國際傳媒新聞:2019/03/08~2019/03/14

CounterPunch|March 12

Can Journalism Be Saved? A Tax Credit System for Creative Work

The basic problem faced by news outlets, and other producers of creative work, is that the Internet has made it possible to transfer written material, as well as recorded music and video material, at near zero cost. This means that the condition loved by economists, with the price being equal to the marginal cost, implies that this material would be available for free. If users pay what it costs to deliver a news article, song, or movie over the web, they would pay nothing, leaving no money to support the workers who produced the material.

Forbes|March 11

Social Media Isn’t Faster Or Better Than The News

Interestingly, the BBVA report confirms that the trends found in breaking news events also hold true for longitudinal industry analyses. In the case of breaking events, news and social media offer largely similar perspectives hour by hour as the event progresses.

Quartz |March 12

How Narendra Modi has almost killed the Indian media

The long-simmering crisis of credibility in the Indian news media reached a boiling point in the weeks following the deadly terrorist attack in Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir last month.

Media Matters |March 11

How broadcast TV networks covered climate change in 2018

For this study, Media Matters examined 2018 news coverage of climate change on broadcast TV networks, counting and analyzing segments devoted to climate change and segments in which an employee of the network incorporated climate change.

journalism.co.uk|March 12

BBC Local News Partnerships: how breaking out of the London bubble can strengthen the news agenda

Looking outside your newsroom – and your city – for stories comes up with unexpected benefits. Catch up with the main points raised by Matthew Barraclough, head of BBC Local News Partnerships (LNP), speaking at Newsrewired

Los Angeles Times|March 11

ESPN launches ‘Daily Wager’ as sports betting goes showtime

It’s the first regularly scheduled program from the Walt Disney Co.’s sports media behemoth solely dedicated to gaming-related information and data on upcoming contests, and it likely won’t be the last as legal sports betting spreads throughout the country.

 

 

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