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07/04/2023

We are saddened and sorry to share with his friends and readers that Peter passed away on March 8, 2023. Please follow the link below to read his obituary and leave a message with the family - we would love to hear from you with any memories you would like to share. www.pwinter.com In peace, Betsy Carpenter, TC Winter, Cecilia Winter

http://blastofwinter.com/2023/04/07/peter-martyn-winter/

We are saddened and sorry to share with his friends and readers that Peter passed away on March 8, 2023. Please follow the link below to read his obituary and leave a message with the family & #8211…

10/03/2023

Amazing how the world changed in just 20 years...

Press Gazette research has uncovered the biggest media startups since 2000. Includes revenue data and founding years.

05/03/2023

This is a fascinating look by a consortium of investigative journalists to show how a company exploited digital media to manipulate political events in 30 different countries. I wish digital literacy was a component of the high school curriculum. A great Sunday read!

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01/03/2023

In the great debate of the moment, I don't think AI Generators represent better search. Based on my experimentation, AI chat feels like something quite different...

Microsoft, Google, and the race to make search feel more like talking to a trusted friend than navigating 10 blue links

24/02/2023

Why I like non-compete agreements...{subscription}

As OpenAI’s web chatbot became a global sensation in recent months, artificial intelligence practitioners and investors have wondered how a seven-year-old startup beat Google to the punch. Google runs two of the world’s foremost AI research groups, yet a startup quickly developed a product, ...

17/02/2023

This is a case about things that happened two decades ago. One of the core challenges of applying competition law to tech is that the market changes so much faster than, say banking - by the time you’ve spotted the problem, built the case and gone though all the due process, the market has completely changed, twice...

Picking winners and losers in the advertising technology industry will drive up prices, reduce choice and hurt America’s small businesses.

11/02/2023

Many opined that Microsoft would kill this thing...

LinkedIn is closing in on a billion members - though 'members' and 'users' are not the same.

27/01/2023

Hey ChatGBT - is CNN biased? "No, it offers balanced news." What about the Newshour? "Balanced." And Fox News? "I am not programmed to produce any report based on misinformation." Clearly, the liberal perspective in alive and well throughout the news business. New post up today on BlastofWinter...

Judy Woodruff, the anchor and managing editor of PBS NewsHour for nearly 10 years, retired at the end of 2022. Many are sad to see her go. Her on-air personality was warm and earnest, and she prese…

24/01/2023

The British are coming! The British are coming! Three U.K. news brands are now included in the top 20 U.S. digital rankings...

Following The Guardian and Mail Online, more UK newspapers are targeting US expansion to boost their traffic and revenues.

16/01/2023

With all the excited talk about the collapse in value of tech companies, layoffs and market corrections, here's a typically measured look at how Meta's actually performing by Ben Thompson, one my favorite analysts...

Meta deserves a bit of a discount off of its recent highs, but a number of myths about its business have caused the market to over-react.

11/01/2023

Elon Musk should have read this before buying Twitter. Mullenweg has built a remarkable track record in smart, digital media acquisitions - and done it quietly and thoughtfully.

Matt Mullenweg explains the myriad challenges now being faced by Elon Musk.

03/01/2023

More on TikTok. Company staff used location data from the app to try to see whether journalists who’d been reporting negative stories had been in the same locations as TikTok staff. A lot of talk now about banning them - but is it possible to ban every Chinese app that comes along?

ByteDance confirmed it used TikTok to monitor journalists’ physical location using their IP addresses, as first reported by Forbes in October.

03/01/2023

TikTok is expected to earn $8.6 billion in ad revenue in 2024, which will make it the fifth-largest digital ad publisher in the U.S., following Google, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft/LinkedIn. Global ad spend hit over $567 billion in 2022. So much for the ad slowdown...

Despite the headlines, emergent players such as Apple and Microsoft still trail the triopoly and China's digital giants.

29/12/2022

This is a pretty good end-of-year summary of the most significant current trends in the news business. A time of radical change for sure...

2022 presented the news industry with the chance to blend pandemic learnings with normality. We review the 5 themes that ruled 2022.

