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Podcasts are creating a new era of news

Blog post by Annie Langston

28 Jul 2022

Podcasts

news

listeners

Podcasts are becoming a brand extension for every level of public figure, even those who have been shut out or disgraced elsewhere. After being fired from their network positions for allegedly violating...

Social media has become the default news platform for digital natives (for better and / or worse)

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

2 Mar 2022

social media

TikTok

digital native

The tragic turn of events last week in Ukraine have shaken Europe and the world. People are frightened, politicians are tense, markets are volatile , and no one knows what will come next. However, as news...

ABC’s local news commitment adds to the building momentum of news streaming

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

1 Feb 2022

Online video

news

ABC News

ABC, a US broadcast subsidiary of Disney, is launching new live local news streaming channels from its existing broadcast station in a number of major local markets within the US. The new channels range...

The sensationalisation of news comes head-to-head with Euro 2020

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

17 Jun 2021

Euro 2020

news

BBC

Less than a week in, and the coverage of Euro 2020 is off to a problematic start. Any big sports event taking place after a year of pandemic-induced lockdowns was bound to have its hitches. Yet few could...

The video streaming shift from sports to news

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

5 Nov 2020

news

Video

Streaming

Yesterday the Sinclair Broadcast Group reported its Q3 2020 results . A 37% increase in consolidated revenues was undone by a $4.2 billion impairment on the local sports segment due to the COVID-19 disruption...

Zombies and vaporwave: Consumer vibes in 2020

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

12 Sep 2020

Vapourware

synth wave

lofi

News has become culturally vital in 2020. In a year of global health, social and economic disruption, it now possesses a relevant edge to compete vigorously for consumer attention in a saturated content...

The COVID Bounce: How COVID-19 is Reshaping Entertainment Demand

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

27 Mar 2020

Amazon Music

Amazon Prime

Apple TV

The economic disruption and social dislocation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is not evenly distributed. Some business face catastrophe, while others thrive. Across the entertainment industries the same...

How Technology Is Radically Reshaping Politics

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

6 Sep 2019

alternative facts

Boris Johnson

brexit

As I write this, the UK is in the midst of a potential constitutional crisis following the UK government’s proposed changes to political norms in order to push through Brexit. In some ways this is what...

Here’s Why Apple Just Killed Off iTunes

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

4 Jun 2019

apple arcade

Apple TV App

Innovation

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, U.S. June 3, 2019. REUTERS/Mason Trinca Apple has announced that it is closing iTunes and replacing...

The Medium is The Message

Blog post by Georgia Meyer

20 Aug 2018

Brand safety

Democracy

Facebook

When Jonah Peretti, the founder and CEO of Buzzfeed, made the now famous statement that, “Content is King but distribution is the Queen, and she wears the trousers” back in 2015, he perhaps did not...

News is The Marketing Plug in Streaming Video’s Offering Gap

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

4 Jun 2018

BuzzFeed News

Facebook Watch

Media

Last week it was revealed that BuzzFeed News plans to launch a new video interview show to be streamed on Facebook Watch. The weekly show will feature 20-minute episodes with news-making personalities...

WikiTribune Is a Start, But It Misses The Core Issue On Fake News

Blog post by Zach Fuller

27 Apr 2017

alternative facts

Fake News

jimmy wales

Having created Wikipedia, one of the most widely read sites in the history of the World Wide Web, Jimmy Wales is aware of the complexities and pitfalls when it comes to managing the authenticity of information....

Quick Take: Why Twitter Is Moving Into The Increasingly Congested VR Space

Blog post by Zach Fuller

29 Jun 2016

augmented reality

Innovation

journalism

Twitter have hired former Apple designer Alessandro Sabatelli to oversee the company’s Virtual and Augmented Reality teams, a position Sabatelli claims is to ‘empower us all in the spatial computing...