Consumers are relatively comfortable with their data being collected to offer a safer, more customized experience. But selling that data or reusing it for targeting on other sites? Not so much.
At least in certain contexts, WhatsApp is a truly major traffic driver — bigger even than Facebook. Should there be a WhatsApp button on your news site?
Which means they’ll no longer have to give Apple a big cut of the subscription revenue they generate — and publishers can truly own the relationship with their customers.
The social media service is tapping into the creativity, intimacy, and authenticity that audio can deliver, a trend that lies at the heart of the current golden age of podcasting.
Faster speeds will enable new levels of video, AR, VR, and other _Rs that haven’t even been invented yet. But news products are unlikely to benefit as much as all the other apps competing for audiences’ attention.
Emerson, Greg. "News apps fall further behind." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 20 Dec. 2019. Web. 23 Nov. 2024.
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Emerson, G. (2019, Dec. 20). News apps fall further behind. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/12/news-apps-fall-further-behind/
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Emerson, Greg. "News apps fall further behind." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified December 20, 2019. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/12/news-apps-fall-further-behind/.
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