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Alan Murray leaves Wall Street Journal for Pew
Pew | Jim Romenesko | Capital
Wall Street Journal online executive editor Alan Murray will head the Pew Research Center, Pew announced today.
In a memo to staffers, Journal managing editor Robert Thomson said Raju Narisetti will "assume the mantle of digital czar" at the news organization. Murray joined the Journal in 1983 and became digital honcho in 2007. "Digital is a land of many metrics, and the metrics during Alan’s reign have been extraordinary," Thomson writes.
Murray's departure crosses his name off the short list of people who may succeed Thomson as M.E. if he relinquishes the role to run News Corp.'s publishing business, which the company plans to spin off. He tells Tom McGeveran and Joe Pompeo the Journal tried to keep him:
Wall Street Journal online executive editor Alan Murray will head the Pew Research Center, Pew announced today.
In a memo to staffers, Journal managing editor Robert Thomson said Raju Narisetti will "assume the mantle of digital czar" at the news organization. Murray joined the Journal in 1983 and became digital honcho in 2007. "Digital is a land of many metrics, and the metrics during Alan’s reign have been extraordinary," Thomson writes.
Murray's departure crosses his name off the short list of people who may succeed Thomson as M.E. if he relinquishes the role to run News Corp.'s publishing business, which the company plans to spin off. He tells Tom McGeveran and Joe Pompeo the Journal tried to keep him:
Reached by phone, Murray declined to comment on whether or not he'd been in discussions to replace Thomson assuming Thomson does in fact secure the expected promotion. But he did say that Thomson and News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch "did their part" to try and keep him around, and that he's been talking to Pew since the summer.
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Pew: ‘MSNBC was more negative in its treatment of Romney than Fox was of Obama’
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Between the last week of August and the third week of October, 38 percent of campaign coverage studied by Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism was "what is typically called horserace coverage, stories substantially concerned with the strategy and tactics of the campaign and the question of who was winning." In 2008, 53 percent of the coverage during an analogous time period could be so characterized.
Interestingly, Mitt Romney's campaign fared considerably worse in PEJ's analysis of the "tone" of campaign coverage -- until horse-race stories were removed. Then both his and President Obama's campaign received essentially the same treatment from the press. (more...)
Between the last week of August and the third week of October, 38 percent of campaign coverage studied by Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism was "what is typically called horserace coverage, stories substantially concerned with the strategy and tactics of the campaign and the question of who was winning." In 2008, 53 percent of the coverage during an analogous time period could be so characterized.
Interestingly, Mitt Romney's campaign fared considerably worse in PEJ's analysis of the "tone" of campaign coverage -- until horse-race stories were removed. Then both his and President Obama's campaign received essentially the same treatment from the press. (more...)
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Pew: Americans find Internet most useful for campaign news, second only to cable
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The Internet is "most helpful for campaign news," 17 percent of Americans said in response to a Pew survey, more than triple the percentage of people who picked local newspapers and well ahead of local and network news. Only cable exceeded the Internet as the most useful source -- with 24 percent of people surveyed saying it was most helpful. Only 5 percent said local newspapers were most helpful. The results were released by Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism from research conducted Oct. 18-21.
When Americans were asked a slightly different question -- where they turn for campaign news -- 36 percent of people Pew surveyed cited Internet sources, as opposed to 31 percent for network news, 23 percent for local papers, and 13 percent for national papers. Cable news was most popular of all; 41 percent said they used that medium. (more...)
The Internet is "most helpful for campaign news," 17 percent of Americans said in response to a Pew survey, more than triple the percentage of people who picked local newspapers and well ahead of local and network news. Only cable exceeded the Internet as the most useful source -- with 24 percent of people surveyed saying it was most helpful. Only 5 percent said local newspapers were most helpful. The results were released by Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism from research conducted Oct. 18-21.
When Americans were asked a slightly different question -- where they turn for campaign news -- 36 percent of people Pew surveyed cited Internet sources, as opposed to 31 percent for network news, 23 percent for local papers, and 13 percent for national papers. Cable news was most popular of all; 41 percent said they used that medium. (more...)
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Pew: About half of Americans following election ‘very closely’
Pew | The Washington Post
Forty-eight percent of Americans are following the 2012 presidential election very closely, according to a new survey by Pew. That's the highest figure this year, but it's far lower than in 2008 -- 61 percent of Americans were following the election very closely in mid-October then.
