Media Monday Edmonton: Update #346

Taproot Edmonton’s latest Media Roundup was published today. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox every Monday morning.

Here are a few select updates from today’s Media Roundup:

RTDNA Canada announced the winners of the National RTDNA Awards of Excellence on the weekend and three Edmonton stories were recognized: CBC Edmonton, CTV Edmonton, and Global News Radio 880.
Slav Kornik has left Global Edmonton after nine years to serve as head coach of the NAIT men’s basketball team. “It’s been a great place to work and a privilege to work with so many wonderful people,” he tweeted. Here’s a short clip with the morning crew.
SONiC 102.9’s Garner Andrews won the On Air Talent of the Year (Major Market) award at the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards in Toronto on Thursday.
Ryan Hastman has started a new job in the government and is leaving The Daveberta Podcast as a result. “We’ll be back in 1 week with a special blue ribbon panel of guest co-hosts,” they tweeted.
I spoke with Digital Alberta about the future of digital journalism. “Journalism is having a problem, and we need to innovate our way out of it.”

Mayor Don Iveson speaks with the media following his State of the City address

And here is some non-local media news that I found interesting this week:

It seems that old media companies are flourishing while new media ventures are struggling. Why? One reason, argues Alex Sherman at CNBC, is that “nothing has been disrupted about media except the distribution model. Consumers want the same content as always.”
Quartz is now putting all of its articles behind a metered paywall. “The number of free Quartz articles you’ll get varies based on what the site perceives to be your likelihood of becoming a member, among other factors.”
A new guide from the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin says that journalism should aim to be “morally justifiable and not purely extractive or voyeuristic.”
Cleveland.com is experimenting with text messages from reporters. “Almost 1,200 people have signed up for the free trial in addition to a few hundred paying customers.”
Lots of money is still going into TV advertising, even as consumers switch to streaming services. “Despite significant viewer shortfalls for traditional TV, the nation’s broadcast and cable networks saw advance ad commitments increase 5.2% to more than $20.7 billion in 2018, according to Media Dynamics, a media consultancy.”

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Published by Mack Male