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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
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The 74 is getting into Spanish-language education reporting, starting in Los Angeles“I’m not just looking for someone who is able to interview in Spanish. I want someone who is a native Spanish speaker, who really knows this community and its needs around education.” By Shan Wang. |
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Hot Pod: What will happen to the election podcast boom on Nov. 9?Plus: Radiotopia finds expanding a donor base a different challenge than starting one, NPR refocuses for innovation, and The New York Times reaches its youngest audience ever with podcasts. By Nicholas Quah. |
What We’re Reading
Quora / David Fahrenthold
How did David Fahrenthold develop his excellent penmanship? →
“I try to emulate my dad's handwriting, which I always admired growing up. It's always extremely neat and done in all-caps like that. He should get the credit.”
Manhattan, Ilinois Patch / Dennis Robaugh
Patch debuted its 1,000th local site this week →
Across 25 states.
Thomson Reuters
Run your own numbers to see if Trump TV would turn a profit →
The default projection here estimates $52 million of its $72 million in annual costs would go to three people: Donald Trump, Bill O’Reilly, and Sean Hannity.
AdWeek / Dave Grimaldi
IAB argues that the Trans-Pacific Partnership would be good for digital advertising →
“For the first time in any international trade agreement, Chapter 14 requires that participating countries ‘allow the cross‐border transfer of information by electronic means, including personal information, when this activity is for the conduct of the business of a covered person.'”
Bloomberg / Sarah Frier
Twitter planning around 300 job cuts →
“Twitter Inc., having failed to sell itself, is planning to fire about 8 percent of its workforce as the struggling social-media company prepares to go it alone for the time being…Planning for the cuts is still fluid and the number could change, they added.”
Pew Research Center / Maeve Duggan and Aaron Smith
More than a third of social media users are worn out by the amount of political content they encounter →
“A substantial share of social media users feel these platforms are uniquely angry and disrespectful venues for engaging in political debate.”
Atavist
Atavist adds tools for building full websites, not just stories →
Matching Medium on a feature.
Medium / Damon Kiesow
“Newspapers are failing the product solution stack test” →
“Our guide star is often an internal business need, not an external customer need.”
CNN / Andrew Kaczynski
Donald Trump: “I have no interest in Trump TV” →
Despite debuting nightly Facebook Live shows through Election Day.
Poynter / Benjamin Mullin
A.G. Sulzberger on his new job, transforming The New York Times, and the thing that keeps him up at night →
“We've got a pretty different business model from most other publishers, which is built more on loyalty than scale. The vast majority of our revenue comes directly from our most dedicated readers. That's a good thing, since it aligns our business model with our journalistic mission. We need to make journalism that is so original, useful and engaging that it's worth paying for.”
TechCrunch / Devin Coldewey
The latest version of Chrome for Android features “suggested articles” →
You can disable them if you don’t like them.
Digiday / Max Willens
CNN will bring Anderson Cooper to the Amazon Echo →
“At its launch next week, CNN's Echo skill will allow listeners to ask for the latest news on the election, as well as election-specific topics including the major party candidates Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton.”
Politico / Anna Palmer
New York Times has big plans for Wirecutter after $30M acquisition →
New verticals and the integration of Wirecutter recommendations into the Times’ current lifestyle coverage.
Bloomberg Media / Amanda Cowie
Bloomberg is moving all its sites to HTTPS →
“Actually not as many media companies have completed this as one might expect. The primary reason is that it is difficult, especially since you have to coordinate with many different parties.”