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Friday, June 17, 2016
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What We’re Reading
Medium / Xavier van Leeuwe
How do we mend the unspoken, harmful division of newsrooms and business units? →
“A silent divide between newsrooms and the business units has created tension and misunderstanding. Bridging this gap has the potential to do great things for media companies navigating an environment that relies on both.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Danny Funt, Chava Gourarie, and Jack Murtha
Why we trust, and why that’s changing online →
“We tested 267 people to see whether and how their trust in a deeply reported story depended on the magazine in which it appeared — or in which they thought it had appeared.”
Digiday / Jessica Davies
Sky News is using Snapchat for breaking news →
“We speak about Snapchat Discover in production and editorial meetings in the same way as our TV news.”
New York Times / Joe Nocera
Can Netflix survive in the new world it created? →
“Now that so many entertainment companies see it as an existential threat, the question is whether Netflix can continue to thrive in the new TV universe that it has brought into being.”
Collisions
Collisions pulls down its list of the most influential people in podcasts, which had only 2 women on it →
“Clearly, there are many influential women and POC shaping the podcast industry, and we apologize for the deficiencies in our list and for making the mistake of not digging deeper.”
Wall Street Journal / Ellen Gamerman
Garrison Keillor’s retirement highlights digital tension at NPR →
“We've known that the so-called old guard would eventually have to retire.”
Real Life / Nathan Jurgenson
Snapchat is funding Real Life, a digital magazine about the internet →
“Real Life will publish essays, arguments, and narratives about living with technology. It won't be a news site with gadget reviews or industry gossip.”
Washington Post / Hayley Tsukayama
Reddit makes some changes in the wake of the Orlando shooting →
“The situation exposed some uncomfortable truths about how small groups of Reddit users can affect what the entire community sees.”