This week we hear from Max Towey, Co-Founder and CEO at RocaNews. Roca is a start-up building a community around the news that lowers the blood pressure; they believe alarmist and partisan coverage has been responsible for much of the news avoidance we're seeing today. Towey tells us how Roca is aiming for balanced and informative coverage of just a few stories a day, and are hoping to rebuild the younger generation's trust in news. He also explains how they built up over 1 million followers on Instagram, why an email newsletter is one of their most successful products, and why it's so important to lower the temperature around political discourse.
In the news roundup the team asks whether hyperpartisanship is making its way across the Atlantic, based on a (very scary) report about a universal drop in trust in US news media. In the news in brief, we look at whether Europe is working smarter not harder when it comes to the podcasting industry; why has the Guardian hopped into bed with Google for funding; and discuss the latest bid for attention from manchild Elon Musk around Twitter.
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Media Voices: Executive Producer for Social and Emerging Media at CNN Worldwide Samantha Barry
TheMediaBriefing: IDG's Michael Friedenberg on driving a major media brand forward
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TheMediaBriefing: Author and podcaster Emma Gannon on authenticity and 'the influencer'
TheMediaBriefing: Cosmopolitan UK's editor-in-chief Farrah Storr
TheMediaBriefing: The New European's Matt Kelly on bravery and business models
TheMediaBriefing: Virtual Umbrella's Samantha Kingston on the opportunities of VR marketing
TheMediaBriefing: Bauer's head of ePublishing Jim Foster on native app strategy
TheMediaBriefing: Trinity Mirror's digital innovation editor Alison Gow
TheMediaBriefing: NewsThump founder Richard Smith
TheMediaBriefing: 'Beyond the Article' author Kevin Anderson
TheMediaBriefing: Ethical Journalism Network director Aidan White
TheMediaBriefing: Editorial cartoonist Andy Davey
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