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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
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A few weeks after the Panama Papers’ release, The New York Times and Washington Post start digging inMany newspapers aren’t comfortable with ICIJ’s “radical sharing” concept. By Alicia Shepard. |
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Hot Pod: Like it or not, audio is entering the Content Wars. How do we navigate that fight?Plus: A middle ground in appeals for data; BuzzFeed’s politics podcast for the non-wonk; reservations over dynamic ad insertion. By Nicholas Quah. |
What We’re Reading
The Information / Tom Dotan
The cost of joining Snapchat Discover →
“Snapchat requires some firms with channels on Discover, such as Vox Media and Tastemade, to pay Snapchat a guaranteed minimum amount of money over a specific time period, said several people with knowledge of the situation.”
The Verge / Casey Newton
Periscope makes broadcasts permanent by default and introduces search →
“Starting with an app update in about three weeks, Periscope broadcasts will no longer disappear after 24 hours by default.”
The Guardian / Amanda Meade
The Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age may print only on weekends by 2017 →
“Speculation that the weekday papers will cease being printed has grown in recent days and sources say the company will move to a weekend-only printing model for the SMH and the Age as early as February 2017.”
Gawker / Kevin Draper
Internet video views is a 100 percent bullshit metric →
If BuzzFeed's watermelon video had been measured the way a TV show is, its viewership would've been closer to zero than the 807,000 it trumpeted to advertisers.
Current / Adam Ragusea
Why it’s bad that New York is sucking up the podcasting industry →
To be read in combination with this.
Gizmodo / Michael Nunez
Senate GOP launches inquiry into Facebook’s news curation →
“What steps is Facebook taking to investigate claims of politically motivated manipulation of news stories in the Trending Topics section? If such claims are substantiated, what steps will Facebook take to hold the responsible individuals accountable?”
Poynter / Kristen Hare
The Washington Post is making content just for Apple News →
“We go where the readers are, and Apple News is installed on every iPhone, iPad and iPod touch in the U.S., U.K. and Australia. That is a huge audience of people who may not be familiar with The Washington Post.”
Medium / Lydia Polgreen
Why people pay to read The New York Times →
NYT Global editorial director Lydia Polgreen: “Yes, Facebook will try mightily to keep news consumers inside its platforms, via features like Instant Articles. Our job is to create experiences that will draw our most loyal users back, again and again, to our own products.”
Recode / Peter Kafka
Ripple wants to deliver local news — and it wants your help writing it →
“t's a site and mobile app dedicated to big cities including San Francisco, New York, London and Bangkok, featuring a location-sensitive newsfeed stocked with stories that come from other local news sites — or from a volunteer group of contributors who want to write about their own neighborhood.”
Quartz / Zachary M. Seward
Quartz’s Atlas (sponsored by GE) is now an open platform for everyone’s charts and data →
“We are opening up Atlas to chart creators around the world, from researchers to analysts to fellow journalists and anyone else who regularly works with data.” The project is supported by GE.
CNNMoney / Brian Stelter
Billy Penn taking its formula to Pittsburgh with help from a Gannett investment →
The business model will mimic Philadelphia-based Billy Penn’s, revolving around events that sponsors support and attendees sometimes pay to attend.
Business Insider / Lara O'Reilly
One of Reddit’s biggest communities wants to ban links from publishers that force you to turn off your adblocker →
At the time of writing, the technology subreddit thread — which is also debating a ban on posting links to content that sits behind paywalls — has been upvoted by 90 percent of those clicking on the discussion.
The Verge / Nick Statt
Facebook says it doesn’t permit censorship in Trending Topics →
Facebook’s statement, plus some context.
From Fuego
Senate GOP Launches Inquiry Into Facebook’s News Curation —gizmodo.com
Let’s say obvious things about Facebook and conservative news —www.theverge.com
Slack debuts ‘Sign in with Slack’, the collaboration platform’s answer to Facebook Connect —techcrunch.com
The Cost of Joining Snapchat’s Discover —www.theinformation.com
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