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Thursday, March 24, 2016
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Crux’s “corporate resurrection”: How the Catholic news site will live on beyond The Boston Globe“We died and rose again on the third business day.” By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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Cincinnati TV station WCPO decides to declare (newspaper-style) war on the local dailyThe Scripps–owned local ABC affiliate wants Cincinnatians to think of their city as a two-newspaper town — even if that means ruffling feathers along the way. By Shan Wang. |
What We’re Reading
The Wall Street Journal / Steven Perlberg and Dana Cimilluca
Playboy is exploring a sale →
“Playboy could fetch north of $500 million, and potential buyers could include companies that would license the brand for use in consumer goods, new media outfits and trophy buyers, the people said. The 2011 deal that took Playboy private valued it at $207 million.”
The Investigative Fund
The Nation Institute’s Investigative Fund is launching a fellowship for investigative reporters of color →
The fellowship is named for Ida B. Wells, and applications are due April 18.
Political TV Ad Archive / Nancy Watzman
What the Political TV Ad Archive learned from logging 1,032 political ads (so far) in the presidential primaries →
For more background on the archive, check out our story from earlier this month.
VentureBeat / Jordan Novet
Facebook introduces daily video metrics for publishers →
“Until now, people could see things like the number of views, the number of unique viewers, and the number of minutes that a video was viewed. Now, video publishers can find out how many minutes a video was viewed on a given day, the number of video views for a single day, and the number of times a video was viewed for 10 seconds on one day (or how many times people viewed at least 97 percent of videos that last for less than 10 seconds), Facebook product manager Anaid Gomez-Ortigoza wrote in a blog post.”
Funny Or Die
Here is a parody of The New York Times’ Bieber/Diplo/Skrillex video →
We wrote about the original here.
Medium / Andrew McLaughlin
Medium is hiring curator-editors →
“Human curator-editors can do things algorithms can't, like drive attention to high-quality but little-known writers and champion a diversity of voices and topics.”
Wall Street Journal / Mike Shields
Turner plans to spend $100 million expanding Bleacher Report →
“The plan is to funnel the cash into hiring more staff and producing original video series and franchises, as well as short-form content designed to travel well via social media.”
VentureBeat / Ken Yeung
YouTube is building its own Periscope →
“This service highlights the company's efforts to double down on live video while also placing it in a position to compete directly against Twitter's Periscope and Facebook Live.”
Variety / Todd Spangler
Nielsen will soon make it easier to distinguish viewership on Apple TV, Roku, and other set-top boxes →
“All viewing of Nielsen-measured TV content on over-the-top devices is already included in the company's C3 and C7 television ratings. With the new data, TV networks will now be able to get a more detailed view into that usage on specific OTT devices.”
The Guardian / Oscar Williams
British journalism is 94% white and 55% male →
“The findings, announced at the Changing Media Summit today, reveal that 65% of journalists who have joined the profession over the last three years are female, but that women remain underpaid and under-promoted, while almost all ethnic groups and religions are significantly under-represented.”
Digiday / Lucinda Southern
In 10 months, Quartz has gone from zero to 200 million video views →
“It’s not the length of video but the amount of work that goes into it.”
Poynter / Ed Sherman
How Alison Overholt, the new editor of ESPN The Magazine, is approaching her role →
"When you come at it story first, subject first, it allows you to think, ‘what's the best format, what's the best way for readers and viewers to consume that story?’"
Fortune / Adam Lashinsky
How Jeff Bezos has influenced The Washington Post since he bought the paper →
"We need institutions that have the resources and the training and the skill, expertise, to find things," Bezos says. "It's pretty important who we elect as President, all those things, and we need to examine those people, try to understand them better."
The Guardian / Martin Belam
Using Twitter and Facebook images of tragedies raises ethical dilemmas →
“In breaking news situations editors and journalists have to make very quick decisions, under a lot of pressure, at a time when they are undoubtedly feeling the same turmoil of emotions that any member of the public does when a tragedy unfolds before them. You are often dealing with a very confusing set of information from a variety of sources, including people who have deliberately set out to post false information. We have to accept that we don't always make the right decisions in the heat of the moment.”
From Fuego
Hulk Hogan made jurors feel $140 million worth of sympathy —mashable.com
Microsoft is deleting its AI chatbot’s incredibly racist tweets —www.businessinsider.com
Using Twitter and Facebook images of tragedies raises ethical dilemmas —www.theguardian.com
Instacart Is… Profitable? —fortune.com
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