“Platform-born news brands could prove better equipped than traditional organizations to leverage their relationships with online communities to build a more sustainable future for journalism.” Francesco Zaffarano
In the transition into post-Covid life, more and more news outlets in the U.S. are opting to keep putting on some virtual events even as in-person ones return.
“We’re calling it the Splice Low-Res Festival, because it’s a quick and dirty idea and we all know video conferences can be pretty fuzzy…We’re doing this because it’s cheaper than therapy.”
O’Reilly Media, long known for its successful conferences, has decided that it’s getting out of the business — no matter how quickly civilization gets past COVID-19. Will events revenue bounce back quickly in a few months or be lost under a mountain of Zoom calls?
Alt-weeklies’ revenues are disproportionately tied to locals gathering together in groups — at concerts, bars, restaurants, and other events and places where people stand less than six feet apart.
Declines in ad revenue and all those canceled events might prove manageable. But the real risk would come with a virus-inspired recession — and how the industry’s hedge-fund owners might respond to it.
“After what we’ve gone through in the last 18 months, I have the perspective that change is the only constant…If Tech in Asia can be a 100-year-old company, I’d be super proud.”
“Baltimore is a majority black city. When we first started out in 2017, I wanted it to have that point of view, to have a newspaper that serves a black population.”
Schmidt, Christine. "Baltimore Beat is rebuilding its community ties as an alt-weekly after corporate cut-downs." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 2 Dec. 2019. Web. 11 Dec. 2024.
APA
Schmidt, C. (2019, Dec. 2). Baltimore Beat is rebuilding its community ties as an alt-weekly after corporate cut-downs. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/12/baltimore-beat-is-rebuilding-its-community-ties-as-an-alt-weekly-after-corporate-cut-downs/
Chicago
Schmidt, Christine. "Baltimore Beat is rebuilding its community ties as an alt-weekly after corporate cut-downs." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified December 2, 2019. Accessed December 11, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/12/baltimore-beat-is-rebuilding-its-community-ties-as-an-alt-weekly-after-corporate-cut-downs/.
Wikipedia
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