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Friday, August 4, 2017
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The Wall Street Journal tested live push notifications, with some help from the Guardian’s Mobile Lab“Did we make the job reports live blog better, because we put more attention to it, and should we push to do more things like this in the newsroom in general?” By Shan Wang. |
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Newsonomics: Nine midsummer lessons from a unique moment in press, and American, historyA step back to look at the news lessons of this summer. By Ken Doctor. |
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Facebook is paying its fact-checking partners now (and giving them a lot more work to do)Plus: Surrounding fake news with real news, fake news games, and Kenya faces an election. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
What We’re Reading
Wall Street Journal / Amol Sharma and Jack Marshall
Google is developing technology for Snapchat Discover-like content, based around its AMP mobile webpages →
Google has been in discussions with several publishers, including Vox Media, CNN, Mic, the Washington Post, and Time Inc. to participate in the project, which is dubbed ‘Stamp,’ sources told the Wall Street Journal. Google is building the service around AMP pages and could announce the project as early as next week.
BuzzFeed / Alex Kantrowitz
The campaign against Facebook and Google’s ad ‘duopoly’ is going nowhere →
"There was a lot of saber rattling, a lot of alternatives, alternatives, alternatives. In the digital realm, there is no other alternative."
Harvard Business Review / Rachel Meng, Youjung Jun, and Gita V. Johar
Being in a group makes us less likely to fact-check →
“Results across eight experiments reveal that people fact-check less often when they evaluate statements in a collective setting (e.g., in a group or on social media) than when they do so alone. Simply perceiving that others are present appeared to reduce participants' vigilance when processing information, resulting in lower levels of fact-checking.”
Delivermynewspaper.co.uk
A bunch of UK newspapers launched a service called DeliverMyNewspaper.co.uk →
“Deliver My Newspaper lets you have your favourite daily newspaper delivered to your doorstep. We're giving you FREE delivery of your favourite newspaper for 6 weeks — so you only need to pay your newsagent for the price of the paper.”
Splinter / David Uberti
San Diego Union Tribune / Jennifer Van Grove
Snopes.com prevails in tentative court ruling over finances, ownership →
“Both sides will get to argue on behalf of their pre-trial motions at Friday's hearing.”
The Drum / Ian Burrell
Politico plots to win over UK readers and power players with inside track on Brexit →
“Next month Politico will make a new push into the UK with the launch of London Playbook, an insider's guide to UK politics that will also incorporate the insights of its well-connected Brussels and Washington offices, giving a perspective no other media outlet can offer, particularly on matters pertaining to Brexit.”
New York Times / John Herrman
For the new far right, YouTube has become the new talk radio →
“Comparing YouTube to talk radio is also a useful reminder of how potent a medium can become while still appearing marginal to those who don't care for it or know much about it.”
The Awl / Sylvia Killingsworth
The Awl, The Hairpin, and The Billfold leave Medium and are back to WordPress →
“The move to Medium was a cool experiment, in my opinion, but the year is up and personally I missed the ads.”