Notícias

INMA – 16/04/2020

Grzegorz Piechota

Having enjoyed spikes in online traffic and subscription sales in March, news publishers brace for the end of the bump. Is it going to be quick or slow? Will there be more peaks?
The analysis of Google Trends data, a proxy for the audience’s interest due the large volume of data, confirms the COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented event in terms of scale and length.

INMA – 16/04/2020

Shelley Seale

The New York Times was an early convert and success story to the idea that revenue needs to come from subscriptions instead of advertising. Because of that, the company is in a rare position to handle the global pandemic, yet — like other media companies worldwide — it is still figuring out issues like remote working, advertiser category comebacks, new products, and new audiences. And these are not short-term challenges and opportunities. The media industry will be feeling the effects of the pandemic for the next few years, CEO Mark Thompson predicted.

LABORATORIO DE PERIODISMO – 17/04/2020

El coste por mil impresiones (CPM) en Facebook se ha desplomado producto de la crisis del coronavirus. Si antes de empezar la cuarentena generalizada del coronavirus el CPM estaba en Facebook a 3,32 dólares (día 5 de marzo), ayer, 15 de abril, el CPM se estaba pagando a menos de un dólar, en concreto a 0,97 dólares. La media del 15 de marzo al 15 de abril es de 1,05 dólares el CPM, cuando por ejemplo la media del 15 de enero al 15 de febrero era de 2,99 dólares.

PRESS GAZETTE – 16/04/2020

Freddy Mayhew and Charlotte Tobitt 

News UK, publisher of the Sun and Times newspapers, has asked staff to volunteer for unpaid leave or to reduce their working hours in new measures to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic.

LAND – 17/04/2020

ISABELLA REIMÍ

Authorities are clamping down on journalists informing the public about the coronavirus pandemic. Press freedom in Venezuela was already threatened, and as the public health crisis progresses, the government has punished calls for transparency.

PRESS GAZETTE – 17/04/2020

William Turvill 

Google has stepped up its help for the coronavirus-embattled news industry by offering to waive advertising fees for the next five months.

POYNTER – 17/04/2020

Cristina Tardáguila and Susan Benkelman

Sometimes it feels like the phrase “no good deed goes unpunished” was invented with fact-checkers in mind. This week, it applies to the ones in Spain.

IPI – 17/04/2020

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to grant accreditation to Taiwanese journalists.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL – 17/04/2020

Benjamin Mullin

National Public Radio is planning significant cost cuts as the coronavirus pandemic hits sponsorship and donation revenue, the public broadcaster’s chief executive, John Lansing, said in a memo to staff. 
NPR is facing a budget deficit of between $30 million and $45 million through its 2021 fiscal year, Mr. Lansing said in the Wednesday memo.

IJNET – 17/04/2020

SHERRY RICCHIARDI

South Africa provides a stark comparison of the government’s reaction to two deadly epidemics — HIV/AIDS and COVID-19, Mia Malan, a veteran journalist who covered both outbreaks, said in an ICFJ webinar on Thursday.
In the case of HIV, government officials had an extremely hostile relationship with the news media, she said. Access to health department information was virtually nonexistent.