Mediati: incubating new media startups to shake up the legacy media landscape

“If content from old media cannot compete with a 22-year old YouTuber, that’s a problem,” says Mediati’s Content Strategist Simon Park.

WAN-IFRA and WEF mourn the loss of Otavio Frias Filho

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, as well as the World Editors Forum, deeply mourn the death of Otávio Frias Filho, editorial director ‘Folha de S.Paulo’. The following is a message from our CEO, Vincent Peyrègne.

How to survive the online trolls

The mass harassment of journalists online, designed to intimidate them into silence, is one of the gravest threats to press freedom, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Making a case for constructive journalism

Constructive journalism, a solution-oriented approach to news reporting, aims to provide a more accurate picture of the world while adhering to core journalistic principles. Ulrik Haagerup, founder and CEO of the Denmark-based Constructive Institute, argues it’s high time news organisations take it up.

Two Latin American paywall success stories

While newspaper paywalls remain relatively rare in Latin America, two papers there have achieved success with paid-content strategies: O Globo in Brazil and Clarín in Argentina.

Ouest Médialab: a cluster and independent media lab that supports the regional digital transition

With a geographical focus on West France, Ouest Médialab brings together a variety of actors around digital innovation projects in the regions Pays de la Loire and Bretagne.

How theSkimm builds an engaged audience that stays loyal to its products

For Dheerja Kaur, Head of Product and Design at theSkimm, the keyword is relatability, the degree to which the target audience can relate to a publication’s content and editorial tone. The more closely users identify with the product, she says, the more likely they are to integrate the publication into their daily lives – enabling the publisher to monetize it.

People with media literacy training more likely to verify information online, study says

A new study highlights the role media literacy training may play in helping people deal with misinformation.

Maria Ressa on Facebook, Truth and the Crisis of Democracy

In a new missive, Brave New World with Maria Ressa, the 2018 Golden Pen of Freedom Laureate, looks at how cheap armies on social media are rolling back democracy globally. She offers insight into recent events, in the Philippines and worldwide, that are affecting the fight for truth and accountability.

Washington Post puts emphasis on creating paths to subscription

“One of the most important pieces of our revenue strategy in respect to readers has been our site,” says Miki Toliver King, Vice President of Marketing at The Washington Post. “We spend a lot of time focussed on ‘What is it we are doing on our site to make readers come back?’ and ‘How are we creating more and more subscription opportunities within our own platform?'”