Notícias

SOURCE – 16/04/2020

Sisi Wei

Here are a few practical strategies for thinking through tough decisions in an equitable and inclusive way.

WAN-IFRA – 17/04/2020

Based on the evidence of lost income and an inability to pay essential living expenses, we anticipate a great need for support within our global network of news publishers and members. To support them during these challenging times, we have compiled a list of journalism emergency relief funds available both globally and regionally. This work is in progress but we hope that this preliminary mapping will help our global members community in the short term.

AXIOS – 17/04/2020

Sara Fischer

Vox Media is furloughing 9% of its staff from May 1 through July 31, with health insurance premiums being fully covered, a source familiar with the moves tells Axios.
Why it matters: It’s one of the many media companies forced to take drastic measures to survive the economic fallout of the coronavirus.
Last week, Vox Media solicited donations from

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW – 17/04/2020

Jon Allsop

ON MONDAY, Joshua A. Bickel, on assignment for the Columbus Dispatch, took a photo that went viral. Bickel was in the Ohio statehouse, where he’d been sent, in the absence of a furloughed colleague, to film a briefing by Mike DeWine, the governor. His photo captured a group of protesters, mid-cry, as they clamored just outside a window. Two of the protesters had trump hats on; another was wearing a Guy Fawkes mask. They were not respecting social-distancing guidelines. In recent days, the image has circulated online as the visual encapsulation of an angry new cause: right-wing opposition to stay-at-home orders. Liberals shared the photo mockingly, likening the protesters to zombies from the movie Shaun of the Dead. That made Bickel feel uncomfortable. “These people aren’t zombies,” he told Slate. “They’re people, and we don’t know what they’re dealing with.”

BUSINESS INSIDER – 17/04/2020

The growing COVID-19 pandemic continues to thwart Amazon, and now it’s starting to impact media companies that rely on Amazon for revenue.
On April 14, Amazon notified members of its Amazon Associates program that starting April 21, it would cut commission rates that publishers get paid when they drive sales to Amazon with product recommendations.
The decision will cut commission rates for products like beauty items, headphones, and home improvement products. Commission rates for furniture and home improvement items will fall from 8% to 3%, according to details of the program that Business Insider viewed.

THE GUARDIAN – 17/04/2020

Jim Waterson 

Local and national titles could close without support, says journalists’ union

MATHER ECONOMICS – ABRIL/2020

Arvid Tchivzhel, Sr. Director of Product Development

Practical insights, changes in assumptions, learnings, and action items for digital subscription businesses.
When businesses finalized their planning for 2020, none anticipated their first quarter would end as it did.
Planning for the next few months is also incredibly difficult with every forecast being asterisked with wide confidence intervals and unknown risk.

LA PRESSE – 14/04/2020

Pour aider les médias québécois aux prises avec des revenus publicitaires en chute libre, le gouvernement du Québec a décidé de tripler son budget en publicité et de placer la quasi-totalité (99 %) de ses dépenses publicitaires dans les médias québécois.

GOOGLE – 17/04/2020

Jason Washing, Managing Director, Global Partnerships – News

During times of global crisis, people rely on quality journalism to stay informed and safe. And the ads that appear alongside news coverage help fund the journalists who write breaking news stories, and keep news sites and apps running.

JOURNALISM – 17/04/2020

John Crowley

The covid-19 crisis may prompt a once-in-a-generation transformation of the way journalists work. Have your say on how the sector will respond to challenges by completing the industry-wide survey