Changing news habits in April 2020: Succession, scale and measurement
“I’m giving the audience what they want,” says every media executive I’ve ever met or seen speak, in one way or another. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, our news habits shifted.

Deborah Carver is the publisher of The Content Technologist. She is an independent consultant on all things digital publishing, specializing in large content-driven websites.
“I’m giving the audience what they want,” says every media executive I’ve ever met or seen speak, in one way or another. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, our news habits shifted.
Shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, web traffic plunged. This post summarizes traffic trends at the beginning of the first lockdown.
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