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Tuesday, August 16, 2016
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Hot Pod: Is Hillary Clinton’s podcast propaganda or a milestone for political podcast advertising?Plus: Political podcasts get a big convention bump, WBUR tries an “audio newsletter” around fitness, and a new take on mobile podcast creation. By Nicholas Quah. |
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The Wall Street Journal is changing up its paywall, offering guest passes and expanded link-sharing on social“The destination has become a very hard place to protect.” By Shan Wang. |
What We’re Reading
Fortune / Mathew Ingram
Google says it wants to help publishers fight Facebook, but some publishers are skeptical of its motives →
“The argument that they are doing this because we create crappy experiences is BS. They are doing it because they want all the advertising revenue,” said one publisher about Google’s AMP project.
The New York Times / Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel: ‘The online privacy debate won’t end with Gawker’ →
As the competition for attention was rewarding ever more exploitation, Gawker was leading the way.
Poynter / Rick Edmonds
Poynter reports a small 2015 surplus from a real estate sale and a shrinking operating loss →
“While not offering a dollar forecast for 2016 results, President Tim Franklin said that he expected the operating loss would further narrow. And he added, ‘we expect to operate close to break-even for 2017.'”
Columbia Journalism Review / Ari L. Goldman
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish newspaper “makes history” with a partial photo of Hillary Clinton →
“The photo shows only Clinton's hairdo and raised arm, but it goes further than other images used to illustrate articles about Clinton in the ultra-Orthodox press. In the past, editors of Yated Ne'eman and other papers have instead used political cartoons or photos of Clinton's husband, Bill.”
POLITICO Media / Louis Nelson
CNN is winning the battle for millennial readership →
The media company has 70% of the Millennials cohort, according to Comscore.
Poynter / Melody Kramer
American households are changing. So should American news. →
With more Americans living in multi-generational homes and fewer American adults getting married, news should reflect these changing demographic shifts.
Bloomberg / Alex Sherman
Ziff Davis and Univision are said to be the only bidders for Gawker Media →
“The winner for Gawker could be announced as soon as Tuesday, said the person, who asked not to be named because the bidding is private…The two bids come from established media brands looking to capture younger audiences online.”
The Verge / Dieter Bohn
Google Duo launches today to take on FaceTime →
“That’s great for simplicity, but bad if you want to use Duo on anything other than your phone.”
Digiday / Lucia Moses
Down but not out: 5 charts on the state of Gawker Media →
Here are five ways of looking at Gawker’s value that potential suitors will be looking at.
Digiday / Sahil Patel
Snapchat wants more TV-like content for Discover →
“For months now, Snapchat has been in talks with TV networks and studios to produce original series for Snapchat Discover, the media section on its app that currently hosts daily channels from publishers like BuzzFeed, Mashable and Refinery29.”
The Media Briefing / Chris Sutcliffe
Dennis Publishing’s James Tye on culture change in consumer publishing →
Dennis Publishing’s CEO talks about the end of the print/digital split, the company’s approach to digital experiments, and how it approaches adopting platforms for specific brands.
Columbia Journalism Review / Danny Funt
A compulsive audience and a complicit news media →
“When is a distribution method that harms users' brains no longer an acceptable cost of doing business?”
Business Insider / Lara O
Instagram’s Snapchat clone has shown little sign of hurting Snapchat just yet →
“Snapchat users still spend more minutes each day on the app than people spend on Instagram and that trend doesn’t appear to have been directly impacted after the Stories launch.”