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Thursday, May 12, 2016
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The government’s 18F, with its manageable hours and public service mission, is attracting former journalists18F works with various federal agencies to improve their digital presences. By Joseph Lichterman. |
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The Washington Post tests personalized “pop-up” newsletters to promote its big storiesThe Post has found a new way to use email to target stories to the readers who are most likely to read them. By Ricardo Bilton. |
What We’re Reading
Digiday / Lucinda Southern
With print’s future in peril, El País hones its online editorial strategy →
It’s planning to shift the content of its newsletters from breaking news and most-read stories to more opinion and analysis. It’s also investing in digital video. "We'll keep a print title for as long as it makes sense to, but online is our future."
NPR
NPR’s guide to Facebook Live →
“We will update and adjust as we learn more about Facebook Live and what works and what doesn’t.”
The Guardian / Sam Thielman
Facebook internal documents show human intervention at almost every stage of its news operation →
Much like, you know, a regular old news organization. The leaked guidelines are embedded in this story.
Stat / David Armstrong
Secret documents about the marketing of OxyContin will be unsealed next month after a motion filed by Stat →
STAT filed a motion in March to unseal the records in Pike Circuit Court in Kentucky. "The court sees no higher value than the public (via the media) having access to these discovery materials so that the public can see the facts for themselves," the Judge said in his ruling.
Poynter / Benjamin Mullin
By dealing with Amazon and non-news organizations, can The Washington Post ‘blow the top off’ the CMS industry? →
“If, at some point, Arc becomes good enough to have it not offered by us but by AWS, that I think will blow the top off this industry,” Shailesh Prakash, the Post’s chief information officer, said. “Because then you go to Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, and it’s a different story than a newspaper company showing up and trying to prove that they are actually techie.”
Business Insider / Julie Hansen
Business Insider launches in Scandinavia and Poland →
Business Insider now publishes 10 international editions.
Politico / Kelsey Sutton
The Pittsburgh-based version of Billy Penn will be called ‘The Incline’ →
The site, named after the cable-powered incline railways for which Pittsburgh is known, will be up and running by this summer. Six people will be hired to staff the site initially, said Jim Brady, the CEO of Spirited Media.
Digiday / Jordan Valinsky
The New York Times is surveying 700,000 readers who use ad blockers →
The Times told Digiday that the survey on adblocking habits and readers’ feelings towards the Times’ website is being sent out to 200,000 digital subscribers and 500,000 non-subscribers, all of whom are using an adblocker.
Folio: / Greg Dool
How the 94-year-old Harvard Business Review is working to drive loyalty among its digital audience →
“[Y]ou might be able to come twice by accident through social, maybe not knowing where you were going but just because you were interested in a piece of content, but by the third time, you definitely did that on purpose.”
Wall Street Journal / Ellen Emmerentze Jervell
Axel Springer’s chief executive wants his company to become the top digital publisher in every market it enters →
Mathias Döpfner also said new-media players such as Vox, Vice, Huffington Post and BuzzFeed are more serious rivals for Springer's ambitions than established publishers: They have "no burden from their legacy business.”
The Guardian / John Plunkett
BBC to fund 150 local news journalists →
The journalists “will be employed by local news organizations to provide a service covering local authorities and public services for news providers including the BBC.”
Recode / Peter Kafka
Local news startup Ripple apologizes for taking other people’s news →
“The Ripple CEO says he never intended to republish full articles from publications he didn’t have agreements with.” The CEO also posted an apology here.
From Fuego
Facebook relies on editors’ judgment for trending news feed, documents show —www.theguardian.com
A long talk with Facebook about its role in journalism —www.theverge.com
On Facebook, Trump’s longtime butler calls for Obama to be killed —www.motherjones.com
Spirited Media prepares to launch ‘The Incline’ in Pittsburgh —www.capitalnewyork.com
ProPublica Data Institute 2016 —projects.propublica.org
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