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    Archives: August 2020

    Sarah ScireAugust 19, 2020
    Radio listening has plummeted. NPR is reaching a bigger audience than ever. What gives?
    This year, for the first time, NPR will make more money from underwriting on podcasts than on its radio shows.
    Yuen ChanAugust 18, 2020
    Hong Kong’s press freedom is on life support thanks to the new security law
    There is a common saying about this decline that “there is no most, only more” — meaning things can be expected to worsen.
    Nicholas QuahAugust 18, 2020
    Vice is bringing in a big audio team to do new kinds of podcasts — from a daily news show to a seasonal series
    Plus: The BBC’s problems with race continue, Freakonomics Radio expands, Spotify is hiring for a head of audiobooks, and what it’s like to make a sports podcast right now.
    Sarah ScireAugust 11, 2020
    Outgoing New York Times CEO Mark Thompson thinks there won’t be a print edition in 20 years
    Also, the Times now reaches about half of American millennials.
    Nicholas QuahAugust 11, 2020
    How do you run a fun membership drive in sad pandemic times? Maximum Fun has some ideas
    Plus: What Spotify wants premium advertising to sound like, claims of systemic racism at PRX, BBC pushes for podcast audiences in Africa, and can Serial stay special?
    The days of press freedom in Hong Kong seem numbered
    Tommy ShaneAugust 10, 2020
    People are using Facebook and Instagram as search engines. During a pandemic, that’s dangerous.
    Data voids on social networks are spreading misinformation and causing real world harm. Here are some ideas on how to fix the problem.
    Twitter will now label state-controlled media accounts
    Laura Hazard OwenAugust 7, 2020
    What’s up with all the news photos that make beaches look like Covid hotspots?
    Plus: All misinformation is local; a very specific kind of Covid-19 misinformation in Facebook parent groups; and “religious clickbait.”
    Joshua BentonAugust 6, 2020
    In the arena: Ken Doctor is moving from “media analyst” to “media CEO” with Lookout, his plan for quality local news
    Lookout doesn’t want its local news sites to be a supplement or alternative to the local daily. They aim to be the news source of record in their communities, outgunning their shrunken newsprint rivals from Day 1.
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