Notícias

SIP – 27/04/2020

La Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (SIP) expresó su profunda preocupación por el estado de fragilidad de los periódicos de Bolivia, que desde hace semanas, entre otras medidas por causa de la pandemia del COVID-19, solo publican en forma digital, cuando el 95% de su fuente de subsistencia descansa en la circulación de ediciones impresas y la venta de publicidad impresa.

POYNTER – 27/04/2020

Kristen Hare and Ren LaForme

We still don’t have numbers, but we’re starting to add names

INMA – 26/04/2020

Md Tajdin Hassan

The coronavirus pandemic has affected numerous industries around the globe, and print media is not an exception. From ensuring authentic news to securing the health and safety of journalists, COVID-19 has undoubtedly made it onerous for the industry to remain resilient.
The Daily Star, the leading English daily in Bangladesh, is addressing the circumstances through a philanthropic approach.

FORBES – 27/04/2020

Brad Adgate

As many local newspapers are scaling back or no longer publishing, some hyperlocal news and digital companies are making a profit. One of the more successful has been Patch. Patch was founded in 2007 and two years later AOL acquired the company. Under AOL, the company underwent financial difficulties, losing a reported $200 million to $300 million. In 2014, after AOL laid off one-third of Patch’s employees, Hale Global, a private investment company, acquired a majority ownership.

THE DRUM – 27/04/2020

John McCarthy

The current pandemic is magnifying pre-existing flaws in adtech. From systemic inefficiencies to limited oversight, to a value-draining lack of context around ad placements, the news media is wrestling with providing crucial coverage against a significant revenue shortfall.

NBC NEWS – 26/04/2020

Jessica Zucker and Sara Gaynes Levy

Diet culture is so ingrained in how we view ourselves and others that even when we’re alone, with no one to “impress,” we are measuring our bodies.

NBC NEWS – 27/04/2020

Andy Lack, chairman of NBC News and MSNBC

At this dark hour, Americans are scared. They’re hungry for accurate information and the unvarnished truth. Now, and in all the days to come, journalists will be there.

BOSTON GLOBE – 26/04/2020

Jaclyn Reiss 

As the coronavirus continued to claim lives in the past week, the paid death notices in this Sunday’s edition of The Boston Globe surged to 21 pages, up from 16 pages the Sunday before.

POYNTER – 25/04/2020

Harrison Mantas

Misinformation can kill. As of April 24, at least 300 people died in Iran from drinking straight methanol (a common ingredient in windshield wiper fluid), believing it might prevent COVID-19.

POLITICO – 27/04/2020

THEODORIC MEYER  

BROADCASTERS, NEWSPAPERS PUSH FOR CHANGE TO SMALL BUSINESS LOAN RULES: The National Association of Broadcasters and the News Media Alliance are lobbying Congress to change the rules governing the small business loan programs to allow more TV stations, radio stations, newspapers and other media properties to apply. The trade groups want to revamp the Small Business Administration’s rules to let publishing and broadcasting companies with more than 500 employees — the typical cutoff for what’s considered a small business,although some industries have higher caps — apply for the loans, as long as each station or publication within a larger group doesn’t have more than a certain number of employees.