Only three media companies — Buzzfeed, Vice Media, and Vox Media — meet the definition of a “unicorn,” or a startup valued at more than $1 billion.
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Nikkei acquires stake in Singapore AI startup DC Frontiers
Japanese media company Nikkei Inc. has acquired a 14.79% equity in Singapore-based AI startup DC Frontiers to support the product development of scoutAsia, a data and news service launched by Nikkei and the Financial Times last year.
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《都市日報》之死——「記者不再適合報章營運」
創刊24年的瑞典《都市日報》（Metro，或譯《地鐵報》）本週一（12日）正式宣佈停刊，解散整個編採團隊，作為全球免費報元祖，該報因財困倒下，是全球報業及傳媒行業另一個里程碑——或是另一個「紙媒寒冬」。
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資訊戰：科技沒有改變主流媒體，但成功令它們「channel化」(沈旭暉)
科技能改變我們接收資訊的模式嗎？這不但是美國、英國近年的熱門話題，放在當下香港身上，一模一樣。而針對的對象，以壟斷香港家庭資訊的主流媒體最值得一談，箇中又以無綫新聞為代表。
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Investing in the Podcast Ecosystem in 2019
In the world of podcasting, the flywheel is spinning: new technologies including AirPods, connected cars, and smart speakers have made it much easier for consumers to listen to audio content, which in turn creates more revenue and financial opportunity for creators, which further encourages high-qua
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Medium CEO Ev Williams Goes All-In on Building Subscription Business
For Medium CEO Ev Williams, building a profitable business isn’t an immediate concern.
“Our view is that consumers want a lot of things for one subscription,” he said. “They’re not going to subscribe to dozens of publications. And so we give them access to a highly personalized, ad-free experience with tons of publishing partners and thousands of individual writers. And it’s going very well. People are responding. People are subscribing in big numbers.”
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Britons less trusting of social media than other major nations
Britons trust social media platforms less than any other major nation and favour stronger regulation of Silicon Valley’s technology companies, according to a survey of 23 countries.
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The future of news is private and conversational: SCMP’s CEO Gary Liu
When Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post, a 115-year-old media organization with a storied history, was looking for a CEO a few years ago, Gary Liu didn’t immediately appear like an obvious choice for the role.
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知乎拒绝中年危机
尽管这次名字已升级改为“新知青年大会”，但还是有不少用户习惯性地把它称为“盐 Club”、“面基大会”。
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