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Tuesday, May 14, 2019
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U.S. journalism really has become more subjective and personal — at least some of itA deep linguistic analysis finds that newspapers today are a lot like newspapers 30 years ago. But TV news — especially cable news — has ramped up the emotion, the conversationality, and the arguing. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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Podcast episodes will now show up in Google searches. Helpful discovery mechanism or a shot in the Platform Wars?Plus: Spotify wants podcasts to be first-class citizens of its app, the state of indie podcast studios, and Howard Stern/Terry Gross is the most ambitious crossover event in history. By Nicholas Quah. |
What We’re Reading
News & Tech
Canadian newspaper readership is up 3 percent, survey says →
“The seventh annual Newspapers 24/7 Report found that 88 percent of Canadians read a newspaper in either print or digital format at least once a week, a three per cent increase from the inaugural study, conducted in 2012.”
CNBC / Lauren Feiner
YouTube and its users face an existential threat from the EU’s new copyright directive →
“If YouTube chose to block copyrighted content with stricter upload filters, everything from a family video of a couple's first wedding dance to a potentially viral dance challenge video like a ‘Harlem Shake’ flash mob could be blocked from the site. Frustrated creators and users may flee the platform if it no longer provides the outlet for their creativity or boredom.”
New York / Max Read
Group chats are making the internet fun again →
“Over the last few years, I and most of the people I know have slowly attempted to extricate our social lives from Facebook. Now it's the group chat that structures and enables my social life.”
Axios / Kia Kokalitcheva and Sara Fischer
From Spotify to Facebook, everyone’s ripping off Snapchat’s Stories →
“There's no doubt that the format has been a success and a growing number of companies repurposing it to fit their users' needs and — hopefully — gain some of their attention.”
Facebook Journalism Project
First-round applications for the Community Network (a.k.a. money for building community through local news) are due May 27 →
“Project proposals do not require the use of Facebook tools or products.”
The Correspondent / Rob Wijnberg
The Correspondent says it will share more information on what it will publish “in May and June” →
“Coming up during May and June: we'll be sharing more on the type of journalism you can expect from The Correspondent, and details of how your membership contribution will be spent during our first year.” The Correspondent is expected to launch in September.
BuzzFeed News / Craig Silverman
An Iranian disinformation operation impersonated dozens of media outlets to spread fake articles →
“Since early 2016, the operation published 135 fabricated articles on websites designed to mimic outlets such as The Guardian, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, The Independent, The Atlantic, and Politico. “
Digiday / Lucinda Southern
Incognito no more: Publishers close loopholes as paywall blockers emerge →
“Automated tools and browser extensions that block JavaScript that triggers paywalls are emerging, albeit just for the Firefox browser so far, which accounts for just 5% of global browser market share. Installing it requires a little heavy lifting, downloading several extensions via a visit to GitHub.”