News Corp’s painfully named news aggregator promised to somehow battle “crass clickbait,” filter bubbles, media bias, and two trillion-dollar companies, all at once. It ended up being a D-minus Drudge clone and OnlyFans blog.
Instead of taking 30% of new subscribers’ payments, it’ll take 15%. The money’s welcome, but it’s also a reminder of how little control publishers have over the terms they get from tech giants.
Data from Germany finds that Apple Podcasts users devote about 23 percent of their podcast listening to news shows — versus just 8 percent for Spotify users.
Republicans and Democrats are (surprisingly!) teaming up to help news organizations negotiate with the tech giants. But it’s unlikely to have a substantial impact on the dysfunctional relationship between publishers and platforms.
Benton, Joshua. "Don’t expect McConnell’s Paradox to help news publishers get real money out of Google and Facebook." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 8 Jan. 2020. Web. 12 May. 2023.
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Benton, J. (2020, Jan. 8). Don’t expect McConnell’s Paradox to help news publishers get real money out of Google and Facebook. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved May 12, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/01/dont-expect-mcconnells-paradox-to-help-news-publishers-get-real-money-out-of-google-and-facebook/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "Don’t expect McConnell’s Paradox to help news publishers get real money out of Google and Facebook." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified January 8, 2020. Accessed May 12, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/01/dont-expect-mcconnells-paradox-to-help-news-publishers-get-real-money-out-of-google-and-facebook/.
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