Daily Beast embraces Reddit and Facebook as Google drops off
Sky News boss says personalities of journalists now bring "halo effect" to newsbrands in response to Digital News Report
Welcome to your daily Press Gazette media briefing on Wednesday, 18 June.
Today we have a glimpse of life at Cannes Lions from Dom (thankfully we don’t have to be too jealous of the blue sky in his picture since it’s so beautiful here in London too).
He went along to a Wall Street Journal session where Daily Beast chief content and creative officer Joanna Coles shared some insight into what’s working from a referral point of view as the AI-driven Google decline begins.
In addition, Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff gave an interesting response when asked if, in their deal signed last year, OpenAI sufficiently values their content.
And as promised, I was at the launch event for the Reuters Institute Digital News Report and was impressed by the number of angles the panel managed to cover.
From the growing importance of personalities in news, to video versus text and the threat to traffic from AI - news leaders from Sky News, The Observer and Reuters covered it all. I wrapped up as much of it as possible here.
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On Press Gazette
Daily Beast gains on Reddit and Facebook as Google traffic falls
And Vox Media CEO says OpenAI is a good partner but still doesn't value content high enough.
Sky News chief on ‘halo-effect’ of personality-driven news
News leaders also cover willingness to pay for news, video versus text and AI threat to traditional search.
News in brief
The BBC is reportedly looking at asking users in the US to pay for access to content in some form. US audiences already see ads that UK users don't. (The Guardian)
Several Washington Post journalists could have had their emails accessed in a cyberattack last week, which it has been mooted could have been the work of a foreign government. (CNN)
Sky, ITV and Channel 4 are teaming up to sell their on-demand and streaming advertising inventory in an attempted fortification in a market dominated by major tech giants. (The Telegraph)
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