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Wednesday, June 8, 2016
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The Guardian is experimenting with interactive, auto-updating push alerts to cover big stories“The strategies around how many alerts to send, and sending them around certain specific events, don’t really seem to be a big part of most orgs’ thinking so far.” By Ricardo Bilton. |
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Honolulu Civil Beat, after six years of trying life as a for-profit, is becoming a nonprofit after allThe Pierre Omidyar-backed news site is dropping its paywall and launching a membership program as part of the change. By Joseph Lichterman. |
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Meet the Press host Chuck Todd on maintaining the show’s presence in a “24/7 digital journalism” world“Sometimes when I catch myself rolling my eyes at a new platform, I say to myself, don’t be a snob. That’s how you got your big break.” By Shan Wang. |
What We’re Reading
Fortune / Mathew Ingram
NYT CEO: “No one who refuses to contribute to the creation of high quality journalism has the right to consume it” →
“Although [CEO Mark] Thompson said the paper is ‘not there yet,’ he said the Times is ready and willing to cut off non-subscribers who refuse to add the newspaper to a white list in their ad blocking software.”
The Wall Street Journal / Lukas I. Alpert
The Washington Post looks to its content management system Arc as a growing revenue stream →
11 outside news operations are now paying for Arc. For a smaller publisher, the Post can charge around $10,000 a month in licensing fees. For a larger organization, the figure can rise to $150,000 a month, said Shailesh Prakash, the Post’s chief information officer.
Business Insider / Lara O
1 in 10 people would switch to a mobile carrier that blocks ads, according to a Midia survey →
11 percent of consumers surveyed by research company Midia said they would switch to a mobile carrier that blocks ads across its network. That rose to 15 percent among people who already use some form of desktop ad blocker and to 19 percent amongst mobile ad blocker users.
The Washington Post
The Washington Post has a new South American client for its Arc platform →
The Argentine publisher Infobae joins Canada’s Globe and Mail as international clients.
Quartz / Kevin J. Delaney and Diksha Madhok
Quartz India is two years old today →
“Our growing team of journalists—in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Bangalore—have studied in and reported from around the world and will continue to explore varied forms of storytelling.”
Financial Times / Anna Nicolaou
U.S. digital advertising revenues are set to surpass TV →
“An explosion in mobile video will push digital advertising revenues to $75.3bn in 2017, surpassing the $70.4bn going to television broadcasters, said the professional services firm.”
The Hollywood Reporter / Lacey Rose
Bill Simmons opens up about his exit from ESPN →
“Calls came from every corner of the media universe — Fox, Turner, Hulu, Netflix — as they did from Silicon Valley. ‘Guys from Google, Yahoo, Twitter, Snapchat,’ says [Simmons’ agent, James] Dixon, ‘these first-rate technology giants were all trying to figure out how to get into the Bill Simmons business.'”
Wikimedia / Marc Brent
Craigslist’s Craig Newmark gives $1 million to Wikipedia’s endowment →
“Wikipedia has the potential to become the people's newspaper of record.”
Digiday / Sahil Patel
The Weather Channel bets on streaming local news →
“Earlier this year, the company launched Local Now, an ad-free streaming local news channel. It's currently available on Sling TV as part of the web-TV service's core $20 monthly bundle, which also offers channels like ESPN, AMC and CNN. Local Now is able to deliver the latest in weather, traffic, news and sports across 210 markets.”
Recode / Ina Fried
Getty Images CEO says virtual reality is the next frontier for stock images, too →
For this summer’s Olympic games in Rio, the agency plans to equip each one of its photographers with a 360-degree camera in addition to their standard gear.
New York Post / Keith J. Kelly
Muhammad Ali’s death has publishers hoping to cash in →
Time produced a commemorative issue that hit newsstands on Monday — four days ahead of its typical Friday sale date. About half of Time’s issue this week is dedicated to Ali coverage.
Digiday / Jessica Davies
German publishers are pooling data to compete with Google and Facebook →
“The raw data goes into a single platform called Emetriq, a subsidiary owned by Deutsche Telekom, which sifts through and cleans it up, to create highly targeted, quality audience segments that publishers can use to boost their advertising packages.”
Politico / Peter Sterne
Gawker’s pivot to becoming an $800 million tech company was thwarted by Hulk Hogan →
“By 2019, according to Gawker’s projections, the company would have had operating income of $43 million on revenue of $137.5 million, which could have valued the company at about $800 million.”