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Thursday, June 2, 2016
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What does the intersection of race and culture sound like? NPR’s Code Switch is looking for the right mix“How do you have a conversation about America that’s not about race? It’s fundamental to the way American life is organized.” By Shan Wang. |
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Time Inc. launches Extra Crispy: Breakfast #content with a hefty side of marketing jargonA website focused solely on the joys of breakfast? Duh, of course there’s more to it than that. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
What We’re Reading
Bloomberg / Alex Sherman
Gannett is leaning toward dropping its bid to acquire Tribune →
“Gannett's board is discussing its options and no decision has been made, said the person, who asked not to be named because the discussions are private.”
Slate / Steve Lickteig
How voice-recognition technology will change the way we listen to radio →
“Here's what I think the future sounds like: You will get in your car and say, ‘Play my news briefing, plus all of last night's baseball scores, including highlights from the Yankees game. Oh, and give me last week's Vows column from the New York Times.’
Engaging News Project / Natalie Jomini Stroud and Alex Curry
A new report says solutions-oriented headlines generate modestly more traffic for publishers →
The study was conducted by the Engaging News Project in conjunction with The Huffington Post. HuffPo A/B tested 50 pairs of headlines. The study found that “the difference is modest and many other factors also affect the number of clicks received by each headline.”
Recode / Noah Kulwin
22-year-old Apple scoop machine Mark Gurman is going to Bloomberg →
“Mark’s story is one of the most remarkable in technology journalism. As a high school sophomore in Los Angeles in 2010, he became one of the most prolific and authoritative Apple writers on the internet, first as a contributor and then a senior editor at the website 9to5Mac.”
Harvard Business Review / Barry Libert, Megan Beck, and Yoram (Jerry) Wind
To go digital, leaders have to change some core beliefs →
“Digital transformation halts, or fails, for many reasons—but most often it's because minor changes at the surface level do nothing to affect the fundamental operations of a company.”
ArtsBeat / Daniel McDermon
The New York Times closes its ArtsBeat blog →
A late-stage casualty of the Times’ blog-murder spree. “In those nine years, the features that made the blog such an appealing alternative to our traditional publishing tools — agility, the ability to embed digital content and a chance to use a livelier voice — have largely been absorbed into the rest of our work.”
Boston Magazine / Chris Sweeney
Can the Boston Herald survive? →
“The Herald is heavily reliant on single-copy readers, people who pick up a copy during the day to have something to read. That's a job that phones do really well now — whether you're reading news or playing Candy Crush.”
PRX / Maggie Taylor
Here are the semifinalists of PRX’s Podquest competition →
PRX launched the competition in April to discover a new podcast to join Radiotopia, its podcast network. These 10 semifinalists will be reduced to three finalists, and a winner will be announced this fall.
