News sites are rapidly becoming the newspapers of the digital age. And you know what happened to newspapers.
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- It's that time of year again: Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) has put out its 2026 Digital News Report. The Nieman Lab team broke down some key findings — including how people continue to abandon news sites and apps in favor of social media and,
- Worldwide, people in all age groups are ditching news sites and publishers’ apps in favor of social media and video networks. ...and other findings from @risj_oxford's Digital News Report 2026 niemanlab.org/2026/06/news-s…
- The U.K. ban would cover a similar range of social platforms as Australia's, where TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Reddit, Facebook, X, Threads, Snapchat, Twitch, and Kick are all banned for users under 16.
- ☕️ @the_newsground, which launched in March, is free to read. Readers can pay $5 a month for an ad-free news-only membership or $25 per shipment if they also want coffee.
- "Many journalists found it difficult to understand why Spanish was excluded from some press conferences at a World Cup also being held in Mexico, one of the host countries.”
- Your search results are getting sloptimized
- With the World Cup looming, there’s still no clear replacement for sports Twitter
- We seem to be entering an AI price war
