Julia Kagan

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"Follow the money." Whether you're a private detective, a mystery author, an inheritance lawyer, or a financier: that is always the first rule. As an adtech writer, I've found this to be a good maxim as well. As #OlaCabs announces #OlaMaps, and the company pushes its #KrutrimAI, we ask Megha Marwah, Sajal Gupta, and Abhishek Upadhya to map out (pun intended) the possible routes to monetization. https://lnkd.in/gR5jwk8p

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Digital News Report, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism flagship annual study, is out this week. Big-picture findings won’t come as a surprise, but it’s still a must-read. For The Fix Media, I picked a subjective list of three interesting insights from the report: 📍Video-first platforms are rising, and traditional media are struggling to compete with individual news creators. YouTube is a key platform for news, and TikTok has overtaken Twitter in news consumption for the first time this year. Unlike on Facebook & Twitter, traditional journalists are lagging behind individual news creators. Interesting examples from the report – Hugo Décrypte in France (who, across all platforms, gets more mentions than Le Monde or BFMTV) and TLDR News in the UK. 📍Paying for news isn’t becoming more widespread – and even existing numbers are skewed by heavy discounts. Last year 17% of people across 20 richer countries paid for online news. This year it’s still exactly 17%. One interesting addition in the 2024 report is the look at how heavy discounting might distort the numbers. “[W]ell over half of those in the US who are paying for digital news report paying less than the median cost of a main subscription ($16), often much less”. In Poland, over three quarters of respondents pay less than full price for their subscription. 📍Elections have had little effect on interest in news so far, but we’ll see full effect in 2025 Interest in news has fallen across much of Europe and other countries. It increased in the US but only slightly. But the surveys for this report were conducted at the beginning of the year. It will be interesting to watch the impact of elections throughout 2024, especially in the United States.

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#TechTalk 2.0: The 2024 iteration of exchange4media's #techtalk column is here, and we're starting with a doozy. With its ever-revolving cast of characters, expanding boundaries, data rushes, and most of all a booming population, Sanjeev Jasani, Nachiket Deole, Vipul Kedia, Renu Singh, Abhimanyu Vyas, and Venugopal Ganganna explain why #digital is still the Wild West of #advertising. #DigitalAdvertising #AI #adfraud #consumerprivacy https://lnkd.in/gq5zxxTs

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✅ Editorial Calendar for CMSWire 2024 is complete, with the second half of the year launching today. Here’s a sneak peek: July focuses on blending digital and in-store interactions seamlessly. In August, we're diving into the new ROI of UX, showing how to demonstrate value amidst financial cutbacks. September will see us laying down the foundations for a future-ready 2025 digital experience stack. October marks a significant milestone with a reflective look at two years of generative AI in customer experience delivery. Come November, we explore AI tools that are transforming customer agent interactions and tackling privacy-first personalization. And in December, we’re preparing you for 2025 with insights into the evolving roles of CMOs and advances in understanding customer emotions. That's right. We know exactly what's going to happen the rest of 2024 and which month it happens. Well, not really. At least you know where our heads are at. https://lnkd.in/eJZAeUG

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For this podcast, the Confident Retirement, there's a twist: I was the one interviewed, not the one asking the questions. (I like it better the other way - but that was fun - thanks for inviting me on, Kristopher Flammang CRPC®AIF®BFA®) Oh - and I'm not retiring :) Some of the things we talked about: * My early journalism career change to being a juvenile probation office for three years; • Why and how the Business Observer has made a transtions to #digitalfirst — and why we keep the focus on that; and • The lessons I've learned from interviewing hundreds of entrepreneurs ands business owners Take a listen!

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The 10 Commandments for Media Consumers serve as a thoughtful checklist that provides guidelines for media consumers to properly assess mass media communications. They were developed by an advocate for ethical journalism and media accountability, Cees Hamelink, in his article titled “Ethics for Media Users” that was published in the European Journal of Communication in December 1995. #media #mediaconsumption #massmediacommunication #mediaethics #medialiteracy https://lnkd.in/gFAzq7qT

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This essay is several years old, but I think it applies to a lot of industries. How do you make sure your writing is free of jargon and Insider Baseball phrases and draws even the busiest reader? I have some ideas. https://lnkd.in/ebHYZ_E8

