Renaissance for journalism

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Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman announced at SXSW the release in June of their premium short content platform in smartphone format, codenamed “ Quibi ” (for quick bites). Backed by the power of the 9 major Hollywood studios, and with the financial means to match, they proclaim a “ new form of storytelling aided by technology ”, a marriage between Hollywood and Silicon Valley whose themes will range from comedy to thriller, including news (the latter with the BBC). Given the resources invested, the two former Walt Disney employees are confident that their project will not take the same path as similar European projects abandoned due to lack of audience (Studio+).

The crisis of confidence also triggers (more or less intentionally) an era of . NBC iceland cell phone number list News invests massively in investigative journalism. Noah Oppenheim, president of NBC News, emphasizes the importance of “ original journalism .

The New York Times launches into TV with its new format “ The Weekly ,” 30-minute documentaries that will be broadcast on FX and Hulu. After her first video portrait, Sweta Vohra, journalist at the NYT, notes that “ TV is really hard ,” but emphasizes that this format is mainly intended to help understand by taking the time to cover a subject in detail, around strong characters, compatible with the screen.