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Friday, July 21, 2017
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Chat app Telegram, not much loved by the Russian government, still attracts a loyal readership for newsMeduza, Snob, TV Rain, BBC Russian, and RT weigh in on their publishing and promotion strategies on the platform, which survived a recent tussle with the country’s communications regulator. By Anastasia Valeeva. |
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мессенджер, выйдя невредимым из столкновения с правительством, собирает благодарную аудиторию для СМИМедуза, Сноб, Дождь, Русская служба Бибиси и Russia Today рассуждают о том, как привлечь и удержать читателей в Телеграме. By Anastasia Valeeva. |
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What will misinformation look like in 2030 (and will we be better at spotting it by then)?But also, what if the studies are kinda flawed in the first place? By Laura Hazard Owen. |
What We’re Reading
Variety / Todd Spangler
Vice Media laying off 2 percent of staff amid international, video expansion →
“The cuts come after Vice last month announced $450 million in funding from private-equity firm TPG, which it said would help fund its international expansion and the launch of Vice Studios — marking a new push into original scripted programming. The TPG investment gives Brooklyn-based Vice an estimated valuation of $5.7 billion.”
Poynter / John Russial
By dismantling its copy desk, The New York Times is making a mistake that’s been made before →
“The bottom line is that this experiment is likely to fail because, despite Baquet's assertions, the demands of the digital era do not make a free-standing copy desk obsolete.”
Bloomberg / Gerry Smith
Discovery’s interest in Scripps is driven by visions of $3 TV bundle →
“With pay TV having to compete with online options like Netflix Inc., the owner of unscripted channels like Animal Planet and TLC wants to bundle the Scripps networks with its own in an online service for as little as $3 to $4 a month, a person familiar with the company's thinking said.”
The Information / Jessica Lessin
The news industry can’t put the genie back in the bottle →
“Facebook, a company teeming with ex-Googlers, has learned from Google's past mistakes. Years ago, Google executives routinely alienated publishers, questioning their motives and showing little room for compromise, say those who met with them. Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook leaders have struck a more conciliatory tone.”
Talking Biz News / Chris Roush
Bloomberg Businessweek launches a Mexico edition →
Bloomberg will partner with Mexican newspaper El Financiero to launch Bloomberg Businessweek México, a Spanish-language, bi-weekly edition. The magazine will include local content from Mexico-based Bloomberg News and El Financiero journalists, with the first seven issues appearing in El Financiero at no additional cost.
The Drum
Jimmy Wales on Wikitribune and his interest in local news content →
“‘We’re really interested in partnerships and one of the things at Wikitribune that I’m interested in is partnering with small town newspapers and finding ways to work around that,’ he explained, citing his local newspaper the Huntsville Times which was previously daily but now only publishes three days a week.”
Digiday
How the Guardian is using article surveys to inform editorial decisions →
With a new tool at the bottom of article pages, Guardian readers can vote for topics they want more detail on.
Business Insider / Mike Shields
Google’s been running a secret test to detect bogus ads – and its findings should make the industry nervous →
“The ad industry is trying to root out fraudulent digital ads. Google has quietly been running tests with media companies such as CBS to gauge how bad the problem is. Industry leaders are banking on a new technical solution, ads.txt, to tackle the issue.”
Digiday / Bethany Biron
Why Conde Nast, with the help of Anna Wintour, is turning to hackathons to innovate →
“Being able to take hundreds of people across print, digital, business, editorial, and across every single brand and corporate group, and being able to harness that energy toward a common goal is just an incredibly powerful thing.”