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Tuesday, June 28, 2016
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Newsonomics: The Financial Times’ CEO on trial subscriptions, the platform age, and living in luxury“What you don’t want is the brands to disappear in some kind of homogenized platform. It’s not just that we don’t want it — I think readers don’t want it. They feel the degree of loyalty.” By Ken Doctor. |
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Hot Pod: Is the BBC’s power to blame for the U.K. podcasting scene’s underdevelopment?Plus: Shutting down a podcast after 11 years, Scripps tries out a new model, and Radiotopia picks its finalists. By Nicholas Quah. |
What We’re Reading
Current / Adam Ragusea
Seven ways public media can attract a more diverse workforce →
“3. Prioritize diversity within the newsroom in particular.”
Twitter / Noah Pepper
Twitter unveils a new Dashboard for U.S. businesses (including publishers) →
Includes tweet scheduling (and scheduled-tweet editing).
CNNMoney / Tom Kludt
Derek Jeter’s ‘Players’ Tribune’ broadens its ambitions with a weekly web video series →
The website, founded by the former Yankees star as a platform for athletes to circumvent traditional media channels (like journalists), is launching the series with support from American Family Insurance (the lion’s share of the site’s revenue has come through branded content).
The New York Times / Michael Cieply
Buy yourself an interview →
If Charlie Rose won't interview you, Ben Mankiewicz might. The journalist and commentator is one of the founders of Called Forward, which allows a wealthy person to become the subject of a professionally packaged video interview — for about $50,000 to $150,000, depending on the package.
9to5Mac / Ben Lovejoy
Apple has been granted an Orwellian patent for tech that would let someone prevent you from taking iPhone photos →
“For example, an infrared emitter can be located in areas where picture or video capture is prohibited…an electronic device can then receive the infrared signals, decode the data and temporarily disable the device's recording function based on the command.”
Medium / Stella Reynell
Twitter wants to look like Snapchat and comes with stickers →
In an attempt to reach a wider audience, Twitter today introduced stickers that can be stuck on top of a photo. The struggling network is trying in this way to brighten up the timeline of users.
New York Times / Jonah Engel Bromwich
Obama White House veterans enter the podcast world →
“I feel like podcasting is a medium that is perfectly in sync with the Obama White House and Obama himself.”
Poynter / Benjamin Mullin
Knight Foundation gives Poynter $758,000 to remake online journalism education →
The grant will be used to rebuild News University, Poynter’s online journalism learning platform.
Politico / Joe Pompeo
The New York Times braces for big change →
“The younger generation is really starting to become assertive.”