國際傳媒:2020/03/06~2020/03/12

✅PRESS WATCH|20200305

🔗Get political reporters off the coronavirus story because they don’t distinguish between right and wrong

But news organizations also need to take political reporters – and perhaps even more importantly, political editors – entirely out of the loop on this story. It’s too damned important to be covered as a two-sided battle over who’s winning the narrative.

✅TECHCRUNCH|20200306

🔗Twitter expands hateful conduct rules to ban dehumanizing speech around age, disability and now, disease

Today, Twitter says it’s expanding its rule to also include language that dehumanizes people on the basis of their age, disability or disease. The latter, of course, is a timely addition given that the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has led to people making hateful and sometimes racist remarks on Twitter related to this topic.

✅CNBC|20200306

🔗How Reader’s Digest went from life support to modern, digital-first multimedia brand

Renamed Trusted Media Brands, the multimedia giant has seen its total digital revenue grow 98% over the past five years. Its print and digital platforms collectively reach 60 million customers monthly.

✅AMERICAN PRESS INSTITUTE|20200309

🔗People pay for news that reinforces their social identities

If people tend to pay for news that supports only their identity, then partisan outlets could flourish while more impartial outlets suffer.

✅EDITOR & PUBLISHER|20200309

🔗The Future of Journalism May Live on Through Family-Owned Newspapers

But that’s not the story for all families that own newspapers. E&P spoke to a few of these privately held companies that are still going strong to discuss their challenges and their successes, and most importantly, how they plan to sustain their family legacy.

✅DIGIDAY|20200310

🔗In Spain, publishers warily pivot to subscriptions

Last week, Spain’s most popular news publisher El País announced it’s rolled out a metered paywall where readers can access 10 articles a month for free or pay €10 ($11.46) per month for unlimited access. Later this year, Spain’s other leading news publisher El Mundo launched a paid tier in October 2019.

整理:朱弘川╱編輯:鄭凱榕