The last decade has been an eventful one for digital media with the massive growth of new online platforms like Spotify and Netflix creating challenges for both existing media companies and consumer electronics manufacturers. What will the new decade hold for digital media? Will we see new businesses emerge? …

The last decade was a turbulent, but rather exciting one for b2b media brands. Navigating a path from primarily print to mainly digital production meant that many companies had to look very closely at their core revenue sources. …

Over the past decade social media has provided a rich source of news for media companies. Yet the phenomenon of fake news, and in particular the emergence of deep fakes, has meant that organisations have had to tweak their approach. Hazel Baker is Global Head of UGC Newsgathering at Reuters…

Over the last couple of years there has been notable growth in the number of media startups who eschew quick clickbaity stories for longer, more thoughtful pieces. In the UK, for example, Tortoise Media has made significant waves with its unusual approach which the company’s co-founder Katie Vanneck-Smith outlined to delegates at DIS in 2019. Yet creating extended online content that readers pay for is not a new concept. Zetland is a Danish media company that aims to take its audience behind the news via the several longform stories and the podcast it issues each day to its 20,000 subscription paying members.

“Literally anybody can create a podcast,” argues Declan Moore, Head of International at leading podcast studio, Wondery. “But few can make a good one; even fewer can tell a compelling story over multiple episodes; and only a select few can tell a compelling story that moves/touches people.” It has been…

Berlin based Onefootball has been a key player in global sports content for over a decade. The app-based platform, which grew massively in the early days of the smartphone era, now delivers content in a variety of formats, including video and audio, to huge audiences across the globe. In spite…

Monitoring and responding to hate speech is becoming an ever increasing problem for governments, social platforms, the media and brands. In order to react to hate speech companies first have to detect and understand it — often a very difficult process given the way that languages evolve. Timothy Quinn is…

In recent years, the Amazon-owned livestreaming video platform Twitch has become an increasingly attractive option for both brands and media companies who want to engage with young audiences. …

Live events are nothing new, but they are capturing consumers’ attention like never before. From big festivals to pop-up events, consumers are seeking additional ways to engage with the media brands they like. In an age where 78 per cent of millennials choose to spend money on a desirable experience…