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✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including the emergence of paid news podcasts, the challanges facing nonprofit media, and five noteworthy sessions at the upcoming media business forum.
🤑 Paid news podcasts on the rise;
🤜 Struggles of nonprofit media;
🗓 Five sessions to attend at Reinventing Media Business Forum in Riga;
✌️ Our weekly digest.
👋 So what news has this week brought us in the field of media?
Here are this week's stories picked by our team:
▪️Rupert Murdoch, one of the most influential media moguls of the past half-century, announced he would step down from his roles as chairman of Fox and News Corp. His son Lachlan will succeed him, while the elder Murdoch will retain the position of Chairman Emeritus.
▪️The Guardian launched a digital Europe edition as it invests more in covering the continent. This is the fifth digital edition of the publisher, following UK, US, Australia and international one.
📍 Find out more in this week's digest.
The Economist moving its podcasts under a paywall is part of a wider trend. Leading news publishers are looking to have more control over the distribution of their podcasts – and to charge listeners.
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✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including autumn's media events, useful tools to analyse a media project, how one Ukrainian outlet produces successful narrative podcasts about science, and the problematics of hidden cyber threats.
🫂 Six media events this autumn;
🔩 Tools to analyse media projects;
🎙 A profile of Kunsht;
🤖 Ron Deibert on countering cyber threats.
Finding the balance between short-term metrics and long-term strategy can be tough for leaders. This piece offers practical guidance on classic tools such as PEST analysis, Porter's five forces model, and more to help you effectively plan future success even when immersed in daily operations. Whether you're new to management or a seasoned pro, these techniques provide a holistic view to keep aspirations on track.
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📰 What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: Keeping news sustainable
▪️The articles featured pertain to the struggles of aspiring journalists in Italy, how transcribe effectively, people management in small newsrooms, and the challenges posed to publishers by ever-improving generative AI;
▪️Interesting insights on NYT’s successful bet on games, and a profile of possibly world’s most famous journalist Fabrizio Romano, Italian sports reporter from our colleagues at Nieman Lab and Columbia Journalism Review.
▪️Great opportunities from The Google News Initiative, Global Investigative Journalism Network, and Bloomberg.
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✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including the struggles of aspiring journalists in Italy, how transcribe effectively, people management in small newsrooms, and the challenges posed to publishers by the ever-improving generative AI.
🇮🇹 Do young Italian journalists stand a chance?;
🛠 Several transcription tools to save you time;
🫂 Handling people problems in small outlets;
🤖 The effect of generative AI on media business models;
✌️ Our weekly digest.
👋 So what news has this week brought us in the field of media?
Here are this week's stories picked by our team:
▪️Meta plans to remove Facebook News, a dedicated tab for news content, in the UK, France and Germany by the end of this year. This means that the product, which was first launched in 2019, will remain available only in the United States and Australia.
▪️Every Friday the Russian government publishes a slate of new “foreign agents”, a designation designed to quell remaining free speech in the country by imposing cumbersome regulations on news organisations and individuals. Last week we saw one of the most high-profile additions to the list ever – Nobel-winning editor of Novaya Gazeta Dmitry Muratov.
📍 Find out more in this week’s digest.
📰 What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: Moving away from tech giants
▪️The articles featured pertain to what the latest journalists’ strike means for French media, the effect of Russian propaganda in Africa, what Google News’ return to Spain indicates, and how to read privacy policies;
▪️Interesting insights on whether opting out of your content being used for ChatGPT training is worth it, and how video can help investigative podcasts reach new audiences from our colleagues at Press Gazette and GIJN.
▪️Great opportunities from The International Fact-Checking Network, Axel Springer, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and The Guardian.
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✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including what the latest journalists’ strike means for French media, the effect of Russian propaganda in Africa, what Google News’ return to Spain indicates, and how to read privacy policies.
🇫🇷 Why the strike of Journal du Dimanche workers matters;
🌍 How to counter Russian propaganda in Africa;
🇪🇸 The impact of Google News return to Spain;
📝 Tips to analyse any privacy policy;
✌️ Our weekly digest.
👋 So what news has this week brought us in the field of media?
Here are this week's stories picked by our team:
▪️British media manager Mark Thompson is expected to be picked as the next CEO of CNN, an American cable network that has been rocked by leadership crises since last year.
▪️Facebook’s decision to block news links in Canada in the wake of the company’s conflict with the Canadian government has had almost no impact on the platform’s usage in the country, Reuters reports.
▪️Denník N, a major Slovak newspaper, has acquired a minority stake in FatChilli, a Slovak IT and consulting firm for news publishers.
📍 Find out more in this week's digest.
In the latest article for The Fix, Francesco Guidotti and Chiara De Martino look at how the longest strike in French journalism in decades unfolded and what comes next.
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✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including how to access academic research for free, trends in Russian journalism in 2023, and how European outlets rely on memberships.
🔬 Ways to access academic research for free;
📈 Five key trends in Russian journalism after invasion of Ukraine;
🏤 How three European newsrooms run membership-driven outlets;
✌️ Our weekly digest.
A year and a half into Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine, these are five trends that can be seen in Russian media, according to Veronika Snoj.
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👋 So what news has this week brought us in the field of media?
