Journalists are worried about the Apple’s News App

The Apple’s News App that was announced at the Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference has led to many reactions as journalists worry about the competition that will be created, The Times of India reported. The journalists are worried about the control on the distribution of news when an app is algorithmically compiling stories from the world’s biggest media organizations. Pioneer blogger Dave Winer said that they are worried about huge tech companies owning the news distribution system. Apple has several big publishing partners for its app called News, including CNN. In a war for the audience’s attention, technology giants like Apple seems to be winning.

BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti calls it being agnostic.  “In an ideal world, we would be indifferent to where our content is consumed. We would want to do whatever is best for the consumer,” he added. Other media executives are speaking in similar ways, conjuring up the old line about fishing where the fish already are. “News orgs flail helplessly as domineering companies like Facebook and now Apple take control over consumption,” technology journalist Dan Gillmor tweeted.

The Apple’s News app would be a personalized magazine with a wide range of news stories and sources. But apps seems to be the way to reach many more readers and viewers. Participating news outlets will keep 100 percent of the money they make by selling ads attached to their articles. But they will cede some control over the news reading environment to Apple. Individual news apps and individual news brands aren’t the primary point of contact with news any more. They are raw material, feeding into broader platforms. Matt Galligan, who co-founded the news app Circa, said this shift will be “great for the consumer” and for publishers who take advantage of it, but “the death knell for the stubborn and slow”. “No longer will we be loyal to any one news provider, but rather, we’ll be loyal to the places that deliver us news right within the products we love,” Galligan said.

“It will be a tumultuous time and a rude awakening for anyone believing that they can shore up their traffic and keep people coming back to their properties alone,” he added.

Many publishers have decided that the deals with Facebook and Apple are worth trying. Mark Thompson, the CEO of The New York Times Company (NYT) has said that the potential gains are enormous. “The benefits of participation in other peoples’ platforms is potentially vastly greater distribution than we could ever expect to do quickly with our own digital offerings,” was quoted.

The Washington Post says that the Apple’s News App will help Apple but not the news. The paper further claims that the stupid internet ruined everything.

Erick Vateta564 Posts

--- Erick Vateta is a lawyer by training, poet, script and creative writer by talent, a model, and tech enthusiast. He covers International tech trends, data security and cyber attacks.

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