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Friday, February 10, 2017
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With “Burst Your Bubble,” The Guardian pushes readers beyond their political news boundariesThe column, which curates right-of-center perspectives for the site’s left-of-center audience, “gets across the idea that the divergence in values in this country is real and persistent.” By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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In Chicago, two news orgs are using texting and live events to widen the reach of their reporting on lead"We're trying to empower folks to make their own decisions, and that requires that we get them the right information.” By Ricardo Bilton. |
What We’re Reading
Business Insider / Julie Bort
Inside the Medium meltdown: How an idealistic Silicon Valley founder raised $134 million to change journalism, then crashed into reality →
“No one is declaring Medium dead, but people in the Valley are calling it a ‘shitshow’ and a ‘vanity startup,’ a favorite label for a disorganized startup run by a rich and famous founder.”
Select All / Madison Malone Kircher
Teens say Instagram Stories isn’t killing Snapchat →
“While the introduction of Instagram Stories might have slowed engagement and growth on Snapchat on a large scale, it only seems to have galvanized the loyalty of Snapchat's younger users. For them, Instagram borrowing from its competitor doesn't seem like a savvy business move (which, clearly, it was), but rather a cheap play.”
The Outline
“I was suspended from Twitter for being mean to Diplo” →
Twitter’s patterns of discipline continue to be uneven.
Journalism.co.uk / Caroline Scott
This new analytics tool shows what stories and topics matter to readers →
Kaleida was developed by the team behind Ophan, the Guardian’s in-house analytics platform. It collects data from news outlets and organizes trending topics to help editors decide what they should be covering (the data comes from multiple sources, including the front pages of approximately 20 leading digital publishers, as well as the share counts on Facebook throughout the day for articles, along with publicly available demographic data).
Wall Street Journal / Mike Shields
Facebook agrees to an audit of its metrics following data-reporting controversies →
“Facebook has pledged to undergo audits by the media industry's measurement watchdog, the Media Rating Council, people familiar with the matter say, a move that will likely please ad industry executives who are skeptical of the tech giant's data-reporting practices.”
Digiday / Sahil Patel
A bright spot for Twitter? Some publishers are seeing their video views on the platform jump →
"January was the moment where we all looked at each other and said Twitter is not an experiment anymore," Justin Maiman, executive editor of video for Business Insider, said. "It's bringing enough views in that it can't be ignored."