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Thursday, March 16, 2017
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This is what could happen if Donald Trump’s plan to eliminate funding for public broadcasting is enacted“Ultimately, the system itself would be at serious risk of collapse.” By Joseph Lichterman. |
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With DCReport, David Cay Johnston — the man with Trump’s 1040 — wants to give readers a way to act on the stories they read“That’s one of the reasons people have turned away from newspapers. They’re full of richly reported, detailed, and useless information. We want people to reacquire a sense that this is their government.” By Ricardo Bilton. |
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25 Trump voters from Alabama + 25 Clinton voters from San Francisco = 1 surprisingly good Facebook groupWith dialogue journalism, Spaceship Media aims to cover and dispel conflict without adding to it. By Ricardo Bilton. |
What We’re Reading
The Verge / Jacob Kastrenakes
Amazon brings Alexa into its main iPhone app →
“Inside of the Amazon App for iOS, there will be a microphone icon near the top of the screen that you can press to call up Alexa. You'll be able to ask the assistant almost anything you'd normally be able to ask through a device like the Echo. That includes everything from having it make purchases for you, look up facts, or control smart home products.”
Talking New Media
Quartz says it was profitable in 2016 →
The publisher didn’t share specific figures, but in an internal memo publisher Jay Lauf and editor Kevin Delaney wrote: “We also increased year-over-year revenue by more than 60%, which is impressive considering we'd already grown 5x from what we made in 2013. And as the Quartz brand grows in Europe, Asia, and Africa, that expansion of revenue occurred around the globe, not just in the US. Hundreds of blue-chip brands now choose Quartz as a prime vehicle for their marketing messages”
Columbia Journalism Review / Shelley Hepworth
Slate staffers, in vote to unionize, call for commitment to diversity →
“More than 90 percent of Slate's editorial staff have signed cards and are calling upon Slate's management, and parent company the Graham Holdings Company, to voluntarily recognize the Guild as their collective bargaining representative, according to a statement issued today by the Slate Unionizing Committee.”
The Information / Tom Dotan
Twitter will soon open up live video streaming to all media companies →
“Right now, media firms that want to stream live on Twitter have to arrange deals with the company or else use its Periscope app… by more fully opening up its software, Twitter will make it easier for media firms to post whenever they want without a prior arrangement — which should increase the amount of live video on the service.”
BuzzFeed / Steven Perlberg
How Palm Beach media is capitalizing on Trump →
"It's an interesting mix between being a local story, but it's also kind of: 'Area Man Is President,'" said George Bennett, a political reporter at the Palm Beach Post.