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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
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From Walkman to podcast: Sony Music moves into the podcast business, setting the stage for other music companiesPlus: Running from zombies for profit, Comic Sans rises again, and Spotify has a “Car Thing.” By Nicholas Quah. |
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People lie about going to church and aren’t sure what “rural” means: Highlights from the latest in public opinion researchPlus: Best practices for election forecasts, why people don’t vote, and the connection between media consumption and media trust. By Joshua Benton. |
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“26 countries are represented in the shortlist, with the US and the UK leading the pack. Submissions from Germany, Argentina, Cuba, Russia, and South Africa also made it to the shortlist.”
Bloomberg / Saritha Rai
What Facebook should learn from its push to stop misinformation in India →
“At 9:30 each morning, the team chooses two dozen stories to debunk from among hundreds mostly related to the elections, political parties or prominent leaders. Verifications begin with reaching out to the subject or their PR representative. A variety of tools like image recognition and sun-shadow calculators are employed. By the day's end, about 20 pieces of fake content are debunked in detailed articles on Vishvas' website. Facebook drastically reduces their distribution and they are fed to its machine-learning algorithms.”
Digiday / Lucinda Southern
How Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter uses three distinct paywalls →
“We focus on the value, not the paywall. I think there's been the wrong perspective in the business to say that content is not available or locked; this is wrong. We show where we give value, it's more positive. For us, it's important to attract with quality of content.”
Axios / Sara Fischer
The networks are wagering on sports betting →
Fox is starting its own sports wagering platform, ESPN is developing TV programming for sports bettors, and Sinclair could be next after its acquisition of 20 regional sports networks.
Columbia Journalism Review / Tony Rehagen
A former ESPN editor’s big bet on sports gambling →
“Every sports fan wants to be the smartest person in the room. Sports betting is one of those topics that can be confusing. We want our readers to be able to understand it at the highest level.”
Poynter / Daniel Funke
Only about 41 percent of fact-checkers are women, and 71 percent of fact-checking site are run by men →
“While participation in ASNE's survey has lagged in recent years, the results showed a positive uptick in the representation of women in American newsrooms.”
The New York Times / Thomas Kaplan and Sarah Almukhtar
Trump is outspending every 2020 Democrat on Facebook →
“Much of Mr. Trump's spending on Facebook advertising in recent weeks has gone toward ads that have been seen by older Americans, particularly women 55 and older, according to an analysis by Bully Pulpit.”
TechCrunch / Josh Constine
Instagram conquered Stories, but it’s losing the next video formats (so far) →
“Now Instagram has quietly overhauled the design of IGTV's space inside its main app to crib what's working from its two top competitors”: TikTok and Snapchat.