Rabu, 14 Juni 2017

Apple’s new analytics for podcasts mean a lot of change (some good, some inconvenient) is on the way: The latest from Nieman Lab

Nieman Lab: The Daily Digest

Apple’s new analytics for podcasts mean a lot of change (some good, some inconvenient) is on the way

Plus: Roman Mars has a new show; First Look’s Leital Molad on how a job at WNYC led her to podcasts. By Nicholas Quah.

Newsonomics: The New York Times’ redesign aims to match the quality of its products to its journalism

With its business model squarely built around reader revenue, getting users logged in is a critical step toward payment. So the Times is making a “shift from platform to reader.” By Ken Doctor.

The New York Times, with a little help from automation, is aiming to open up most articles to comments

Previously, 10 percent of the Times’ articles were open to comments. With a tool called Perspective, from Google parent Alphabet’s tech incubator, to help evaluate comments in bulk, it’s shooting for 80 percent open to comments by the end of this year. By Shan Wang.
What We’re Reading
Nikkei Asian Review / Kentaro Iwamoto
The 120-year-old Japan Times has been sold to a Tokyo-based PR company →
It was always more of a pet project than a business investment, with a Nifco official saying, “We didn’t expect synergies with our core businesses.”
The Verge / Brian Merchant
The secret origin story of the iPhone →
“Not only would they be working overtime to hammer together the most influential piece of consumer technology of their generation, but they'd be doing little else.”
Recode / Kurt Wagner
A new Twitter test puts a bunch of current events across the top of user timelines →
“The new feature includes a label that reads ‘happening now,’ and is a carousel of small Twitter cards, each representing a different current event or conversation happening on Twitter.”
Digiday / Max Willens
Why Time, Conde Nast and other magazine publishers are charging into brand licensing →
“The biggest actor in the space is Meredith, parent of Better Homes and Gardens, which accounted for over $22 billion, up from $17 billion two years ago and second only to the $57 billion generated by Disney, according to License Global.”
The Guardian / Matthew Clayfield
The little blue bird has flown: how Twitter lost its value as a news source →
“What Twitter most resembles now is a cable news channel. The hundreds of pundits talking at cross-purposes, breaking little but wind. The race-to-be-first mentality that precludes due diligence and fact-checking in favour of the win.The thousands of viewers – or in this case followers – who take what they're told and run with it, even after the truth has been reported by professionals.”
Digiday / Lucinda Southern
How Business Insider is doing pan-European ad sales →
“Previously, if a U.K.-based client wanted to run an ad campaign across Europe, it would have to deal with each local office. BI's European sales network, which is run by BI's 12-person London sales team, allows clients to run the same campaign in the markets BI operates in, in local languages.”
Nytimes / Elizabeth Paton And Vanessa Friedman
Condé Nast closes its fashion retail site Style.com months after its debut →
“The move is a stunning strategic backtrack by the publishing empire, which first announced a multimillion-dollar rebranding of Style.com, formerly the encyclopedic digital home of all Condé Nast runway coverage, in 2015. It also reflects the current turmoil in the glossy magazine industry, which has struggled to adapt to the digital age.”