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Tuesday, June 21, 2016
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Mark Luckie on his new job at Reddit, diversity on the platform, and Today In #BlackTwitter“With other social networks, it’s all about pushing as much content as possible, hoping that one will catch. Reddit is focused on single stories, rather than every single story or even the most recent story.” By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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Hot Pod: New podcasts, more existential public radio talk, and progress on intern wagesPlus: New big-picture views from Pew, Malcolm Gladwell hits the promo circuit, and more growth in branded podcasts. By Nicholas Quah. |
What We’re Reading
Digiday / Lucia Moses
How Fusion, Complex, and other publishers are using Facebook Messenger bots →
Facebook hasn't sorted out how it will promote the bots to users or share overall user data, making it hard for developers to get them discovered and know how they're doing. Facebook also hasn't allowed them to monetize the bots, either.
Politico / Hadas Gold
Jim Roberts is consulting with The Hill to develop a new opinion product →
Roberts was Mashable’s executive editor until April when the site laid off 30 staffers and refocused toward video.
New York Post / Emily Smith
Anna Wintour in Cannes: Chasing clicks online is “unimaginative… old hat” →
The Vogue editor had lots to say about digital journalism: “Finding your way doesn't mean surviving, just as pleasing an audience doesn't mean twisting your editorial around search engine optimization and Facebook algorithms.”
Drone Journalism Lab / Matt Waite
In 60 days, drone journalism will be legally possible in the United States →
“Today, the FAA released Part 107 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, which encompasses the new rules covering Unmanned Aerial Systems or drones or flying robots or whatever you want to call them. You can read all 600+ pages of it here or you can opt for the summary here.”
Transom / Sarah Koenig
Sarah Koenig deconstructs the Leakin Park episode from the first season of Serial →
“I have constructed a story — a successful story, I thought — without the benefit of my own taped interviews. Done right, nobody really notices that you had a tape problem to begin with.”
The Information / Cory Weinberg and Peter Schulz
Media companies lose out to celebrities on Facebook Live →
“Videos posted by celebrities or public figures made up about 63% of the top 200 most-viewed live videos in the two months since Facebook opened up live streaming to all members and devices. Live streams posted by media companies like BuzzFeed or NBC made up just 15%.”
Medium / Michael Keller
How “platforms as publishers” could threaten journalistic ethics →
“As a news organization, what is our responsibility to run or not run stories that we suspect the platform will mine for information that could be used against the reader’s interests?”
Current / April Simpson
Public broadcasting nonprofit Channel X gets $490,000 grant from MacArthur Foundation →
“The general operating funds will help Channel X market and invest in the platform, which allows independent producers and public media stations to upload, license and share content. It aims to increase collaboration between public media newsrooms and enable more independents to have their material considered.”
Bloomberg / Gerry Smith
Trump versus Clinton has cable news prepping for ratings jackpot →
“CNN is charging advertisers $40,000 to $100,000 for a 30-second spot during the Republican and Democratic conventions, compared with about $5,000 for a normal prime-time commercial, according to a person familiar with the matter. Fox News plans to charge similar rates…”
The Guardian / John Plunkett
A newspaper aimed at readers in northern England launched Monday →
“Sources close to the paper have described it as ‘part Metro, part i, and it will serve a whole region untouched by Metro. In newspaper terms, this is a disenfranchised area. The costs for CN are minimal so it's a low risk experiment to test whether there is an audience.'”
eMarketer
Ad blocking to jump by double digits this year, eMarketer says →
“In 2016, 69.8 million Americans will use an ad blocker, a jump of 34.4% over last year. Next year, that figure will grow another 24.0% to 86.6 million people.”
Poynter / Benjamin Mullin
Gimlet Creative, an early entrant to branded podcasting, is now open for business →
“Last week, Gimlet Media launched “Open for Business,” its first branded podcast, with eBay. The first episode toes all the lines spelled out by [creative director Nazanin] Rafsanjani in November: It’s not distributed over the company’s editorial channels, it’s not passed off as an editorial production and it’s not produced by Gimlet’s editorial staff.”