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When the Holy Trifecta of Intelligent Technical Content is leveraged together, we can produce consistent #content that is on-brand, on-message, and easy to read in every language. Check out this webinar for more on global content success. https://lnkd.in/eBdk9jf #contentoptimization #xl8

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Great insights here from Katie Robbert and Paul Roetzer on why #Adobe training #Firefly on unlicensed images is a real problem for enterprise marketers. #AI #GenAI #Digitalmarketing

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Seeing great posts from friends, colleagues and media safety & freedom orgs today marking #WorldPressFreedomDay. Important time to appreciate the critical work and severe challenges - often risking life and freedom - that journalists face today. There is no more important part of my team's mission than enabling the exceptional work of all the Dow Jones-publications across conflict areas, covering crucial economic and business stories securely, telling the stories of climate and disaster, and working within increasingly hostile autocracies. Risky work that gives us all purpose - at the The New York Times, The Washington Post and beyond. "In a world increasingly characterized by geopolitical tensions and sweeping government restrictions, the role of journalists has never been more crucial—or more challenging. As they navigate the complexities of reporting from countries with significant security concerns, they face a myriad of risks that threaten both their safety and the integrity of the press. From the criminalization of independent journalism in Russia, to the surveillance-heavy landscape of China, and even the operational difficulties in Africa, our journalists encounter daily challenges just to bring us honest, reliable news." - Dow Jones

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While not as clear-cut as roads, clean water, and air, the democratic value to society of public interest journalism is, in my book and many others, a public good, writes Daily Maverick's Styli C.. "The recent tsunami of bad news about the news has raised an interesting question. Are we seeing the effects of a market failure playing out, or are we seeing the death of an industry that failed to innovate and keep up with the times?" #journalism #publicinterest #news #publishing

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Building a connection with co-workers can lead to increased psychological safety, which can result in better innovation, ideation and collaboration. So it’s no surprise that CRN’s latest Work-Life Balance in the Channel poll found that women executives are looking for ways to connect within their organizations and across the channel at large. To help build that connection, CRN asked them: What’s one thing most people don’t know about you? Learn some hidden facts, talents and passions about some of this year’s CRN Women of the Channel honorees: #CRNWOTC24 #WomenInTech #ITchannel

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The Hearst DevHub continues to focus on building practical AI-powered tools for our local newsrooms, and we're excited about our latest initiative: Emcee, a quiz-generation engine. 🧠 Emcee (M.C. = multiple choice) is built on the back of our newsrooms' reported, edited and vetted work. No hallucinations here. We scrape our most popular stories, use gen-AI to turn the stories into a multiple-choice format, spin up one of the DevHub's interactive Quiz templates, and alert the editor, whose job is to read through the questions and answers, edit for taste and accuracy, and then publish the quiz manually. No direct publishing to the web; a human is in the loop and in control of every piece of content. We're live in our (Albany) Times Union, Hearst Connecticut Media Group and Houston Chronicle newsrooms, with more programs on the way. The newsrooms are smartly taking this quiz tech and turning it into a weekly program to engage new readers. Win-win. Check out paywall-free examples, and if you're in New York, Connecticut or Texas, test your knowledge: ❓ Albany: https://lnkd.in/efbA-ekJ ❓ Connecticut: https://lnkd.in/eFy7_jUu ❓ Houston: https://lnkd.in/eFTeRDGK

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The AI Spotlight Series is hosting a webinar especially designed for managing editors, beat editors, visual editors, and social media editors. If you are a newsroom decision maker increasingly tasked with assigning and shaping AI coverage, this webinar is for you.  Learn with leading technology editors Gideon Lichfield and Tom Simonite how to identify different types of AI stories and dissect what sets apart the best coverage, including its framing, headline, and artwork. The coaches will share tips and tricks that will help you assess both pitches and filed stories to avoid common pitfalls that can mislead or confuse your audience. We will talk about how to resist hype and how to spot and avoid AI clichés and jargon. There will be opportunities to ask questions, trade tips, and have a lively discussion among fellow newsroom decision-makers. Check out the syllabus here https://lnkd.in/ehGepPT6 The 90-minute live webinar will take place on Tuesday July 10 at 10:00 am PKT (time is particularly ‘friendly’ to journalists based in the Middle East, Asia, and Pacific time zones). All applications are due by June 21, 2024. Spots are limited. Apply here https://lnkd.in/e_cgucC3

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