YouTube hit Channel 5 News is “reporting for people who don’t watch the news”
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Thursday, July 21, 2022
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YouTube hit Channel 5 News is “reporting for people who don't watch the news”“People who don't watch the news watch me. People who watch the news don't watch me.” By Theo Schear. |
What We’re Reading
Bloomberg / Benoit Berthelot
The Rupert Murdoch of France is building his own right-wing media empire →
“Billionaire Vincent Bollore has taken his own CNews TV channel sharply to the right by tapping into the formula that's paid off handsomely for Murdoch.”
Twipe / Matthew Lynes
Targeted push notifications can reduce cancellations, according to one publisher’s experiment →
The Germany-based Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger sent top stories to readers at medium or high risk for churn. The daily newspaper saw the cancellation rate drop between 2% and 5% over their control group.
Poynter / Kathy Lu
How newsrooms can make the edit test experience a good one →
“Does it make sense to ask someone to edit a 2,000-word story when they'll mostly be editing quick turnarounds? Does it make sense to ask someone to turn in three story pitches, write a 500-word story, and edit a 1,000-word story when they're applying for a reporting job?”
the Guardian / Haroon Siddique
English courts are getting new powers to dismiss “SLAPP” cases against reporters →
The U.K. justice secretary announced a three-stage test to tackle intimidatory legal actions against reporters and publishers, known as strategic lawsuits against public participation. Anyone subject to a suspected “SLAPP” would be able to apply the court to have it considered for early dismissal.
Columbia Journalism Review / Karen Maniraho
What does covering the internet and online culture look like in 2022? →
“I'm online from when I wake up to when I go to bed, like many people.”
New York Times / Ashley Wong
A profile of Hell Gate, the new blog-style news site for New York City →
“So what is a Hell Gate story? If you ask the owners, a Hell Gate story is that thing every New Yorker has passed walking down the street, that fleeting, only-in-New-York moment that everyone wonders about but doesn't understand. Nutcrackers cost $15 now? That's a Hell Gate story. Why are New Yorkers making eye contact with strangers now? Put it on Hell Gate.”
New York Times
the Guardian / Jim Waterson
The Guardian now makes more money from contributions from online readers than it does from readers of its print newspapers →
The Guardian’s proprietor, The Scott Trust, has historically given Guardian Media Group cash injections of up to £30m per year. In 2022, however, the Guardian Media Group performed so well it produced a cash surplus — for the first time in many years — of £6.7m.
POLITICO / Jack Shafer
This media writer thinks Americans trust newspapers more than they admit in surveys →
This much is true: Newspapers aren't alone in suffering a confidence decline.
American Journalism Project
Three nonprofit local news orgs will get $3.15 million from the American Journalism Project →
The grantees are Mississippi Today (which will launch a sister newsroom called Verite in New Orleans), ICT (formerly Indian Country Today), and The City (based in New York City).
Intelligencer / Will Leitch
“I tried and failed to profile Derek Jeter” →
“It kept on like this, with me giving it a good-faith effort and Jeter cheerfully but bloodlessly providing me with nothing in return. By the 20th day or so, it was obvious it wasn't really going to work.”
Axios / Sara Fischer
Facebook’s rumored redesign is here. (They made it look more like TikTok.) →
The home feed will now feature algorithmically chosen videos and put content posted by family, friends and groups into a separate side feed.
Vanity Fair / Charlotte Klein
Media outlets are banding together (and lawyering up) to get answers about Uvalde →
"If you're gonna invent an ideal world for how citizens find out their government is working, people sneaking around and trying to find stuff out is not the template. But that has been the story of this incident, that's for sure."
New York Times / Katie Robertson
A veteran war reporter in Afghanistan was forced to tweet retractions for her accurate articles by the Taliban →
"They dictated. I tweeted. They didn't like it. Deleted, edited, re-tweeted. Made video of me saying I wasn't coerced. Re-did that too."
Variety / Naman Ramachandran
Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube are the top news sources for U.K. teens →
“BBC One and BBC Two — historically the most popular news sources among teens — have been knocked off top spot down to fifth place, below the ITV news cluster. Some 24% of teens 24% use these channels for news in 2022, compared to 45% five years ago.”
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