When Global Media Meets The Tech Evolution, It’s Headline News

Published in cooperation between SEOLaad and the Gilroy Dispatch

When it comes to news and media, the word ubiquitous springs to mind. Far from the days of daily newspapers being the first port of call for breaking or important news, or the radio being the source from which one discovered what was happening around the world, we now live in a digital world where the internet delivers news on every possible topic 24/7, 365, and I mean that literally. 

Whether it’s breaking international news, sporting stories, local events, scientific breakthroughs or the latest developments in whatever niche hobbies catch your interest, you will be able to find people reporting on it. 

Take a look at online gaming, for example. This area is now not just creating interest in the gaming world, but also infiltrating the digital news media pages. It’s doing so in ways that are both mainstream and niche, and if you look, you’ll find information on any topic you can think of, from browser games to AAA titles to roulette and casino games. 

One of the reasons why something like game playing is now news, at least in part, is that it both drives and benefits from advances in technology. Technology is news, with every advancement making the tech pages, and that brings gaming into the spotlight. 

On the other side of that coin, we’ve got the fact that gaming is associated heavily with money these days, making it a highly news-worthy industry. The games themselves cost a huge amount to develop, and gaming events frequently result in large amounts of cash being splashed about. The casino industry is a particularly huge element of this; it’s a multi-billion dollar industry that seems to be growing exponentially. 

Many of the classic games are world-famous at this point, and thanks to the switch to the digital world, a huge number of varieties have appeared. That’s true even in games like roulette, which many people think of as straightforward and having little variation from place to place. Check out a digital casino today and you’ll find online roulette games galore, with all kinds of different features varying the play and making it ever-more interesting. Live dealer games have been one key element of this, allowing people to enjoy the convenience of online roulette games with all the fun of an in-person game thrown in.

With these innovations coming so fast, even in areas that might have been assumed to be static, it’s no surprise that people are eager to keep up with developments—and how do they do that? Through the news and through other media sources.

What strikes me in all this is just how much the online news platform landscape has expanded in terms of our exposure to it, as well as the accessibility that it now offers. Part of this was driven by the dawn of the now seemingly normal rolling news channels. 

When I was younger, these were not “a thing”: now they are to be found all around the globe. But as big as that rolling news revolution was, something else crept onto the horizon much later, and that was the internet. With the dawn of the online realm, news and media entered a new relationship, and it is fascinating. 

First, Fast and Foremost: Online Media News Never Stops

As someone who has worked in the media world, I know what it means to be “first with the news” and how important that is for those in this arena. Whether it is breaking a story before network rivals or getting an exclusive with a reclusive (a term we used when a big interview was done with someone famous but not known for doing a sit-down chat with the media or news companies), media outlets have always been ultra-competitive. 

That has now been supercharged by online media, to put it mildly. Before, news was all around; now it is almost impossible to avoid. Notifications, breaking news, entertainment stories, sports stories, fashion, politics—it is an endless list and there is now a news media platform that will get this to you anytime and all the time. 

From social media news to international politics, sporting news to entertainment features, news media apps are not only independently run, owned and promoted, but they are also becoming mainstream sources for people’s daily news consumption and delivery. Indeed, with over 5 billion social media users and growing, it would seem that this marriage of tech and news media has many years of mutual happiness to look forward to. 

Part of this is, of course, being enabled by our technological landscape. News and media companies have always been invested in finding new ways of bringing people information, and the online arena is perhaps more febrile than what we call traditional news platforms, largely due to the instantaneous nature of online news delivery. 

If you were to count, for example, how many breaking news notifications you got in any 24-hour period from however many news media platforms you subscribe to, I suspect it would be significant. Just today, I had more than a dozen before my second cup of coffee. Yes, I can unsubscribe or opt out of these things, but my point is this: the online landscape means that the news never stops coming…if you want it, of course. 

Mobile Devices Delivering Tech-Driven Opportunities For Online News Media 

One of the main ways millions of people get their news now is from online or social media platforms, apps and websites. With the younger generations, this is particularly true, as news networks see dwindling viewing figures and newspapers see declining sales of their hard copies, even as their digital versions become more popular. It is, at least in part, the growth of the mobile and wearable tech markets that has transformed this element of news delivery and consumption. 

When talking about how mobile devices have created opportunities for online news media companies, individuals or news content creators, it is hard to overstate just how much these devices play a part in news and media growth. 

One look at the UK online news statistics highlights clearly and unequivocally that digital news media is immensely important, and is an ever-growing market with potential audiences in the billions as online access becomes ever-more ubiquitous and affordable. For the subjects of that news, getting coverage and improving your recognition among a global audience can be very valuable, as places like the casinos, game manufacturers and other fields fully recognize. Roulette game manufacturers would not be developing so many different iterations if roulette hadn’t gained such widespread recognition, and roulette wouldn’t have gained this recognition if not for the ubiquity of news outlets in today’s world.

One way or another, it is clear that my original thesis is fairly easy to defend, and when news media outlets meet and combine with technological advances, they serve each other and have a mutually beneficial relationship.