Who are the winners in the contemporary news industry? Where do the Google and Facebook payments for the news go and how they shape the news industry? In a new article for Digital Journalism, I argue that during the 2010-2020 news media industry became dominated by a handful of large news publishers, and the readerContinue reading “Google and Facebook news payments go to the strongest players”
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Trust in news in New Zealand erodes
Our second Trust in News in New Zealand report was published on April 29, 2021. The report is produced by the AUT research centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy (JMAD), and it is authored by me and Dr Greg Treadwell. The report finds that the trust in news in New Zealand dropped in 2021, onlyContinue reading “Trust in news in New Zealand erodes”
NZ media survived the Covid-19 with a little help
On December 7, 2020, AUT research centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy (JMAD) published its 10th New Zealand media ownership report which I co-edited. The report is publicly available on the research centre’s website. The report shows that the country’s media survived the Covid-pandemic “with a little help from friends — and even frenemies: theContinue reading “NZ media survived the Covid-19 with a little help”
Dancing dangerous tango with Facebook
Facebook’s news tab has created lots of headlines, and not surprisingly, I was also interviewed about the topic by the National Business Review (NZ). The interview is behind a paywall, but here are couple of my snippets: “Myllylahti said that she didn’t understand why publishers were “dancing this tango” given Facebook’s history of broken promises,Continue reading “Dancing dangerous tango with Facebook”
Yes, the views about platform regulation align
Governmental digital inquiries, regulators and media companies have a very similar view how the digital platforms such as Google and Facebook should be regulated. Their views also align about boundaries between platforms and media: platforms are seen as business partners, competitors and intermediaries, not as media companies. I presented a paper about the topic atContinue reading “Yes, the views about platform regulation align”
The first general paywall goes up in New Zealand
The NZ Herald, the largest newspaper in New Zealand, has put up a paywall. It is the first general paywall in New Zealand, the paper has employed a fremium model for its paid content. New Zealand has a duopoly structure and print and online news market as the NZ Herald and Stuff dominate print andContinue reading “The first general paywall goes up in New Zealand”
Talking about the revolution and regulation…
I was invited to present my papers at the IAMCR conference and post-conference in Madrid, Spain, in July 2019. I will be talking about reader revolution and platform regulation, and will present some findings from a data analysis of digital reader revenues as well as from a document analysis of digital platform inquiries in theContinue reading “Talking about the revolution and regulation…”
New Zealand print news market shrinking alarmingly
The eight JMAD New Zealand media ownership report, which I authored, published by AUT research center for Journalism, Media and Democracy (JMAD) was launched on December 6, 2018. The report raises an alarm about rapidly shrinking print newspaper market and the widening news gaps in the local/community markets. The report also finds that some ofContinue reading “New Zealand print news market shrinking alarmingly”
Are publishers handing more power to Google?
I wrote in The Conversation about Google’s new subscription tool which supposedly helps news publishers to sell digital subscriptions. It is impossible to say yet, if it works. Couple of thoughts from my article: “It’s surprising that news publishers seem to hand more power to Google because now more than ever there’s an urgency to haveContinue reading “Are publishers handing more power to Google?”
Advisory Board member in digital journalism
I have joined the Advisory Board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, advising in the issues related to digital journalism. The publishing company is an independent academic publisher, and its publications are marketed and sold worldwide through international booksellers including Amazon. In 2017, my book chapter “We need to talk about metrics” was published in the publishers’Continue reading “Advisory Board member in digital journalism”
Dr Merja Myllylahti 