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Friday, June 3, 2016
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The 100-year-old Brookings Institution is working to turn itself into more of a digital publisherThe Washington think tank now publishes up to 20 pieces of content per day — from quick hit blog posts to interactive longform narratives. By Joseph Lichterman. |
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Tribune gets Troncked: A reader’s guide to the Tribune/Gannett warYou’ve had better things to do than follow every twist in this insane battle, so here’s a primer on how things got so troncked up. By Ken Doctor. |
What We’re Reading
The Verge / Casey Newton
Instagram is becoming more like Facebook as it rolls out its algorithmic feed →
“The new feed uses machine learning to create a more personalized feed based on what it thinks you will enjoy more, based on your past activity.”
The New York Times / Kim Severson
Why Christopher Kimball is moving on from America’s Test Kitchen →
His new Boston-based project is called Milk Street Kitchen. In the fall, he plans to publish a new magazine, shoot a public television series, and begin writing books. He'll start a cooking school, and promote the whole enterprise at a dozen live road shows.
Superfeedr Blog
Medium enables full RSS feeds as a result of buying Superfeedr →
Medium acquired Superfeedr, an API for RSS feeds.
Journalism.co.uk / Caroline Scott
Mobile-only U.K. readership of The Times of London and the Guardian grows as other publishers see drop →
55.7 percent of The Guardian’s U.K. audience is mobile-only. The Times of London is behind a hard paywall, and as a result just 5.39 percent of its readership is mobile-only.
Digiday / Garett Sloane
Snapchat redesign will combine Live Stories and Discover →
“Snapchat is expected to unveil a redesign of Discover by mid-June, according to sources. It will meld Discover and Live Stories into one content experience, sources said. Snapchat also is planning to introduce a "subscription" feature so users can have a say in what content is more visible in their version, sources said.”
Digiday / Jessica Davies
Reuters survey finds readers want quality news, but aren’t willing to pay for it →
“Although 81 percent of respondents said that a news brand is synonymous with trusted content, with nine out of 10 of them turning to a particular news brand to verify breaking news, two-thirds of them said they wouldn't be willing to pay for any online content, regardless of quality.”
The Drum / Ian Burrell
How the British business newspaper City A.M. is tearing down the editorial/commercial divide →
“From now on, articles will also be generated by a raft of new ‘contributors’, paid according to the number of page views they generate, and – most controversially – by corporate brands and their advertising and communications chiefs, who will be given direct access to the content management system (CMS) of the newspaper’s website.”
The New York Times / Joshua Barone
Radiolab launches More Perfect, a spinoff podcast about the U.S. Supreme Court →
“Conceived by the "Radiolab" host Jad Abumrad, the new podcast had its debut with "Cruel and Unusual," about the legal history of the death penalty, including Utah's reinstatement of firing squads for executions in 2015. Additional episodes will be released weekly through July 14.”
The Verge / Casey Newton
Facebook is shutting down Notify, its news notifications app →
The app launched last fall; more than 70 partners, like CNN, Bloomberg, and Vox Media, used it to send alerts about the day’s top stories.
Gawker / Gawker Media Editors
Here’s what Gawker Media does →
“Anyone moved to dismiss the million-plus stories that we have published over the years as nothing more than ‘gutter journalism’ ought to account for the by-no-means-comprehensive sampling of posts below, which we have arranged along with examples of the contemporaneous reaction to, praise for, and impact of the work.”
Financial Times / Hannah Kuchler
Claim: Facebook algorithm changes mean stories are reaching 42% fewer people since January →
The article cites data from social media management platform SocialFlow: “Stories posted to Facebook reached an average of 68,000 users in May, down from about 117,000 in January.”