In this first episode back following an… eventful summer for media, the team discusses six topics you might have missed over the past month. Guest starring the planes that flew an inch over Chris’ flat.
Key stories:
Facebook & Google vs. Australia
- Facebook threatens to pull news from Australia if new law passes, Axios
- Explained: Google’s tussle in Australia over paying publishers for news, Digiday
- Google protests ‘unworkable’ ACCC code for digital platforms to pay news media companies, The Guardian
- Facebook threat to ban news content in Australia, InnovationAus
- Justice Dept. Plans to File Antitrust Charges Against Google in Coming Weeks, New York Times
The yin and yang of print magazines
- Sweet, This Is and No.1 among five DC Thomson magazines to close with loss of almost 20 jobs, Press Gazette
- Immediate Media to close 12 magazines and cut up to 113 jobs in post-Covid savings, Press Gazette
- Bauer to close magazine titles ‘unlikely to be sustainable’ after Covid-19, Press Gazette
- ‘Antidote to screen time’: How children’s news magazines have thrived during pandemic, Press Gazette
- Why we should be talking about the transformation of publishing, not its decline, Niche Publishing Network
- Is the COVID magazine subscription bump a short-term trend or a long-term bet? Media Voices
Podcast coverage goes mainstream
- Vulture to Double Podcast Coverage, New York Press Room
Apple vs. Epic, Facebook and publishers
- Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store, The Verge
- Fortnite for Android has also been kicked off the Google Play Store, The Verge
- Apple can block Epic’s Fortnite but not Unreal Engine, BBC
- Facebook goes after Apple, Axios
- News Publishers Join Fight Against Apple Over App Store Terms, Wall Street Journal
- Fortnite’s battle with Apple and Google could have an impact on news publishers, too, Nieman Lab
The unstoppable rise of reader revenue plays
- Why Vogue Business is launching membership, Vogue Business
It will fail
— Neil Thackray (@neilthackray) August 20, 2020
Vogue Business must be quick learners. Only been in B2B for 18 months but comfortable enough to now will launch a membership model.
Really curious about how they are going to price this.https://t.co/KcZxEBnOjL
— Sean Griffey (@seangriffey) August 20, 2020
eCommerce undergoes 5 years’ worth of growth in 3 months
- The ecommerce surge, Benedict Evans
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