Was asked to speak about how #covid19 is impacting business of news at #MédiasenSeine.
Our @risj_oxford research suggests pandemic is accelerating move to more digital, mobile, and platform-dominated environment where news capture only a small share of attention+advertising 1/5
Our @risj_oxford research suggests pandemic is accelerating move to more digital, mobile, and platform-dominated environment where news capture only a small share of attention+advertising 1/5
Meanwhile, many have flocked to already big platforms during the crisis, making it even more important to look at competition issues - but publishers should remember the purpose of competition policy is to protect competition, not specific competitors reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/our-research/w… 2/5
And new policies will not in themselves change reality that news is small part of media use. comScore data suggests all news combined accounts for about 3% of time spent in France, and 5 biggest publishers account about half that – leaving 500+ with just a tiny sliver each. 3/5
This winner-takes-most environment is then compounded by pandemic, which has hit especially advertising- and print-reliant commercial media hard. But around the world, we are also seeing increase in the subscriptions and memberships for some publishers reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/few-winners-ma… 4/5
Privileged audiences will be fine but real risk of market failure at the local level and for less privileged groups that it is less lucrative for commercial publishers to cater to.
If policymakers want to do something about that here are some options reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/our-research/w… 5/5
If policymakers want to do something about that here are some options reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/our-research/w… 5/5
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