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Wednesday, February 3, 2016
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The New York Times is unearthing unpublished photos from its archives for Black History MonthThe Times is grappling with the past, present, and future of its race coverage, encouraging readers to share their own materials and memories and along the way shedding a little light on the journalistic process. By Shan Wang. |
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Need to find, keep, and maximize talent today? Look to an old-school example, Gene Roberts“Virtually every hire should be part of a long-range master plan of journalistic excellence.” By Sydney Finkelstein. |
What We’re Reading
Current / Henry Schneider
With focus on local service, PBS Charlotte digs out of $1M hole →
"By 2012, the station was just days or weeks from going dark.”
The Wall Street Journal / Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg
Time launches Motto, a new site aimed at young women →
“Overseen by the editors who produce Time magazine and Time.com, the new website site will include contributions by celebrities and politicians, plus original reporting from Time magazine staffers. To help contain costs, Time Inc.'s Real Simple, Southern Living and Health will also provide articles.”
Digiday / Lucia Moses
The Wall Street Journal isn’t letting you read for free in Instapaper now, either →
The publisher has also experimented with closing the Google loophole. “A Journal rep confirmed it's been experimenting with a number of different trials to get people to subscribe but wouldn't elaborate.”
Wall Street Journal / Jack Marshall
Patch rebounds after split from AOL →
“The first version of Patch was very much local journalism, whereas the new version is more of a social, mobile and alerts platform,” AOL CEO Tim Armstrong said. (AOL still owns a little less than 50 percent of Patch.)
Mashable / Saba Hamedy
Vanity Fair unveiled its annual Hollywood issue on Snapchat Discover →
“We are confident when people find out what Vanity Fair is and what we do, they are going to stick around and become long term fans. That's the idea behind this partnership.”
Mobile Media Memo / Cory Bergman
There are early signs that the value of a mobile users is greater than a desktop user →
“The most successful mobile experiences connect people, and as they scale, they get better and generate massive amounts of data. That data is enabling unprecedented ad targeting and return on investment.”
From Fuego
Rick Santorum dropping presidential bid – CNNPolitics.com —www.cnn.com
The Good and Bad In Twitter’s Ad Business —www.theinformation.com
President Obama Speaks at the Islamic Society of Baltimore —www.whitehouse.gov
The Gateway to cease weekly newspaper print production: Official student newspaper and campus media source to prioitize digital and online media consumption, print monthly magazine – The Gateway —thegatewayonline.ca
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