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Friday, December 1, 2017
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Maybe it’s also time to start calling fact-checking something else. (Anybody got any ideas?)Plus: Fake news probably didn’t swing the election, political polarization is nothing new, and Kara Swisher’s kid. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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Why don’t people trust the news and social media? A new report lets them explain in their own words“Rebuilding trust will a long-term process and will require the commitment of publishers, platforms, and consumers over many years.” By Ricardo Bilton. |
What We’re Reading
Poynter / Melody Kramer
It’s time for a paywall revolution →
A proposal for news organizations to think beyond article count to consider time, location, and reader behavior when building their paywalls.
Motherboard / Michael Byrne
New study finds that most reddit users don’t actually read the articles they vote on →
Notre Dame researchers found that “73 percent of posts on Reddit are voted on by users that haven't actually clicked through to view the content being rated.”
Washington Post / WashPostPR
The Washington Post partners with Facebook in an experiment to help users identify breaking news stories →
The Post is one of the first news organizations to confirm that it’s working with Facebook on the initiative.
Axios / Jim VandeHei
Trump’s mind-numbing media manipulation machine →
How news organizations — and everyone else — keep falling for Trump’s attention trap.
Digiday / Max Willens
Publishers see traction in branded podcasts →
And by “traction,” they mean money. Producing full season of a branded podcast often will likely come with a $500,000 price tag. “A million for a really well-produced one,” said one ad agency exec.
Digiday / Lucia Moses
‘Not for the faint of heart’: Publishers scramble to make their annual sales numbers →
The fourth quarter revenue scramble, long a fixture of media ad sales, has gotten more intense in digital.
Digiday / Jessica Davies
Why German publishers aren’t worried about the GDPR →
While the General Data Protection Regulation guidelines haven’t yet been enforced, publishers in Germany are already signing agreements as if they already are.