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Thursday, March 2, 2017
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For Quartz, bots are a chance to build a new path for interacting with news (and news outlets)“It’s basically like with anything that you do in media: Is it interesting? Is it easily accessible? Is it compelling? Are there reasons for me to come back?” By Joseph Lichterman. |
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The New York Times redesigns pages A2 and A3 as “a quick and engaging roundup”It borrows from the design language of magazines — but also of the web. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
What We’re Reading
The Atlantic / Adrienne LaFrance
Why do the big stories keep breaking at night? →
“It's usually around 8 p.m. when the push notifications start rolling in.”
Poynter / Alexios Mantzarlis
Fact-checking changes minds but not votes, according to new research →
Regardless of partisan preference, belief in false claims made by Donald Trump fell after these were corrected, according to one recent study published by Royal Society Open Science. Trump supporters, though, were just as likely to vote for him after being exposed to fact-checks.
WordPress.com / Marko Andrijasevic
You can now easily import all your Medium posts to WordPress →
“With the recent news about Medium's change in business model…” starts the WordPress post introducing the import tool.
NPR / Ha-Hoa Hamano
NPR One is now on Alexa →
“This pioneering custom skill — as apps for Alexa are called — goes beyond the hourly NPR newscast currently offered on the devices and delivers a new voice-activated, interactive way to enjoy a personalized flow of stories, shows, and podcasts direct from NPR and your local public radio station.”
Digiday / Lucia Moses
Playing catch-up, Conde Nast navigates a tricky digital evolution →
“At one point, there were as many as 15 content management systems in use, which made it hard to distribute large volumes of editorial content to partners like Facebook or Yahoo and sell advertising across titles. Employees who moved from one brand to another often had to be retrained in the new system.”
Poynter / Kristen Hare
LION’s Matt DeRienzo on how local independent online news is kind of like craft beer →
“A remarkably eclectic and diverse local news ecosystem is emerging that might not look anything like our traditional idea of success in the media business.”
MacStories / Ryan Christoffel
Facebook launches video app for Apple TV →
“Videos are organized in horizontal columns by a variety of different categories: Shared by Friends, Following, Recommended for You, Top Live Videos, Saved Videos, and Recently Watched.”
Digiday / Lucinda Southern
Portugal’s media companies plan to pool user data to compete with the duopoly →
“This summer, these companies plan to start asking users to log in to their sites. Users will only need to log in once to be recognized across the hundreds of sites owned by the media companies, including magazine and news brands, as well as TV and radio on-demand services.”
Sinkhole / Eric Fershtman
“Storytelling is at the root of making change:” A Q&A with Pacific Standard editor Nicholas Jackson →
“We're committed to the power of print, and will be doing more there in the coming year, including working to strengthen our relationship with our most committed followers, fans, and readers. But this won't come at the expense of our digital presence.”