Former New York Times CEO Mark Thompson has said US TV news is in “dead trouble” as it loses audiences under the age of 60. Thompson, who used to be BBC Director General and ran the NYT between 201…
CEO Mark Thompson has said US TV news is in “dead trouble” as it loses audiences under the age of 60.Director General and ran the NYT between 2012 and 2020, described US news channels as being “completely unchanged” since the 1980s, stating that the UK has done more to innovate during that time.
News broadcasters’ greatest challenge is to reinvent the experience of serious journalism for a smartphone generation, argued Thompson, who pointed to the NYT’s growth in podcasting during his tenure. Shows such aswere launched and attracted huge youth listening figures from young people who observers had been saying “didn’t like speech radio” for years.
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