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Tuesday, January 9, 2018
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Newsonomics: Can cross-subsidy (and nursing homes) help revive the Singapore Press?“In the past one or two years, I've been reminding colleagues that we are not a newspaper company — we are a media company. The frame of change of mind is very important.” By Ken Doctor. |
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What the rise of the smart speaker might mean for podcasts (and on-demand audio in general)Plus: In-car podcasts, Apple commissions an original TV show about a true crime podcast gone viral, and what’s going on with Podtrac? By Nicholas Quah. |
What We’re Reading
The Daily Beast / Taylor Lorenz
This is the data Snapchat doesn’t want you to see →
“The data shows that despite its perception as a nascent social platform, Snapchat is much more of a chat app. And key features like Snap Maps have yet to gain widespread adoption among the app's user base.”
Search Engine Land / Michelle Robbins
Google announces solution to longstanding AMP cache URL display problem →
“Acknowledging this outstanding issue, Malte Ubl, Tech Lead for the AMP Project at Google, posted on Twitter saying, ‘You don't like http://google.com/amp URLs? Neither do we.'”
Columbia Journalism Review / Joshua Oliver
Journalism schools still behind on cybersecurity training, new survey finds →
“Only half of the 32 schools across the US and Canada that responded to the survey offer digital security training, and less than a quarter make that training mandatory. Among programs that have training, the majority devote less than two hours to the subject; previous research has found that even after six, three-hour workshops only half the participants passed a test about the material they covered.”
the Guardian / Alex Hern
No tracking, no revenue: Apple’s privacy feature costs ad companies millions →
Apple’s move to prevent users of its devices has been called sabotage by the ad industry, some of whose members are set to lose millions of dollars thanks to the move.
POLITICO / Jason Schwartz
Is Facebook preparing to open up on fake news? →
In a move that might signal its intention to share more information, Facebook is inviting some of its big fact checking partners to its Menlo Park, California headquarters next month.
Digiday / Lucia Moses
Publishers are treating Facebook Watch like YouTube →
Publishers are seeing some audience success on Facebook Watch, but the revenue still isn’t there.
Axios / Sara Fischer
The Washington Post hits its 2nd year of profitability, plans expansion →
Digital subscriptions have more than doubled since January.