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Forty-eight percent of Americans are following the 2012 presidential election very closely, according to a new survey by Pew. That's the highest figure this year, but it's far lower than in 2008 -- 61 percent of Americans were following the election very closely in mid-October then.
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Pew: 4 out of 10 young people ‘read daily news or newspapers’
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A Pew study of young people's library habits yields some interesting stats:
A Pew study of young people's library habits yields some interesting stats:
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- Some 40% of Americans under age 30 regularly read daily news or newspapers, compared with 62% of older adults.
- Younger Americans are also are less likely to read newspapers on any particular day; among these regular news readers, 56% of those under age 30 read news on a typical day, compared with 78% of those over 30.
- Additionally, among regular news readers, 71% of those under age 30 consume their news on a computer or handheld devices such as a tablet, e-reader, or cell phone, compared with 51% of older adults.
Survey: About one-third of social media users post links to political articles
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Almost a third of social networkers (28 percent) "post links to political stories or articles for others to read," according to a new survey of Internet users by Pew's Internet & American Life Project. The survey looks at how social media and political engagement mix.
Echoing a survey earlier this year that said Democrats and very conservative people use social media to track political news, this new research found that "social media users who are liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans are the most likely to have used social media this way (39% and 34% respectively)." (more...)
Almost a third of social networkers (28 percent) "post links to political stories or articles for others to read," according to a new survey of Internet users by Pew's Internet & American Life Project. The survey looks at how social media and political engagement mix.
Echoing a survey earlier this year that said Democrats and very conservative people use social media to track political news, this new research found that "social media users who are liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans are the most likely to have used social media this way (39% and 34% respectively)." (more...)
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Voters say journalists are giving Romney’s ’47 percent’ comments too much coverage
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There's been too much coverage of Mitt Romney's comments about the "47 percent," says a plurality polled by Pew.
There's been too much coverage of Mitt Romney's comments about the "47 percent," says a plurality polled by Pew.
Nearly half of voters (49%) who know that Romney made those remarks say news organizations are giving the story too much coverage, while just 13% say they are giving it too little coverage; 28% say the amount of coverage has been appropriate.As best I can tell, the press has largely moved on to the meta-narrative of Romney's remarks -- namely why President Obama's campaign keeps trotting them out. Philip Rucker writes that the comments are resonating with voters, weary though they may be.
Romney’s comments about the 47 percent are weighing him down with voters, according to recent polls. Almost six in 10 voters nationally say that as president, he would do more to favor the wealthy than the middle class, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Monday. Specifically regarding the remarks, respondents to a Post-ABC poll from last week were displeased with Romney’s viewpoint: Fifty-four percent had an unfavorable impression of his comments, compared with 32 percent who had a favorable view.(more...)
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Pew: After email, getting news is the most popular activity on smartphones, tablets
The growing number of tablet owners are developing an increased appetite for news, according to a new study from Pew’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.
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One-third of adults under 30 get news on social networks now
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For American adults under 30, social media has far surpassed newspapers and has equaled TV as a primary source of daily news, according to a new study of news consumption trends by the Pew Research Center for the People & The Press.
The study found 33 percent of those young adults got news from social networks the day before, while 34 percent watched TV news and just 13 percent read print or digital newspaper content.
Overall, the study says, the major trends driving the growth and change of digital news are social media, as well as the rapid adoption of mobile Internet devices.
The top-level trends in social media news consumption:
For American adults under 30, social media has far surpassed newspapers and has equaled TV as a primary source of daily news, according to a new study of news consumption trends by the Pew Research Center for the People & The Press.
The study found 33 percent of those young adults got news from social networks the day before, while 34 percent watched TV news and just 13 percent read print or digital newspaper content.
Overall, the study says, the major trends driving the growth and change of digital news are social media, as well as the rapid adoption of mobile Internet devices.
The top-level trends in social media news consumption:
- 19 percent of all Americans got news from a social network like Facebook, Google+ or LinkedIn yesterday (up from 9 percent in 2010).
- Among people using social networks, 36 percent got news there yesterday (up from 19 percent in 2010).
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- Overall use of social media for news consumption is growing, and the rates are similar across three age groups from 18 to 39.
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