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Tuesday, November 22, 2016
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The Chronicle of Higher Education looks beyond site licenses to focus on individual subscribers“The individuals who pay us every year are the readers who are going to count most in our world.” By Shan Wang. |
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Hot Pod: The indies weigh in on a podcast business gone pro (“Capitalism!”)“The competition is getting tougher, and the top is crowded by podcasts that have teams and systems behind them. This is good in some ways!” By Nicholas Quah. |
What We’re Reading
Medium / Matt Karolian
On election night, The Boston Globe streamed its website to Facebook and it drove a ton of traffic →
The experiment generated 65,000 direct clicks to the Globe’s website, and 580,000 unique live viewers over its three-hour broadcast.
BuzzFeed / Craig Silverman
Zuckerberg’s plan to battle fake news sets off “widespread panic” among big conservative pages →
“The problem is I operate in an environment where sites like Ending the Fed and these unknowns are going to beat us unless we go from tilted to misleading.”
Digiday / Jessica Davies
Publishers, like advertisers, aren’t happy with Facebook’s metrics mishap →
“We need to be persuaded that the success measures there can be tracked robustly; otherwise, a lot of the budgetary decisions on resources, content, deployment of teams, whether it's for Facebook Live or Instant Articles, can change,” said one publisher.
Digiday / Shareen Pathak
In response to complaints, some brands are pulling ads placed on Breitbart →
“Many brands had no idea their ads were appearing on Breitbart.”
Recode / Peter Kafka
Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei has hired an editor to cover tech at his media startup →
It’s Kim Hart, currently the press secretary at the FCC.
Inc.com / Tess Townsend
Meet the Romanian Trump fan behind a major fake news site →
“I thought I can help him to win the presidency by creating a website. So I created http://endingthefed.com. I feel sorry for posting some ‘fake’ news. I removed them but at that time, I didn’t really know about them being fake.”
Medium / Damian Radcliffe
The Tow Center is running a survey for people who work at local newspapers →
“We will be sharing our initial findings in early 2017, showcasing examples great local journalism and the issues that the sector faces as it continues to remain relevant — and solvent — in the digital age.”
Richland Source / Dillon Carr
This local Ohio news site is releasing a live album after holding a concert series in its newsroom →
The Richland Source held seven concerts in its newsroom earlier this year. It recorded the shows and is now releasing an album, called “Newsroom After Hours.” Proceeds from the sales will support future concerts.