Here are this week's stories picked by our team:
▪️Axel Springer settled a lawsuit against Julian Reichelt, the former chief editor of Bild, Germany’s best-selling newspaper, who left the company amidst sexual misconduct allegations two years ago.
▪️Russia added over a dozen British journalists and media managers to the list of individuals banned from entering the country. The list includes BBC News chief executive Deborah Turness and The Guardian‘s world affairs editor Julian Borger, among others.
▪️In the meantime, persecution of journalists in neighbouring Belarus is even more sinister. Most recently, the authorities added jailed leaders of TUT.BY, the country’s major independent news outlet, to the list of “extremists”.
📍 Find out more in this week's digest.
The Reinventing Media Business Forum is coming up in Riga on October 3-4. In this article, we highlight five sessions we're particularly looking forward to - including AI in news with Schibsted, building investigative networks, mental health support from The Kyiv Independent during the war, growing subscriptions at Helsingin Sanomat, and a panel on introducing subscription models.
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Nonprofit newsrooms have greatly expanded in recent years but still face issues around securing stable funding and avoiding donor influence. Our new article summarises challenges discussed by journalists at the International Journalism Festival on problems plaguing the nonprofit media sector.
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📰 What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: News podcasting goes paid
▪️The articles featured pertain to this autumn's media events, useful tools to analyse a media project, how one Ukrainian outlet produces successful narrative podcasts about science, and the problematics of hidden cyber threats;
▪️Interesting insights on the use of AI-generated summaries of human-written stories in media, and the significance of NYT’s coverage of the 9/11 attacks 22 years ago from our colleagues at INMA and Air Mail.
▪️Great opportunities from JournalismAI, The Economist, The Kyiv Independent, and Reinventing Media Business Forum.
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Upscale narrative podcasts are difficult to produce and often lose out to cheaper, easier-to-produce talk shows. In Ukraine, @kunshtmagazine beats the trend with a slate of narrative podcasts about science. Here’s how they do it.
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Media, communication and marketing professionals - mark your calendars for the Reinventing Media Business Forum in Riga from October 3-4, featuring speakers from top companies like Schibsted, Göteborgs-Posten, The Guardian, and Deutsche Welle. Don't miss this chance to meet, share, create, and collaborate.
📍 More info here.
Autumn's here so here is our list of six top media events to attend this season, featuring the likes of Global Investigative Journalism Conference, International News Media Association, and WAN-IFRA.
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Generative AI is gaining ground and could threaten news publishers' business models. Ira Hoiuk examines how outlets are responding to concerns AI may impact website traffic, advertising and subscriptions, and looks at what steps they are taking already.
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Manual transcription is officially in the past. We picked the best transcription tools for journalists – three services for working with long audio, plus a bonus tool for transcribing audio notes.
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🇮🇹 It’s not unusual for young journalists to have a hard time breaking into the media sector, but in Italy they face unique challenges. Luca Arfini explores what makes the country stand out and how young Italian journalists can still make it.
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After an eight-year absence, Google News has made a comeback in Spain, marking a significant milestone in the ongoing relationship between tech giants and news publishers. What are the consequences?
We discuss it with Director of SEO and Product at the Spanish publisher El Nacional, Clara Soteras.
Our latest article examines how Russia has stepped up propaganda targeting African audiences and the harm this poses to democracy on the continent. Experts provide insights on effective strategies for overcoming distorted narratives.
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📰 What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: Ukrainian and Russian media 1.5 years into the war
▪️The articles featured pertain to how to access academic research for free, trends in Russian journalism in 2023, and how European outlets rely on memberships;
▪️Interesting insights on the challenges of identifying and blocking people who are circumventing paywalls, how The Economist leverages short-form video, and The New Statesman's Substack-focused newsletter strategy from our colleagues at Digiday, WAN-IFRA, and Press Gazette.
▪️Great opportunities from International News Media Association, Financial Times, and Thomson Reuters.
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Representatives of Zetland, Republik, and Krautreporter shared lessons from building successful, independent European news outlets funded exclusively by readers. Their discussions at the International Journalism Festival provide insight for publishers seeking readership-focused models.
Iryna Boiko summarises their experiences in her latest piece.
🇺🇦 Ukraine's wartime journalism
As Ukraine marks its 32nd Independence Day amidst a full-scale war with Russia, we have assembled profiles of several Ukrainian media organizations – some long-established, others startups focusing on niche topics.
▪️ We spoke to @Liganet just over a month into Russia’s invasion;
▪️ @Babel’s story of building an upscale national news publisher;
▪️ Life continues in the capital despite the war and @villageua has had to adapt;
▪️ News avoidance is on the rise among youths. @Svidomi_ua is looking to engage this audience;
▪️ Looking for positivity in this gloomy world? Have a look at ShoTam’s work;
▪️ There is an audience for niche media too. Here are some of their stories.
📍 Would you like to help Ukrainian media? Here is what you can do.
📰 What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: Improving project management in newsrooms
▪️The articles featured pertain to efforts to investigate organised crime in the Amazon, reshaped advertising market in Ukraine, and European local media's financial struggles;
▪️Interesting insights on Blendle, “the poster child for micropayments for news”, getting of this business, and why Newscast, BBC News’ popular podcast, launched a Discord server from our colleagues at Nieman Lab, and Press Gazette.
▪️Great opportunities from Reinventing Media Business Forum, Reporters Without Borders, and CNN.
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