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REPORT: Best practices for newsroom collaboration

Collaboration between commercial and non-profit newsrooms can be mutually beneficial, but the projects should be well planned lest they fall through. A new report from the American Press Institute details the potential benefits and pitfalls of these collaborations. The report, authored by Jason Alcorn, is based on interviews with “more than two-dozen” American news workers … Continued

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Published 19 Jun 2017

ARTICLE: Information overload makes readers willing to pay for news

People who feel overloaded by news information are more willing to pay for news, write Sun Kyong Lee and Nathan J. Lindsey, both of University of Oklahoma, with Kyun Soo Kim, of Chonnam National University. The authors surveyed 1 001 Americans over their news consumption habits, views on news, and their “perceived news information overload”. … Continued

Tags: audience, journalism funding, journalistic norms, United States
Published 14 Jun 2017

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REPORT: Use of paywalls in Europe

More and more news outlets are using paywalls to compensate for declining legacy revenues and insufficient digital advertising incomes. The report studies 171 news organizations in six European countries: Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and the UK. The report was written by Alessio Cornia, Annika Sehl, and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, of the Reuters Institute for … Continued

Tags: journalism funding, online journalism
Published 13 Jun 2017

ARTICLE: Public affairs news attract little crowdfunding

Journalism covering non-public affairs is more likely to successfully gather crowdfunding than public affairs journalism, Nicole Ladson and Angela M. Lee, both of University of Texas at Dallas, write. The authors analysed the funding patterns of 35 “columns”, or series of stories by one journalist, published on the crowdfunding platform Byline. The authors’ sample consisted … Continued

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Published 7 Jun 2017

CFP | 15.9. | Current debates and future directions in media industry studies

A conference entitled “Media Industry Studies: Current Debates and Future Directions” is calling for papers, panels and workshops. The event will take place between the 18th and 20th of April 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The conference’s focus is on the field of media industry studies, rather than on the media industry itself. In short, … Continued

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Published 29 May 2017

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ARTICLE: Cost-cutting is keeping Flemish newspapers profitable

Newspapers in the Dutch speaking part of Belgium have for large parts relied on cutting costs to adapt to a declining market, Miriam van der Burg and Hilde Van den Bulck, both of University of Antwerp, write. The authors analysed the finances of eight Flemish newspapers from 1990 to 2014. During the observed period the … Continued

Tags: Belgium, journalism funding, newspapers
Published 24 Apr 2017

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ARTICLE: Success in media entrepreneurship is not all about location

Media startups can survive and even flourish in areas previously thought to be less-than-optimal, write Cindy J. Price Schultz, of University of Wyoming, and Myrtle Jones, of Rochester Institute of Technology. The authors conducted case studies on two very different media companies, operating in rural Wyoming and the inner-city neighborhood of Harlem, New York, respectively. … Continued

Tags: entrepreneurial journalism, journalism funding
Published 10 Apr 2017

VIDEO: Media ownership and journalistic content

Roddy Flynn, a lecturer at Dublin City University talked to us about his research into the relationship between media ownership and journalistic content. He tells about findings concerning a study on whether media owners are treated differently by their own reporters. Flynn’s project looked at the public service broadcaster in Ireland and the largest private … Continued

Tags: Ireland, journalism funding, journalistic norms, public service broadcasting, video
Published 7 Apr 2017

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REPORT: Status of the Swedish newspaper market

A new report from Nordicom, written by Jonas Ohlsson tracks the structural change in the Swedish newspaper industry. The concentration of ownership has increased during the 21st century. The eigth largest newspaper groups control 76 out of Sweden’s 93 mid- and high-frequency daily newspapers. The situation is similar to other Nordic countries. Revenues have fallen: … Continued

Tags: journalism funding, newspapers, Sweden
Published 23 Mar 2017

Local journalism and new business models

New issue of Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies is now published. The issue features articles from both academics and practitioners, who explore issues from normative questions about the role of journalists and (new) business models to more specific enquiries into journalists’ post-Leveson working routines and practices. Here is a list of the articles included: … Continued

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Published 15 Mar 2017