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Thursday, November 10, 2016
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What We’re Reading
Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas / Marina Estarque
After adopting paywalls, Brazilian newspapers gain record audiences and digital subscriptions →
“Folha’s website, for example, has been breaking audience records since it implemented the paywall. ‘May was the pinnacle of history, with the impeachment (of president Dilma Rousseff). But even in quieter times, like now, the October 2016 audience is bigger than that of any other October,’ Bussab said.”
The Intercept / Sam Biddle
Facebook, I’m begging you, please make yourself better →
“A less-toxic Facebook is doable. A less-toxic Facebook is crucial. A less-toxic Facebook is the absolute least you should demand from the people it's made rich, because, with no great exaggeration, the ability to deliberately confuse tens of millions of American voters in exchange for banner ad revenues is a crisis.”
Reuters Institute for the study of Journalism / Kruakae Pothong
A quarter of online users say social media is their main source of news in some parts of the Asia-Pacific region →
In Singapore and Malaysia, a quarter of respondents listed social media as the main source of news – far higher than the U.S. (15 percent).
Digiday / Max Willens
Botched election predictions don’t herald the end of data journalism →
“Tuesday's misadventures are not representative of what most publishers use data journalism for: Most data journalism focuses on what tangibly has happened already that can be tracked and analyzed,’ including things like analyzing test scores, or government agency data.”
Digiday / Lucia Moses
People faces online backlash for upbeat Trump treatment →
“Just weeks earlier, People dropped a recent bombshell in the campaign when it published an account by staff writer Natasha Stoynoff alleging Trump assaulted her while she was on assignment to write a feature on him. At the time, People editor Jess Cagle published a note calling her a ‘remarkable, ethical, honest and patriotic woman’ and saying, ‘We stand steadfastly by her.'”
Recode / Peter Kafka
Almost everyone missed a Trump win. But VoteCastr’s real-time vote projections really blew it. →
“I'm disappointed that our numbers were off, but I still believe in the general principle that election day shouldn't be an information-free zone.”
Digiday / Lucinda Southern
How publishers are using Slack bots internally and externally →
BuzzFeed, The New York Times, and others.
The Wall Street Journal / Suzanne Vranica
Ad executives brace for possible post-election ad spending slowdown →
“Any policy affecting the auto industry could have major ramifications since the sector is the largest driver of ad spending in the U.S. Mr. Trump has threatened to slap 35% tariffs on cars imported from Mexico.”
Reuters / Emily Flitter
Riding Trump wave, Breitbart News plans U.S., European expansion →
“There's going to be more hiring that goes on — I’m already picturing more tech reporting, more media reporting.”
Instagram
Some verified Instagram users can now add links to their Instagram Stories →
Instagram says it’s only a test, though.
TechCrunch / Natasha Lomas
Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of misinformation on its platform →
“Wee understand there's so much more we need to do, and that is why it's important that we keep improving our ability to detect misinformation.”
Twitter Press Release
BuzzFeed and Twitter’s election night live stream peaked at 244,000 concurrent viewers →
In total, the companies said the broadcast attracted 6.8 million unique viewers.