Just released: The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2016

The 5th edition of the annual Reuters Institute Digital News Report shows inter alia

• Social Media are often the key source of news
• Original news brand get less noticed
• Consumers still reluctant to pay for general news online

Studying the data presented in the report (and even more data on RISJ Website www.digitalnewsreport.org ) and seeing the changes over time, the directions in news discovery and news consumption as well as the different lines and stages of development over the years in 26 countries is really worthwhile to analyze for anyone planning and leading in the news industry.

Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2016   Download  (124 pg, PDF)

Some Findings from the RISJ report

Platform for Accessing News (last week)

Advertising Spending and Media Usage compared: USA vs. Germany

For the following chart we use data that are by no means compatible. Advertising spending in the U.S. and Germany for 2014 (estimated by ZenithOptimedia) and media usage for U.S. by eMarketer, for Germany by ARD/ZDF Online Study (with data from 2014 and 2010 (Print) mixed.

The share of ad budgets for Print (Newspaper, Magazines) in both countries is declining. But publishers in Germany still benefit from the warm winds of advertising budgets, but for how long?

*) more about the ARD/ZDF Online Study