✎ Variety 美國娛樂雜誌《綜藝》｜20250226
YouTube Says It Now Has More Than 1 Billion Monthly Viewers of Podcast Content
YouTube自稱播客內容每月觀看人數已超過10億人次
Podcasts started as an audio-only phenomenon. But now YouTube — the world’s biggest video platform — might be the biggest platform for podcasts.
✎ POYNTER 美國波因特學院｜20250220
Fact-checkers are among the top sources for X’s Community Notes, study reveals
研究顯示：事實查核人員是X平台社群筆記最主要的來源
Notes that cite fact-checkers earn more trust from X users and combat misinformation faster
✎ TechCrunch 資訊科技媒體《TechCrunch》｜20250211
BuzzFeed is taking on Instagram, TikTok, X with a new social platform designed to spread ‘joy’
BuzzFeed推出旨在傳播「快樂」的新社群平台 將與 Instagram、TikTok、X競爭
BuzzFeed, the media site known for its celebrity news and quizzes, announced on Tuesday that it’s developing its own social media platform in a move to counter the current negativity on the internet.
✎ Semafor 新聞網站《Semafor》｜20250120
Inside the tug-of-war between AI and news publishers
人工智慧與新聞出版商之間的拉鋸戰
The key Washington lobbying group for news organizations and publishers is gearing up for legal action against a major artificial intelligence company that it believes has been egregiously copying publisher content to power its large language model.
✎ Wired 科技雜誌《WIRED》｜20250115
That Sports News Story You Clicked on Could Be AI Slop
你所點擊的體育新聞可能是人工智慧產物
A new report, shared exclusively with WIRED, shows how an AI content mill with hundreds of sites managed to pull big-name advertisers into their schemes.
✎ Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism 英國牛津路透新聞學研究所｜20250103 News for young people by young people: How this new Spanish outlet aims to reach an elusive audience 由年輕人為年輕人報導的新聞：西班牙的新媒體如何吸引難以捉摸的受眾 Young people are the elusive audience many news outlets are vying for. They are moving away from traditional news brands and towards news influencers producing podcasts and short-form video. A new generation of news startups in Southern Europe is trying to change this, with a more informal tone and a focus on explainers and online formats.
Read More
✎ Nieman Lab 哈佛大學尼曼新聞基金會《尼曼新聞實驗室》｜20250102
Can solutions journalism work for local newsrooms?
解方新聞學對地方新聞編輯室有效嗎？
Enter solutions journalism (also called constructive journalism), an approach to news reporting that emphasizes how people are working to solve significant challenges in communities. In its idealized form, solutions journalism (or SOJO) has four main elements: (1) a specific response to a significant social issue, (2) evidence showing what’s working (or not), (3) insights and lessons learned that can be used by others, and (4) an acknowledgment of limitations. The goal is to encourage civic engagement, rebuild trust in media, and develop more productive dialogue in communities.
✎ The Guardian 英國《衛報》 ｜20241225
Older music has been getting a second life on TikTok, data shows
數據顯示：老音樂在TikTok上獲得了第二春
Despite having an endless amount of music to pair with their short, scrollable videos, TikTok users have been raiding the back catalogues of artists from yesteryear including Bronski Beat and Sade to soundtrack their posts.
✎ journalism.co.uk 英國新聞網站《journalism.co.uk》｜20241218
Predictions for journalism 2025: communities over clicks, trust over traffic
2025年新聞業預測：社群重於點擊、信任重於流量
“Audience engagement is dead, audience connection is the future.”
✎ Nieman LAB 哈佛大學尼曼新聞基金會《尼曼新聞實驗室》 ｜20241205
Dow Jones negotiates AI usage agreements with nearly 4,000 news publishers
道瓊與近4000家新聞出版商洽談人工智慧使用協議
Earlier this year, the WSJ owner sued Perplexity for failing to properly license its content. Now its research tool Factiva has negotiated its own AI licensing deals.
