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Wednesday, June 15, 2016
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The State of the News Media 2016: Mobile continues its takeoverPew’s annual survey of the news media shows that trends of mobile consumption and platform domination are ongoing. By Joseph Lichterman. |
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Video news isn’t growing as fast as you’d think, and other surprising findings from a new global surveyPlus: Adblockers, push alerts, and more in the new Digital News Report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
What We’re Reading
Eric T. Schneiderman
New York’s attorney general has gotten Law360 to stop requiring non-compete agreements for its journalists →
“Prior to the settlement agreement, Law 360 required…all editorial employees to sign an employment contract with a non-compete agreement that prohibited them, for one year after leaving the company, from working for any media outlet that provides legal news.”
9to5Mac / Jeff Benjamin
The next version of Safari on iPhone will support inline video playback →
Get ready for more autoplay videos on the mobile web, since they’ll no longer take over the user’s screen as readily.
Mashable / Seth Fiegerman
How Yahoo derailed Tumblr →
“On one occasion, an executive overseeing Karp and his division perplexed employees by saying he thought Tumblr had the potential to ‘create the next generation PDF,’ according to multiple sources.”
Gawker / Nick Denton
Nick Denton: “Gawker will be just fine, both in business and in spirit” →
“The media market is consolidating, and there is significant interest in Gawker Media as the last sizable digital property that has not yet been folded into an established conglomerate.”
Fast Company / Jay Cassano
A new resolution in NYC would accept online comments as official feedback on proposed legislation →
“Currently, the only way that ordinary residents can have their opinions officially recognized is to show up to public hearings during weekday business hours.”
Poynter / Benjamin Mullin
Poynter introduces native advertising →
“The ads will be clearly labeled as advertorial content, set off with a blue headline and distinguished with a specially designed byline that looks differently from ones that appear elsewhere at Poynter.org.”
Digiday / Lucinda Southern
The Financial Times guide to data visualization →
"Very often, these charts should be appearing in the first few paragraphs, explaining the basic information so that the accompanying copy can be more analytical. We can use these graphics to help carry some of the narrative so that it's not duplicative. Eventually we will be making fewer charts, but they will be better focused”
Digiday / Garett Sloane
Snapchat’s aggressive advertising push risks user backlash →
“If people see a bunch of ads that aren't relevant, it could drive the masses away. People are so fickle, they don't care. They'll move on to something else.”
Poynter / Kelly Hinchcliffe
7 lessons from BuzzFeed’s ‘FOIA-friendly newsroom’ →
“The staff typically files three to five public records requests a day to federal and state agencies, and the site's data investigations team files requests for databases about every three days.”
Politico / Kelsey Sutton
BuzzFeed fires two for reportedly violating non-compete clauses →
“The departures have reignited a debate about the increased prevalence of non-compete agreements in industries like media and entertainment — agreements that were once reserved for high-level tech and engineering jobs.”