Notícias

AXIOS – 29/04/2020

Jim VandeHei

Axios, which qualified for a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan to avoid layoffs, will return the money, after nearing a deal for an alternative source of capital.
Why it matters: In the four weeks since Axios applied for the loan, based on big coronavirus business losses, there has been a public backlash against a variety of companies for taking the PPP, including us.

THE WASHINGTON POST – 29/04/2020

Paul Farhi

The news site Axios has been a digital-media start-up star, generating impressive traffic, a popular live-events business and an HBO spinoff show in just its first three years. Covering politics and business from Washington, it launched with $20 million in backing from high-profile investors, including NBC Universal, former Disney mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg and Apple heir Laurene Powell Jobs.

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW – 29/04/2020

Sarah Stonbely and Jesse Holcomb – TOW CENTER

Local journalism has become more important than ever. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, researchers were seeking new ways of seeing the local news landscape amid constant disruption. The Center for Cooperative Media’s News Ecosystem Mapping Project, which maps local news in New Jersey, is a response to this desire to better understand.

JOTA – 29/04/2020

ANA POMPEU e VALENTINA TREVOR

O presidente da República, Jair Bolsonaro (sem partido), adiou, por meio de medida provisória, a vigência da Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados, a LGPD. A Lei nº 13.709, de 14 de agosto de 2018, entra em vigor em 3 de maio de 2021, daqui a um ano.

Desde o início da pandemia da Covid-19, toda a equipe do UOL, maior empresa brasileira de conteúdo, tecnologia e serviços digitais, vem trabalhando incansavelmente para levar ao público uma cobertura completa sobre tudo o que acontece no Brasil e no mundo, além de criar conteúdo de entretenimento, educação e outras informações essenciais para ajudar a população nesse momento.

Após o rápido crescimento no interesse dos norte-americanos por informações sobre a pandemia de COVID-19, comportamento que elevou as taxas de audiências dos sites de notícias dos Estados Unidos na virada de fevereiro para março, os norte-americanos começam agora a revelar cansaço em relação ao tema. Nova pesquisa do Pew Research Center revela que cerca de sete em cada dez entrevistados (71%) dizem que precisam dar uma pausa nas notícias sobre a crise de saúde, enquanto 43% afirmam que as notícias os deixam se sentindo pior emocionalmente.

DIGIDAY – 29/04/2020

MAX WILLENS

Over the past seven weeks, many publishers have welcomed a coronavirus bump in subscribers as news consumption rises. That bump has been helped along by a significant acceleration in Facebook ad spending.
For example, subscriber growth across Condé Nast’s portfolio is up 100% from the start of March compared to the same period year over year. And 50% of the new subscriptions its titles have accumulated are coming from paid efforts, a spokesperson said.

POYNTER – 28/04/2020

Rick Edmonds

A hearing scheduled for Wednesday will address federal pension protections, a supplemental pension plan for executives and pandemic losses.

PEW RESEARCH CENTER – 28/04/2020

ELIZABETH GRIECO

America’s newsrooms are changing in important ways. Mergers, closures and layoffs have affected a variety of media organizations – especially newspapers – and these trends are changing the nation’s media landscape.
Here are 10 charts on the state of newsroom employment in the United States today, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Census Bureau and other sources. 

PARLAMENTO EUROPEU – 29/04/2020

The Covid-19 crisis has hit the media sector hard at a time when it plays a crucial role in providing accurate information and countering disinformation about the pandemic.