The future of newspaper

Here’s why we’re entering the Golden Age of Podcasts (in 10 graphs)

Podcasts have been around since at least 2004. But unlike text-based news and blogs, which have gone through waves of centralization and disruption thanks to Facebook and Google, the podcast industry has remained stubbornly decentralized.

The Pressure on the News Industry Is a Symptom of Disempowerment

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TechCrunch unveils a subscription product, Extra Crunch

TechCrunch has spent nearly 15 years covering the technology and startup worlds. This week it will try to forge a new kind of relationship with those communities. On Tuesday, Feb. 12, the Verizon Media Group-owned publisher will launch Extra Crunch, a subscription product that costs $15 per month.

BuzzFeed has started its layoffs, but it’s also talking about a merger

BuzzFeed began laying off 15 percent of its staff — about 200 employees — on Friday. Its next move could be a merger with Group Nine, another big digital publisher.

Images show Apple preparing News app in iOS 12.2 for new magazine subscription service

There have been rumors about an Apple News subscription service since mid-2018, starting with a report by Bloomberg that said Apple was planing to utilize it’s acquisition of Texture to launch its own paid subscription service for news, including magazines from different publishers.

Announcing Newspack by WordPress.com — A New Publishing Solution for News Organizations

We’re teaming up with Google, Lenfest, Civil, and Knight to develop a next-generation publishing platform. Over the past 15 years, WordPress has grown to become the world’s most popular publishing platform for the open web — and it’s especially true for news organizations.

UK newspaper industry demands levy on tech firms

The British newspaper industry’s trade body has said the government should force social media sites such as Facebook and Google to pay an annual financial levy to fund journalism, and set up a regulator that would force them to take legal responsibility for all the content on their platforms.

Google AI helps NYT get a handle on 5 million photo archive

Google’s computer brains are helping The New York Times turn a historic archive of more than 5 million photos into digital data that’ll appear in the newspaper’s features about history.

Social media outpaces print newspapers in the U.S. as a news source

Social media sites have surpassed print newspapers as a news source for Americans: One-in-five U.S. adults say they often get news via social media, slightly higher than the share who often do so from print newspapers (16%) for the first time since Pew Research Center began asking these questions.

Update on Our Advertising Transparency and Authenticity Efforts

When it comes to advertising on Facebook, people should be able to tell who the advertiser is and see the ads they’re running, especially for political ads. That level of transparency is good for democracy and it’s good for the electoral process.

Groupon Singapore founder is back, yet again, with a new startup

Chris Chong, co-founder of SumoStory. Seven years ago, Chris Chong and his brother Karl went door-to-door in Singapore’s Chinatown to sign skeptical merchants onto Beeconomic, their Groupon clone. Soon, Groupon itself came a-knocking, buying their business for millions.

The Financial Times creates interactive audio documentary to immerse audiences in stories about Berlin

Since the Financial Times and Google announced the Hidden Cities project in 2015, the publisher has been aiming to help readers discover fresh perspectives on some of the world’s cultural and political capitals, including Brussels, Dublin, Rio De Janiero and London.

字節跳動傳完成195億上市前融資

報道指，字節跳動此輪上市前融資中，由軟銀、春華資本和KKR領投，其他投資者包括雲鋒基金。 7月曾傳出字節跳動計劃明年來港上市，惟未知具體集資額。

WSJCoin: Yes, We Created Our Own Cryptocurrency

In 2017, bitcoin was one of the greatest investment manias in recent memory. This year, that boom has turned to bust.

Patreon Acquires Memberful, An Interview with Patreon CEO Jack Conte and Memberful CEO Drew Strojny

Long-time Stratechery members may recall that three years ago — a year into the Daily Update — I ripped out the old buggy membership system and installed a new-to-the-market SaaS product called Memberful.

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「日本時尚新教父」木下孝浩（中）一手幫助老牌雜誌POPEYE起死回生，他被公司「燉冬菇」之後，獲迅銷老闆柳井正高調禮聘，盼為UNIQLO提升全球地位。（網上圖片）日本時尚界上星期發生一件大事，近年紅透半邊天、一手

輟學90後創「微辣」影片平台年收入逾千萬　

澳門經濟一向依靠博彩業，但有90後青年看準文創市場商機，4年多前成立影片網絡平台「微辣」，專門拍攝數秒至數分鐘的搞笑「超短片」，粉絲已逾350萬人，1年收入達8位數字。但微辣認為，不能只靠賣廣告幫他人推銷賺錢，

Club Lunch: The Real China Model: It’s Not What You Think It Is

The Human Rights Press Awards are run by the FCC, Amnesty International Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Journalists Association. The 22nd annual awards were held on May 12, 2018, in a ceremony at the FCC. Click here to find out who won.

Google News Initiative Training Center

紕漏百出造假馬虎層層監察不如《蘋果》

一、港鐵沙中線醜聞頻傳，反映了特區政府不僅用人不當，且於出事後護短包庇，試圖蒙混過關──若非傳媒揭秘式的密集報道，涉事官員及企業負責人，仍會好「官」我自為之。有人說工業革命發源地英國，是工程師的搖籃

一間FCC CY兩面睇

前特首梁振英化身鍵盤狙擊手，一連6天在社交網站炮轟外國記者會（FCC）邀請香港民族黨召集人陳浩天作主題演講嘉賓。言者諄諄，聽者藐藐，CY說服不了中環FCC裏面的鬼佬記者，卻在廣播道上找到知心友。廣播處長梁家榮昨

從電台學懂的三個教訓

上星期參與了《十八樓C座》50周年廣播劇系列的其中一集。入行雖有12年，但站在金剛叔（周老闆）、梅姐（祥嫂）、Boling姐（無牙三姑）和錦哥（孤寒鐸）旁邊，不期然會感到他們身影的巨大。畢竟這齣長篇時事劇的出現，

從電台學懂的三個教訓

報章管理中的領導、策略和改革

人們常以為領導一般都是要操縱和改變別人，作出許多改動，但我認為領導者能和人溝通是最重要的。本文根據2002 年1 至2 月由香港新聞行政人員協會等舉辦的「傳媒管理課程」研討會中的演講錄音筆錄而成。

Snap is launching an accelerator to try and invest in the next big media business

Snap wants to find the next big media business, so it’s launching a seed accelerator to invest in startups or creators that want to build media projects for mobile devices.

新新聞主義運動先鋒　美著名作家兼記者沃爾夫逝世

美國著名記者兼作家沃爾夫（Tom Wolfe）周一（14日）逝世，終年88歲。沃爾夫是上世紀60年代開始致力於「新新聞」（New Journalism）風格寫作，被視為「新新聞主義」運動中的代表人物。後來他由記者晉身作家行列，更成為美國書

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The Future of News

On April 28, I spent an interesting evening not sitting next to Donald Trump. Normally, the president comes to the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner—and sits beside the editor-in-chief of the organization whose reporter is the association’s chair.