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Monday, March 14, 2016
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What We’re Reading
Politico / Joe Pompeo
The New York Times touts its VR operation at SXSW →
“The scene inside the bar was appropriately futuristic, with a gaggle of tipsy attendees checking out NYT VR on Google Cardboard viewers.”
The Ringer / Bill Simmons
Bill Simmons’ newsletter, The Ringer, launched today →
Its website is scheduled to debut later this year.
Pitchfork
Pitchfork has redesigned →
With shapelier typography and new filtering by music genre.
Racked / Kyle Chayka
Is Kinfolk the last lifestyle magazine? →
“[H]ow an almost painfully reserved 29-year-old ex-Mormon from rural Canada bucked the slow death of print to create the lifestyle magazine of the decade, not just for Brooklyn or the United States, but the entire world.”
The Verge / Kwame Opam
How Michelle Obama mastered social media →
“In my conversations with Mrs. Obama's team, it became clear that they care about views, clicks, and engagement as much as any media organization.”
The New York Times / Ravi Somaiya
James Bennet will be the next editorial page director of The New York Times →
Replacing Andrew Rosenthal. Bennet has helped lead The Atlantic’s remarkable digital growth for the past decade.
Slate / Will Oremus
It’s 2016. Why are newspapers still putting boring headlines on amazing stories? →
“Why, at this incredibly late juncture, have local media still not grasped that their potential audience need not be limited by the bounds of their print circulation area?”
The Los Angeles Times / Laurence Darmiento
Digital First Media named top early bidder for the Orange County Register →
“Digital First submitted a $45.5-million offer that was chosen as the "stalking-horse" bid by FTI Consulting, a Los Angeles business management firm working with creditors, said Ron Hasse, publisher of Digital First’s Los Angeles News Group.”
Recode / Kurt Wagner
NowThis is now on Snapchat Disocver →
The distributed video company is the 21st outlet to partner with Snapchat.
Nieman Foundation
Yang Jisheng honored at Harvard’s Nieman Foundation →
“In recognition of his ambitious and fearless reporting, Nieman Fellows in the class of 2016 at Harvard University selected Chinese journalist and author Yang Jisheng for the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism.”
Digiday / Sahil Patel
The Daily Beast launches two Facebook Live video series →
"Cheat Sheet” will air every weekday at noon and brings the site's popular editorial series of the same name into a video format. "Drink Cart" will feature author and cocktail expert Noah Rothbaum talking with a Daily Beast editor about the latest culture news over drinks.
Digiday / Lucinda Southern
Sweden’s publishers are joining forces to simultaneously block adblock users →
90 percent of Sweden's publishers (about 20) plan to collectively block the ad blockers during the month of August, in an effort spearheaded by the IAB Sweden.
Digiday / Jessica Davies
How Trinity Mirror plans to monetize its mobile traffic →
“The U.K. newspaper group, home to the Daily Mirror and myriad regional titles, had 25.3 million unique visitors in December, with 18 million coming only on mobile devices, according to comScore, which is large compared to other publishers in the market.”
AdWeek / Lauren Johnson
BuzzFeed launches a new ad format to further its big social reach →
“During a keynote at South by Southwest Interactive, BuzzFeed’s marketing chief Frank Cooper unveiled a beta test of an ad format dubbed Swarm. It allows advertisers to run campaigns simultaneously across all of his company’s Web and mobile properties and six of its social platforms: Snapchat Discover, Vine, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Tumblr.”
Recode / Peter Kafka and Jason Del Rey
The New York Times tries boosting its social media influence by buying digital marketing agency HelloSociety →
“A press release from the Times says HelloSociety works with companies including Instagram, Vine and YouTube. But it is best known for its early work with Pinterest, where it got "Pinfluencers" to post pictures on behalf of brands.”
From Fuego
Breitbart piece mocking editor who resigned was written under father’s pseudonym —www.politico.com
The Rise of Trump Shows the Danger and Sham of Compelled Journalistic “Neutrality” —theintercept.com
NPR Clarifies Cokie Roberts Role After Anti-Trump Column —www.npr.org
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