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Friday, April 7, 2017
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What is the right amount of money to throw at the fake news problem?Plus: Some fake sites are still sneaking onto big ad networks, Facebook pushed news literacy, and Germany gets serious about social networks removing content. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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With Push, small publishers have a cheaper, quicker way to develop their own mobile apps“If you want a mobile app as a small newsroom, you're pretty much completely out of luck unless you're owned by one of the big newspaper companies.” By Ricardo Bilton. |
What We’re Reading
China Money Network / Pan Yue
Chinese personalized news app Toutiao reportedly raised around $1 billion at a $12 billion valuation →
It now has a higher valuation than the combined valuations of China’s three largest publicly listed media companies (Beijing Enlight Media, Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing & Media Corporation, China Television Media).
Poynter / Benjamin Mullin
With podcasts like ‘Majority Minority,’ McClatchy wants to burst the Beltway bubble →
What makes the podcast stand out? “It’s not aimed at the typical D.C. audience of policy wonks, lobbyists and Beltway movers-and-shakers.”
Journalism.co.uk / Madalina Ciobanu
The role of memes in misinformation and shaping online and offline conversations →
“These are images sitting in a Dropbox folder that anybody can take, remix and push out online. Memes are a sophisticated way of how people consume information, it’s not just teens having a laugh.”
Recode / Tony Romm
Twitter is suing the government for trying to unmask an anti-Trump account →
In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California, Twitter revealed that the Department of Homeland Security in March had demanded that the company reveal who is behind @ALT_USCIS, an anonymous account that has been raising alarms about U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Trump's immigration policies. Twitter contends the request amounts to an "unlawful" use of the government's investigative powers.
Columbia Journalism Review / Nausicaa Renner, CJR
First Draft releases guide to savvy reporting on fake news →
“The reader who goes through these exercises with patience will not only discover stories, and grow in understanding of how news travels these days, but also gain a crucial set of skills for understanding media consumption in the new era.”
The Wall Street Journal / Mike Shields
Mic Raises $21 Million in Series C Round →
“The new funding puts the company's valuation in the range of the ‘mid hundreds of millions’ of dollars, according to a person familiar with the matter. Mic has now raised $52 million since it launched in 2011.”
Reuters / Stephen J. Adler
Reuters just launched a new feature that provides more transparency around its reporting →
“Backstory will be presented as a statement of methodology or a Q&A with a Reuters journalist. These additions reflect our commitment not only to deliver accurate, unbiased news but to share more information about the way we work and the standards under which we operate.”