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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
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This French startup is betting on native social video and is now eyeing expansion to the U.S.Brut — think a French version of NowThis — has had success reaching a younger demographic and is now partnering with France’s public broadcaster to expand its reach. By Ingrid Cobben. |
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With its new, “no-bullshit” tone on social, ProPublica is meeting @realDonaldTrump where he lives“We need to think of our social media posts as tiny little stories that can be self-contained.” By Laura Hazard Owen. |
What We’re Reading
The New York Times / Eli Rosenberg
Journalists at DNAinfo and Gothamist vote to unionize →
“An ‘overwhelming’ majority of the 26 members of the newsroom staffs of the two websites signed cards agreeing to be represented by the Writers Guild of America East, according to organizers and staff members, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about their workplace.”
Digiday / Lucia Moses
Facebook faces increased publisher resistance to Instant Articles →
“Many publishers are deeply unhappy with the monetization on these pages, with major partners like The New York Times throwing in the towel and many others cutting back the amount of content pushed to the IA platform. In response, Facebook is making concessions to publishers, including new subscription options, in a rare show of weakness for the platform juggernaut.”
Monday Note / Frederic Filloux
What web page structure reveals about news quality →
“A simple look at the components of an HTML page tells a lot about the reliability of its contents. Problem is, distribution platforms don't bother looking at those signals.”
Fast Company / Robert Safian
Mark Zuckerberg on fake news and free speech →
“Today, whether it's information diversity or misinformation or building common ground, these are the next things that need to get worked on. It's not like they are problems that exist because there's some kind of underlying, nefarious motivation. I mean, certainly giving people a voice leads to more diversity of opinions, which if you don't manage that can lead to more fragmentation, but I think this is kind of the right order of operations.”
Journalism / Madalina Ciobanu
Advice from BBC News and Trinity Mirror for introducing debunking into the newsroom →
“There is no point in getting started with debunking and fact-checking processes in your newsroom if you haven’t categorised what you’re talking about. So, the big question is, do you actually know what you’re dealing with?”
The Guardian / Alex Hern
From nasty to nice: how adblockers are trying to pivot →
“Facebook and Google's share of digital advertising has continued to rocket, even as every other provider has flatlined. Meanwhile, market penetration of adblockers has plateaued (Britain's IAB estimates 22% of visitors block ads, the same as this time last year). And as well as fighting back technologically, some sites have started appealing to the morality of visitors, pointing out that blocking adverts deprives publishers of revenue, and requesting adblocking readers whitelist their domains”
The Media Briefing / Peter Houston
Demonizing the Duopoly won’t save journalism →
“Demonising Facebook and Google won't bring us any closer to a solution and that's my big problem with the Press Gazette's petition campaign – it veers dangerously close to the old-media jingoism we endured through the first Luddite reactions to digital publishing through the Nineties and the Noughties.”
Digiday / Sahil Patel
Introverts only: Huffington Post tries niche Facebook-only ‘communities’ to lure new readers →
“Last December, The Huffington Post launched Canceled Plans, a Facebook-only page for introverts. Rather than piping in Huffington Post content, for the first three months the page only posted images from Tumblr and Reddit (with permission). The Huffington Post page amassed 20,000 followers in less than a month, two months ahead of its goal. The Canceled Plans page now has more than 130,000 followers.”