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How COVID-19 Has Impacted Media Consumption, by Generation

VISUAL CAPITALIST – 07/04/2020

Katie Jones

As the coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc across the globe, people’s time that would have otherwise been spent perusing malls or going to live events, is now being spent on the sofa.
During this period of pandemic-induced social isolation, it’s no surprise that people are consuming vast amounts of media. Today’s graphics use data from a Global Web Index report to explore how people have increased their media consumption as a result of the outbreak, and how it differs across each generation.

Year of Fear, Chapter Nine:

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW – 07/04/2020

Greg Glassner
Imagine This: The Ghost of a Weekly Covers the Pandemic
For 99 years, the residents of Caroline County, Virginia were served by a lively weekly paper, the Caroline Progress, family owned and operated for most of its existence. The newspaper was how this quiet rural county talked to itself. And in this pandemic, I find myself thinking about how it would help its readers if it were still around.

Hearst promises journalists at its newspapers no furloughs, no pay cuts

POYNTER – 08/04/2020

Rick Edmonds
The company’s CEO instead announced raises and a bonus merit pool and eliminated budget targets for executive bonuses
The San Francisco Chronicle headquarters building in the SoMa neighborhood. The Chronicle is one of 25 dailies owned by Hearst. (Tada Images/Shutterstock)

Site equatoriano cria memorial virtual para que familiares possam se despedir de vítimas da pandemia de COVID-19

CENTRO KNIGHT- 08/04/2020

Paola Nalvarte
Dos países da América do Sul, o Equador é o que tem o maior número de infectados e mortes per capita devido ao novo coronavírus.
No “Equador, hoje, se uma pessoa morre em um hospital, seus parentes não podem se despedir ou vê-la”, disse Isabela Ponce, diretora e fundadora do site equatoriano GK, ao Centro Knight. “Quem morreu deve ser enterrado, (…) sem que ninguém esteja lá”, afirmou.

COVID-19 bump: What it looks like now and what happens post-bump

INMA – 07/04/2020

Grzegorz Piechota
As countries throughout the world move through different phases along the COVID-19 trajectory, so does the bump news media companies are getting from huge increases in digital subscriptions. Research from previous bumps indicates the increases will not last.