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Thursday, October 13, 2016
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The answer, my Facebook friend, is not blowing in the wind (of ongoing digital disruption)What Bob Dylan Tells Us About Journalism Innovation, In One Chart [VIDEO]. By Shan Wang. |
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With its “First Person” initiative, Vox is using personal essays to supplement its explainers“We’re not trying be entirely contrarian, but regularly running those pieces that give a different perspective than people are used to hearing is really important and a big part of what we’re trying to do overall.” By Ricardo Bilton. |
What We’re Reading
Committee to Protect Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists says Trump is a threat to press freedom →
“A Trump presidency would represent a threat to press freedom in the United States, but the consequences for the rights of journalists around the world could be far more serious. Any failure of the United States to uphold its own standards emboldens dictators and despots to restrict the media in their own countries.”
Wall Street Journal / Stu Woo
The BBC, dealing with the impending loss of government subsidies, struggles to get with the program →
“Britain's right-of-center Conservative government also is phasing out a major subsidy. It will be gone by 2021, when it was expected to be worth about £750 million. Last fiscal year, the BBC essentially broke even with revenue of £4.8 billion, down from £5.1 billion five years ago.”
TechCrunch / Josh Constine
Facebook lets you cast videos to your TV →
“The feature is now available on iOS and will come to Android soon. To use it, just find a video in the feed on your phone or desktop, tap the TV button in the top right, and then select the device [Apple TV, AirPlay devices, Google Chromecast, and Google Cast devices] you want to stream through.”
Columbia Journalism Review / David Uberti
How CNN is ‘future-proofing’ itself →
Since March, CNN has hired 162 staffers for its digital team, and is aiming to hit 274 hires by the first quarter of next year.
The Verge / Nilay Patel
The Verge writes itself a new mission statement →
“The Verge is an ambitious multimedia effort to examine how technology will change life in the future for a massive mainstream audience.”
The New York Times / David E. McGraw
The New York Times’ response to Donald Trump’s retraction letter →
“If Mr. Trump disagrees, if he believes that…the law of this country forces us and those who would dare to criticize him to stand silent or be punished, we welcome the opportunity to have a court set him straight.”
ABC Back Story / Stuart Watt
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has launched a Facebook Messenger bot →
“One of the key characteristics of our foray into messaging is the interaction with the audience that it allows. This could go in a number of interesting directions. For example, the natural behaviour in a messaging app is to reply to messages. This offers the prospect of us "harvesting" reactions to news stories which we can then incorporate into our coverage.”
Business Insider / Nathan McAlone
NowThis, Thrillist, and more are being merged into one holding company →
“Group Nine is very much a Lerer family venture…Discovery’s $100 million investment continues the trend of legacy media companies investing three-figure millions into digital ventures as strategic partners.”
VentureBeat / Ken Yeung
Facebook adds new ways to monetize Instant Articles, including video and carousel ads →
“For those that utilize a direct sold advertising business, they can now utilize larger and more flexible ad units with an aspect ratio of up to 2:3, meaning that existing ad campaigns could be recycled into this medium.”
Politico / Kelsey Sutton
Kerry Lauerman leaves the Washington Post for Mic →
Lauerman, currently the Post’s national projects editor, will serve as Mic’s new executive news director.
Investigative Reporters & Editors
Doug Haddix is IRE’s new executive director →
“His management skills and extensive experience in journalism, training, education and fundraising are the perfect fit to lead IRE into the future.”