22/12/2022

If you're in the news business, this annual report is worth a download. Biggest takeaway? If you're leading in your market, you've struck gold. Audience characteristics - engagement, sharing, frequency, propensity to pay - are higher than any other information category, including business-to-business and consumer media

Where are we now and what does the future hold? We’ve created a comprehensive industry report covering the state of digital publishing.

16/12/2022

You can hear it already - "ChatGPT will never replace [insert noun, eg writers, painters, written presentations etc etc"] but I think machine-learning will revolutionize creative production, and perhaps even make great content even better. See for yourself...

ChatGPT is the latest step towards a world of infinite, customizable content, all generated by artificial intelligence. Its advent will impact how we create, consume, and commercialize media.

22/11/2022

One person's "fact" is another person's fiction. Newsroom objectivity is a myth. Not exactly new ideas...

Facts are free, but comment is sacred: the new reality for news publishers

13/11/2022

These "journalists" are astonished at the simple notion that they might actually consult with their market before claiming insight into what it is thinking. In this lies the central problem with today's media...

Mo News shared a post on Instagram: "Great conversation on with about the state of the media, distrust in the news, the election and what we are building at Mo News. We spoke about my evolution from running the to building....

07/11/2022

Advance - a media company that never gets credit for consistently making the hard calls - gets it right again. If they've figured out a way to make local digital news profitable, I'll tip my hat even deeper...

Our commitment to local reporting in the state’s three largest cities remains unrivaled.

09/09/2022

Disney catches Netflix in subs. Each now has about 220 million. Doesn't matter if you're new or old, the same classic media product challenges must still be met...

Listen here: https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/app/uploads/2022/08/q3-fy22-earnings.mp3 Earnings Report Financial Reconciliations Supplemental Information for Direct-to-Consumer Audio Forward-Looking Statements: Certain statements in this call may constitute “forward-looking statements” wit...

23/08/2022

Irony. An article about how the New York Times uses machine-learning to steer people into subscribing - a practice it regularly condemns in its own opinion writing...

The New York Times launched its paywall in March 2011, beginning its journey as a subscription-first news and lifestyle service. Since its…

08/08/2022

A good deal. Cox hsve been chasing the idea of building a network of local digital news products since 1995...

The deal ensures continued investments in local news.

08/08/2022

The trend from social media to "recommendation media" will be good for news media companies...
https://every.to/p/the-end-of-social-media

Why friend graphs can‘t compete in an algorithmic world.

11/07/2022

Media "have not really even had a chance to develop online businesses because Facebook came in and took it all before they even got a chance to get there...” Bu****it. They had 30 years of second chances and never took one of them...

As policymakers around the world consider how to rebalance the relationship between Big Tech and the news industry, it is imperative that they take a global view and consider the implications for independent news outlets in developing and low-income countries. Pioneering laws and policies like Austr...

06/06/2022

Attention, not fossil fuel, not rare earth metals but attention, that's the WND of life today...

I recently vacationed with friends. As we were wrapping lunch one day, my friend said, “Watch this.” His 11-year-old son walked to the couch and lay on his side. With his arm extended in front of him cradling his phone, he … went vacant. For the next hour, he was comatose. No signs of life [.....

19/05/2022

Zeynep shot to fame as the premium U.S. commentator on COVID. In my world, this is great news...

Dr. Zeynep Tufekci, a visiting professor on Columbia Journalism School’s faculty since the fall of 2021, will become the inaugural director of the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security, effective July 1.

13/05/2022

Promotion is so essential in media, and so seldom done. This is a genius idea from my alma mater...

After just nine days of living without any BBC services, 70% of the households hostile to paying the full license fee had changed their minds. "I was quite surprised at how much I missed it."

09/05/2022

Should newsrooms look like the markets they serve? If that's the case, should less accomplished journalists be hired to achieve diversity goals? PBS needs to ask itself the same question...

A spate of well-meaning initiatives is undermining the UK public broadcaster’s mandate to remain impartial.

05/05/2022

Simply slapping a "+" on the end of the name and streaming the programming does not solve the fundamental issues that beset CNN. It's in third place in cable news for a reason...

A perfect storm of events led to the demise of CNN’s new $300 million streaming service.

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