina Chua’s ongoing, positive advocacy for a rethink of journalism formats.

And we also look at Heinekin and Dentsu’s project to measure attention in their campaigns. While this is an effort in advertising, the same techniques will have an impact on journalism and content.

Pugpig 2022 State of Digital Publishing Market Report — www.pugpig.com

Where are we now and what does the future hold? We’ve created a comprehensive industry report covering the state of digital publishing.

We hope to have added to the current understanding of digital publishing, particularly on mobile. A few things stood out for me while we were doing the report. The publishers we spoke to are focused on growing their subscriber base, and to attract more subscribers and keep the subscribers that they have, they are focused on delivering more value to them – not with flashy things like AR/VR or selling NFTs – but through personalisation, the ability to tailor experiences to their loyal, paying customers. There is a lot more in the report, and I hope you take a look.

Lastly, there is an interesting piece from Interhactitives about why data journalism is disappearing in South Korea.

The innovation team, R.I.P. » Nieman Journalism Lab — www.niemanlab.org

“You might be forgiven for suspecting that news companies are more interested in appearing innovative than actually doing something new.”

This prediction more than anything speaks to how innovation teams can become isolated from the rest of the organisation, their innovations lauded but ultimately having less organisational impact than if they were core to the organisation itself.

The Economics at the Heart of the Times Union Standoff | The New Yorker — www.newyorker.com

Thursday’s walkout was part of a bitter contract dispute over wages—but the impasse poses a larger question about how the growing company should invest in its future.

Journalists want the paper not just to invest in technology, acquisitions and executive salaries, they also want a slice of the success at the paper, which has been held up as a model for how to navigate the digital transition.

Yes, journalists should learn to code, but… » Nieman Journalism Lab — www.niemanlab.org

“They’ll need to think of coding as not just a single practice, but a range of related practices.”

Cindy Royal is a giant in terms of the field of study of journalism and product management, and here she looks at the question about whether journalist and specifically journalism product managers need to learn to code. As the industry has become more technical, the answer has changed. Tech used to be far divorced from the practice of journalism, but it is now the case that the two are much more intimately linked so that journalists and product managers need deeper digital domain skills.

The traditional story structure gets deconstructed » Nieman Journalism Lab — www.niemanlab.org

“Despite huge changes in the technology of news, the structure of a story today doesn’t look hugely different from one in, say, 1932.”

Gina and I connected years ago over our blogs when she was writing about her thoughts about new journalism formats, and my wife Suw and I had plans to try something new after I took a buyout from The Guardian. It’s interesting to see how Gina is putting her ideas into practice at Semafor, and here she writes about thinking behind those ideas.

Semafor Will Generate 30% of Its First-Year Revenue From Events — www.adweek.com

The publisher, whose inaugural Africa Week begins Monday, will host 40-plus events in 2023.

And here is some thoughts about how Semafor will pay for it.

Next challenge for publishers is restoring revenue back to print levels – Press Gazette — pressgazette.co.uk

How publishers can restore revenue to print levels – media technology Q&A.

While this might be a piece from a the view of a specific technology provider, it is interesting to think about different revenue stream might be able to rebuild the revenue that media once had back in the days of print and broadcast TV and radio before streaming.

Why is data journalism waning in South Korea? – Interhacktives — www.interhacktives.com

Facing decreasing attention from outlets in a portal-oreinted media environment, South Korean data journalists seek

How the media market in South Korea has meant the death knell of data journalism there (or probably more precisely a certain kind of time-intensive data journalism).

Heineken Develops Attention Measurement Campaign With Teads And Dentsu 12/12/2022

Heineken Develops Attention Measurement Campaign With Teads And Dentsu – 12/12/2022

Twitter’s risky plan to save its ads business — www.platformer.news

Agree to personalize your ads — or else

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