國際傳媒新聞：2018/03/02~2018/03/08
Bill would let publishers gang up versus Facebook and Google
“Cicilline says the bill is designed to level the playing field between publishers and the tech giants, not dictate the outcome. Without an exemption, collective action by publishers could run afoul of antitrust laws around colluding over price or refusal to deal with competitors.”
Why does everyone hate the media?
A discussion about trust in news, and why Trump is making the situation worse (and better).
For two months, I got my news from print newspapers. Here’s what I learned.
“Get news. Not too quickly. Avoid social.”
British newspaper company Trinity Mirror to rebrand as “Reach”
“We think this is a name which better reflects what we do and what our ambitions are.”
Facebook working on approach to classifying satirical news pieces
“The Erik Wemple Blog wishes Facebook and its fact-checking partners a whole lot of luck in drawing off-the-cuff lines between all the various forms of bogus and satirical stuff on the Internet.”
Why a ‘Spotify for News’ can’t fly
“Periodically, I hear someone say, ‘What the news industry needs is a Spotify-like platform!’ In fact, it is far from certain that the news industry could pull out a profitable model based on Swedish streaming. [A]fter ten years of operation, Spotify’s future is still uncertain, and a news version of would face the same issues. But it’s the giant platforms control a large chunk of news distribution, capture all the advertising growth, are technologically way ahead, and can up-sell across all their product lines, and withstand any loss necessary.”
Hearst Newspapers is replacing its one-size-fits-all paywall with a customizable one
The newspaper group, with 24 daily and 64 weekly papers, including the Houston Chronicle and the San Francisco Chronicle, has been tinkering with a paywall whose permeability changes depending on who’s visiting and what they’re reading. (The Wall Street Journal is another publisher that’s recently turned to a paywall that responds to readers’ behaviors.)
Edit tests are out of control, say journalists in search of jobs
“Edit testing has become excessively burdensome for candidates. These journalists find themselves taking on multiple tests a year, sometimes simultaneously, amounting to 20 or more unpaid hours of work per test that often yield no results — in many cases, like Shah’s, not even a note informing them they’re no longer being considered.”
Switzerland votes overwhelmingly to keep its public broadcaster
“Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to cut taxpayer funding to public broadcasters, after a campaign that stirred debate about the media’s role in fostering national unity.”
Jarrod Dicker on what the blockchain can do for news
“With something like Po.et, you can own and archive your own content that’s recorded on the blockchain, and then license or syndicate it to whoever you want. If you’re a sports blogger writing for SB Nation or Deadspin, and all your content is archived in Po.et, you may get offers from other media companies, but also brands might say: ‘Hey, look, you’re a big player in this space and we are willing to sponsor you,’ and you can cut your own deal.”
