Month: November 2019

The Media Minute 11.13.2019

When my daughter was five years old, there was a farm stand we’d drive by that had a huge sign proclaiming, “Sweet & Juicy Peaches.”

AI has gradually made its way into the media industry, where it’s beginning to make a significant impact.

Gen Z has a decidedly different approach to shopping, and based on new research from Kantar’s U.S. Monitor, that’s bad news for the many brands pouring their money into influencer marketing.

Scrappy isn’t necessarily a word you’d use to describe a publishing company that houses the two best-selling titles on U.S.

What are some character traits that you admire? Patience, integrity, honesty, loyalty? So do we. Specifically, loyalty.

The growing stream of reporting on and data about fake news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy is hard to keep up with. This weekly roundup offers the highlights of what you might have missed.

The Media Minute 11.05.2019

The publishing industry was up in arms over the summer when Google officially closed the loophole in its Chrome browser that allows website owners to detect whether a visitor has enabled Incognito mode to view their site.

Facebook is currently rolling out what it’s calling a “News tab,” a dedicated section on its platform that aggregates news story links from about 200 publishers…

In the span of two days, sports and culture site Deadspin lost its entire editorial staff and a $1 million ad campaign with Farmers Insurance. Now, parent company G/O Media is left to pick up the pieces.

Thousands of nominations and hundreds of finalists were narrowed down to winners in categories spanning B2B, consumer, association and city/regional publishing.

Local news is more trusted than national news, yes. But that’s largely because national news is not very trusted, especially by Republicans, according to a new study from the Knight Foundation and Gallup.

Our 2019 Publisher of the Year, P.J. Browning, calls herself a “newspaper brat.” With a journalism career that spans more than 30 years, it’s easy to understand why.

The Media Minute 10.30.2019

The weather is cooler, the pumpkins are here, and it’s time for people with opinions to start publishing articles announcing what to watch for in the media and publishing industry in the coming year.

“The subscriber journey doesn’t end with the purchase (of subscription).” It’s the beginning, says INMA’s Researcher-in-Residence, Grzegorz Piechota.

Winning the Daytona 500 is just one stop on your quest to auto racing greatness. It’s more than going fast. It requires a plan. Race crews test and create a unique plan for each race and race track.

What are some character traits that you admire? Patience, integrity, honesty, loyalty? So do we. Specifically, loyalty.

The money is welcome, and the potential audience is too. But does this push publishers away from being destinations and toward being suppliers?

If you’re over 35, spend and hour or two on the social media sensation TikTok, and leave feeling befuddled, don’t worry.