The digital disruption continues to erode the traditional media model, in part of because of a growning lack of trust of any any corporate run media. Independent creators are the safe haven to growing audiences. KOP examines studies and stories validating that trend.

UCLA Study Finds Teens Resoundingly Reject Aspirational Content On TV & Movies https://deadline.com/2022/09/ucla-study-finds-teens-resoundingly-reject-aspirational-content-in-tv-or-movies-1235121262/

Young Readers Feel All Information Is 'Not To Be Trusted Or Taken At Face Value,' Study Finds @Reuters https://bit.ly/3LmtvIv

Survey: The Dark Side of News Consumption on Social Media https://variety.com/vip/survey-the-dark-side-of-news-consumption-on-social-media-1235349747/

User trust in social platforms is falling, according to our new study
https://www.insiderintelligence.com/content/user-trust-social-platforms-falling-according-our-new-study

How News Feels: Anticipated Anxiety as a Factor in News Avoidance and a Barrier to Political Engagement
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10584609.2022.2123073


Shrinking M&A Appetite Spells Bad News for Digital Media https://variety.com/vip/shrinking-ma-appetite-spells-bad-news-for-digital-media-1235375334/

A painful halt: If you work in film and TV, get ready for layoff
A multiyear boom in film and TV production, driven by media firms racing to sign up subscribers for their new streaming services, has come to a painful halt
https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/a-painful-halt-if-you-work-in-film-and-tv-get-ready-for-layoff-122092001393_1.html

Audiobooks Have Potential to Be a Game Changer for Spotify https://variety.com/vip/audiobooks-have-potential-to-be-a-game-changer-for-spotify-1235378439/

In General, Generalizing About Generations Is Generically Common To Baby Boomers - https://jacobsmedia.com/?p=69618

Adnan Syed, Serial, and justice https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/adnan_syed_conviction_overturned_serial.php

Luminate Partners With Mediabase for Radio Tracking Data https://www.billboard.com/pro/luminate-mediabase-partnership-radio-tracking/
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/242742/bdsradio-monitoring-to-be-folded-into-mediabase/

Podcasting Is Just Radio Now
https://www.vulture.com/2022/09/podcasting-is-just-radio-now.html

People are apparently using Spotify’s video podcast tool to illegally pirate movies https://www.fastcompany.com/90790965/people-are-apparently-using-spotifys-video-podcast-to-illegally-pirate-movies

Podcasting 2.0 Will Bring Bitcoin To The Masses https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/podcasting-2-0-will-bring-bitcoin-to-the-masses

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