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Wednesday, November 30, 2016
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Reuters built its own algorithmic prediction tool to help it spot (and verify) breaking news on Twitter“The world has a lot more witnesses now, and we can’t be at everything. Our tool helps shift some of the burden of witnessing and lets journalists do much more of the high value-added work.” By Ricardo Bilton. |
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The Tulsa Frontier is ditching its pricey paywall and becoming a nonprofit as it attempts to growThe Oklahoma-based investigative site had about 750 subscribers paying $30 a month. By Joseph Lichterman. |
What We’re Reading
Twitter
You can now create Twitter Moments on mobile →
“With Moments, you can bring together your favorite Tweets, whether your own or someone else’s, to share your perspective on the topics you care about.”
The New York Times / Liz Spayd
How much disclosure about an op-ed author is required? →
“Withholding information about possible conflicts has the effect of shortchanging everyone, the readers who are trying to evaluate the argument and the writer trying to make it.”
The New York Times / Farhad Manjoo
While we weren’t looking, Snapchat revolutionized social networks →
“If you secretly harbor the idea that Snapchat is frivolous or somehow a fad, it's time to re-examine your certainties. In fact, in various large and small ways, Snap has quietly become one of the world's most innovative and influential consumer technology companies.”
Bloomberg Businessweek / Max Chafkin
Confessions of an Instagram influencer →
“With Saynt's company advising me, I would go undercover for a month, attempting to turn my schlubby @mchafkin profile into that of a full-fledged influencer.”
Digiday / Sahil Patel
Amazon is becoming a moneymaker for video publishers →
While it’s not yet a major revenue driver, Amazon’s Video Direct program is beginning to bring in some new cash for publishing partners, including How Stuff Works and The Young Turks Network.
TribLIVE.com / Luis Fábregas
In last print edition, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editor says ‘journalism isn’t dead’ →
“Our team of journalists will use tools that now define a new era in our field: videos, interactive graphics and social media. They’re very much aware that journalism is in the midst of an evolution and, contrary to naysayers, journalism isn’t dead.”
The Hive / Sarah Ellison
Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei’s new media company, called ‘Axios’, goes live today →
The new media company, which will go live in January, will be what happened “if the Economist mated with Twitter," said co-founder Jim VandeHei.
Digiday / Max Willens
Publishers’ on-again, off-again affair with LinkedIn is back on again →
LinkedIn may still account for a small percentage of publishers’ overall traffic, but many business sites have seen enough growth on the platform that they’ve pulled resources from other sites to focus on it.