While it is generally acknowledged that news agencies play a pivotal role in the current news landscape, empirical insights into the extent of news media’s reliance on agency copy are scarce. This study applies an innovative automated approach to trace agency copy for an entire year (n = 119,452) in the major print and online news media articles (n = 247,161) of the Dutch news landscape. Results suggest that particularly online news is highly dependent on agency content, with the agency being responsible for up to 75% of the online news articles. Furthermore, a large part of the online news consists of verbatim agency copy, involving little or no editing. The results provide a strong rationale to place news agencies high on the agenda of ne...
The author offers a comprehensive portrait of online news performance in Western countries in changi...
A key development in journalism over the past decade has been the rise of web analytics for real-tim...
Pressure from politics and the public has created a greater demand for the media to be more accounta...
While it is generally acknowledged that news agencies play a pivotal role in the current news landsc...
Journalists are increasingly accused of uncritically recycling subsidized material in the form of pr...
This paper investigates the influence of news agency Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP) on the cov...
The relation between organizational press releases and newspaper content has generated considerable ...
News agencies, or wire services, are playing a growing role in the contemporary news environment, pr...
This paper documents the extent of copying and estimates the returns to originality in online news p...
We investigate how news values differ between online and print news articles. We hypothesize that pr...
This research project is rooted in our observation of the new duality in the current media landscape...
News production requires investment, and competitors’ ability to appropriate a story may reduce a me...
Although journalism and media coverage are known to induce, inform, and affect public accountability...
Past research examining international news reveals that news consumers are frequently presented with...
This article empirically tests the role of legacy and digital-born news media, mapping the patterns ...
The author offers a comprehensive portrait of online news performance in Western countries in changi...
A key development in journalism over the past decade has been the rise of web analytics for real-tim...
Pressure from politics and the public has created a greater demand for the media to be more accounta...
While it is generally acknowledged that news agencies play a pivotal role in the current news landsc...
Journalists are increasingly accused of uncritically recycling subsidized material in the form of pr...
This paper investigates the influence of news agency Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP) on the cov...
The relation between organizational press releases and newspaper content has generated considerable ...
News agencies, or wire services, are playing a growing role in the contemporary news environment, pr...
This paper documents the extent of copying and estimates the returns to originality in online news p...
We investigate how news values differ between online and print news articles. We hypothesize that pr...
This research project is rooted in our observation of the new duality in the current media landscape...
News production requires investment, and competitors’ ability to appropriate a story may reduce a me...
Although journalism and media coverage are known to induce, inform, and affect public accountability...
Past research examining international news reveals that news consumers are frequently presented with...
This article empirically tests the role of legacy and digital-born news media, mapping the patterns ...
The author offers a comprehensive portrait of online news performance in Western countries in changi...
A key development in journalism over the past decade has been the rise of web analytics for real-tim...
Pressure from politics and the public has created a greater demand for the media to be more accounta...