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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New chapter published in the Routledge handbook
The Routledge Handbook of Developments in Digital Journalism Studies is now available online, and my chapter co-written with Neil Thurman, Robert G. Picard and Arne H. Krumsvik is in this volume. The title of the chapter is “On digital distribution’s failure to solve newspaper’s existential crisis: Symptoms, causes, consequences and remedies.” C.W. Anderson, Professor of MediaContinue reading “New chapter published in the Routledge handbook”
Update and evaluation of news payment systems
My chapter evaluating academic research about paywalls and news payment systems will be published in Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies later on this year. The chapter also updates payment systems related to Facebook, and investigates micro payments and membership and donor models. The book is published by Oxford University Press, and it is edited by Henrik Örnebring.Continue reading “Update and evaluation of news payment systems”
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”
A good week for a researcher
Some weeks in the world of research are better than others, and this has most definitely been a good week. My paper investigating news companies dependency on Facebook has been accepted to a conference organised by the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). The conference takes place in Eugene, Oregon, in the UnitedContinue reading “A good week for a researcher”
How journalists used Twitter in three different elections?
A paper, written by Dr. Verica Rupar and me, investigating journalists use of Twitter in three New Zealand elections, has been accepted to the International Communication Association (ICA) preconference in Prague. The paper will be presented on May 24, 2018. The paper finds that in all three examined elections – of which two national andContinue reading “How journalists used Twitter in three different elections?”
We need to talk about metrics
Do metrics really belong to newsroom? Or do they rather belong to boardroom? I debate this in my book chapter “We need to talk about metrics”, published in Themes and Critical Debates in Contemporary Journalism which is edited by Dr Verica Rupar. From the book introduction: “The increasingly complex “post-industrial news ecosystem” has interlinked newsContinue reading “We need to talk about metrics”
Dr Merja Myllylahti 