Jan 11

Jan 11 Subscriptions Make Sense. But How Many Will Consumers Pay For?

Damien Willis

On The Media

Bryson Masse, writing at Digital Content Next, looks at digital media trends as we step into 2019.

Dec 10

Dec 10 Social Media Outpaces Print Newspapers in the U.S. as a News Source

Damien Willis

On The Media

Social media sites have surpassed print newspapers as a news source for Americans: One-in-five U.S. adults say they often get news via social media, slightly higher than the share who often do so from print newspapers (16%) for the first time since Pew Research Center began asking these questions. In 2017, the portion who got news via social media was about equal to the portion who got news from print newspapers.

Dec 9

Dec 9 The "Yellow Jackets" Riots In France Are What Happens When Facebook Gets Involved With Local News

Damien Willis

On The Media

What’s happening right now in France isn’t happening in a vacuum. The Yellow Jackets movement — named for the protesters’ brightly colored safety vests — is a beast born almost entirely from Facebook.

Based in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Damien Willis is a newspaper reporter and communications professional. He generally writes about the ways we pass our time in the 21st century.