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Thursday, July 21, 2016
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The Washington Post is adapting some of its stories for Medium (but leaving the straight news behind)“We’re selecting stories very carefully based on what we think readers there want to read. We’re not just copying and pasting.” By Ricardo Bilton. |
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As oil prices sag, nonprofit news orgs are tightening their belts and watching their budgetsFrom Texas to Wyoming, outlets are keeping an eye on the markets. By Joseph Lichterman. |
What We’re Reading
Medium / Marianne Bouchart
Digital innovation, data storytelling, and the Rio Olympics →
“In this interview [Mariana Santos] talks about the future of digital innovation, data-driven storytelling and Unicorn Interactive, the joint venture co-founded with lead developer Kit Cross, which launches on 1st August 2016 after both of them leave Fusion Media.”
The Verge / Casey Newton
Mark Zuckerberg on the next 10 years of Facebook and the growing role of video and virtual reality →
“Videos are starting to be one of, if not the main, ways that people interact and consume content online…[but our lived] experience isn't video. It's not a small 2D frame, it's this 3D world…I think this is just the next logical extension in how we express and experience the world. I think you'll do that in VR with a headset…”
The Wall Street Journal / Mike Shields
Some media companies are losing faith in YouTube →
“A fair number of publishing executives say they are now more bullish on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and, in some cases, even” — gasp — “Twitter when it comes to amassing video audiences.”
Current / April Simpson
Minorities are underrepresented in public TV management →
“CPB reports that minorities represent about 17.6 percent of full-time officials and managers in public TV, a figure that has increased from 16.9 percent in 2011.”
Harvard Business Review / Laurent-Pierre Baculard
WhatsApp grew to 1 billion users by focusing on product, not technology →
At one end is a customer pain point or a potential new market. At the other is a product or service that solves the problem or addresses the market in a way nobody has thought of before. In between, people sit down and force themselves to examine the problem from a variety of fresh angles.
The Guardian / Mark Sweney
Anti-Brexit paper The New European is making a profit →
The pop-up newspaper has sold an estimated 40,000 copies and may extend its four-issue run.
news:rewired / Alli Shultes
Five trends worth watching in mobile-first news →
Nic Newman, a research associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, said the growth of mobile and digital news is making journalism “a much more complicated world” than it used to be.
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Gannett’s Texas newspapers will now be edited and designed in Arizona →
“Eligible employees will be considered for new positions being created in Arizona as well as Gannett Design Studios in Iowa, Kentucky, New Jersey and Tennessee.”
Adage / Anthony Crupi
ESPN to start a digital-only network with the ACC →
“ESPN and the ACC on Thursday will unveil plans for a new digital network dedicated to the Power Five athletic conference, which is slated to be followed in due course by the introduction of a linear cable TV channel.”
Folio / Greg Dool
Adweek sold to Canadian private equity firm →
“The advertising and media industry trade magazine has been acquired by Toronto-based private equity firm Beringer Capital, both parties announced today. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.”
Poynter / Benjamin Mullin
How The Wall Street Journal’s graphics team handles waves of terrible news →
“We look at the basic traffic and say, ‘does this reach them?’ And they got several times that.”
Longform / David Remnick
David Remnick reflects on his time at The New Yorker →
"I think it's important — not just for me, but for the readers — that this thing exists at the highest possible level in 2016, in 2017, and on. That there's a continuity to it. I know, because I'm not entirely stupid, that these institutions, no matter how good they are, all institutions are innately fragile. Innately fragile."
Digiday / Lucia Moses
Slate now relies on native ads for nearly 50 percent of its revenue →
Advertising supplies 90 percent of revenue, and native is half of that. Display and podcast advertising still accounts for the other half, although Slate expects display dollars to move towards programmatic, following the industry shift. (The remaining 10 percent comes from other sources like the Slate Plus membership program.)
Columbia Journalism Review / Nina Berman
What it’s like to cover the RNC →
This photo essay from Cleveland shows journalists at work during the Republican convention.
Digiday / Jessica Davies
What agencies want from Google’s bid to speed up mobile ads →
Both media and creative agencies have welcomed the news as a "step forward" in mobile ad creativity, albeit dependent on certain conditions. Here are three areas agencies want Google AMP for ads to address.
Women's Wear Daily / Alexandra Steigrad
Glamour cuts staff as part of restructuring, further combines with Self magazine →
Key elements to the plan include print and digital integration led by each department head.
VentureBeat / Ken Yeung
Facebook Live now lets you stream up to 4 hours of video →
When Facebook Live launched last year, broadcasts were limited to 2 hours in length, but now that limitation has doubled. The social networking company said that viewers and publishers had requested the ability to livestream longer, and so now it's possible across both Facebook's app and the Live API
Akamai / David Belson
Chrome is extending its lead over Safari among mobile browsers →
“In early June 2015, [Mobile Safari] accounted for approximately 43% of the [mobile] requests sample for Akamai IO, but over the last year it has fallen by 10 percentage points, and is now at 33%.” Chrome’s now at 44%.