✎ Reuters 路透社｜20240228
Streaming subscriber growth in US halved last year
去年，美國串流平台訂閱成長率減少了一半
Streaming subscriber growth in the United States has halved in 2023, data from research firm Antenna showed, a sign that the boom might be over for the industry in its key market. But now that the largest players have that scale, they must shift their focus to managing their subscribers, it said.
✎ NIEMAN LAB 哈佛大學尼曼新聞基金會《尼曼新聞實驗室》｜20240222
Google tests removing the News tab from search results
Google嘗試從搜尋結果中移除新聞標籤
The News filter disappearing from Google search results for some users this week won’t help publishers sleep any easier.
✎ CNN 美國有線電視新聞網｜20240125
News industry off to brutal 2024 start as mass layoffs devastate publishers, raising questions about the future of journalism
新聞業迎接殘酷的2024開年 大規模裁員對出版商造成重創 引發人們對新聞業未來的疑問
The news industry is enduring a brutal start to the new year, with outlets large and small across the country hemorrhaging reporting staff as legacy business models that kept much of the industry afloat for decades collapse in plain sight.
✎ The Japan Times 《日本時報》 ｜20240125
TikTok, YouTube fuel a Japanese literature boom in Britain
抖音與Youtube在英國掀起了一股日本文學熱潮
Trends on social media platforms such as TikTok — where members of the “BookTok” community recommend and theorize about their favorite books, genres and authors — have inspired young Britons to seek out more works translated from other languages.
✎ AXIOS 美國數位新聞網站《AXIOS》｜20240115
OpenAI unveils plans for tackling abuse ahead of 2024 elections
OpenAI推出新計畫解決2024大選濫用問題
ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it’s rolling out new policies and tools meant to combat misinformation and abuse ahead of 2024 elections worldwide.
✎ THE VERGE 美國科技新聞網路媒體《THE VERGE》｜20240110
Twitch is cutting one-third of its staff
串流媒體平台Twitch將裁員三分之一
The streaming platform’s latest round of job cuts is affecting more than 500 employees, which is reportedly about 35 percent of its headcount.
✎ LOS ANGELES TIMES 美國《洛杉磯時報》｜20231228
NAHJ study: Investigative newsrooms don’t reflect communities they cover
NAHJ研究報告：調查報導的新聞編輯室無法涵蓋其所以採訪的社區（編按：NAHJ 為全國西班牙裔記者協會）
A two-year survey of 22 major metro newsrooms found that investigative news reporters and editors are overwhelmingly white. The survey — conducted by the National Assn. of Hispanic Journalists between 2021 and 2023 and published Wednesday — reveals that 60% of investigative news reporters are white.
✎ AP NEWS 美聯社｜20231228
Social media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue from minors, Harvard study finds
哈佛大學研究發現：社群媒體刊登的美國廣告從未成年人身上獲取了110億美元的收益
Social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year, according to a study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health published on Wednesday.
✎ NPR 全美公共廣播電台｜20231214
‘Shameless’: Reporters Without Borders rebukes X for claiming to support it
馬斯克的X平台聲稱支持RSF，無國界記者斥無恥！
A pair of tweets this week from X, the former Twitter, seemed meant to soften the perception that under Elon Musk’s ownership, the platform is abdicating important responsibilities and degrading public discourse. The company used the messages to highlight rights organizations it says it backs.
✎ THE VERGE 美國科技新聞網路媒體《THE VERGE》｜20231212
How Twitter broke the news
推特如何摧毀新聞業
No one chasing money in media ever chased Twitter. But anyone chasing power found themselves irresistibly drawn to the platform.
