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Tuesday, May 16, 2017
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Making Gay History’s podcast digs into interview archives to let voices “come to life again”Plus: StartUp is becoming a TV show, Audible’s Ponzi Supernova gets released into the wild, and the semantics of windowing. By Nicholas Quah. |
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Journey to the center of the Internet: How a viral site is helping Spain’s El País adapt to the Internet“Verne has brought changes to the way we think about information at El País, and how we frame stories to make sure they have an impact on social platforms.” By Mariana Marcaletti. |
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Viaje al centro de internet: cómo un sitio de virales ayuda a que El País de España se adapte a la web"Verne ha traído cambios a cómo concebimos las informaciones en El País y cómo las titulamos para asegurarnos un mayor impacto en redes y plataformas sociales". By Mariana Marcaletti. |
What We’re Reading
Marketing Land / Tim Peterson
Facebook admits its 10th measurement mistake since September →
The mistake — mischarged clicks on video carousel ads by smartphone web users — is the first that directly affected advertisers' wallets. Facebook is refunding the affected advertisers in full.
The Guardian / Sam Levin
Facebook promised to tackle fake news. But the evidence shows it’s not working →
“With Facebook trying to throttle it and say, ‘Don't share it,’ it actually had the opposite effect.”
The Guardian / Samuel Gibbs
Facebook facing privacy actions across Europe as France fines firm €150,000 →
“In particular it has been observed that Facebook proceeded to a massive compilation of personal data of internet users in order to display targeted advertising. It has also been noticed that Facebook collected data on browsing activity of internet users on third-party websites, via the ‘datr’ cookie, without their knowledge.”
ATTN: / Valerie Jarrett
Former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett is joining media startup ATTN as a senior advisor →
“In my new role, I hope to help ATTN: continue to reach policymakers who want to get their message out to wider audiences. I want to support ATTN: as they engage and empower even more people to make a greater social impact.”
The Atlantic / Adrienne LaFrance
Q&A with Liz Spayd, the controversial public editor of The New York Times →
“I'd first like to say that the definition of the job as public editor is to collect and absorb the reader email.”
Digiday / Jessica Davies
What Bleacher Report learned from experimenting with Snapchat Discover, two years in →
Avoid recurring templates, ensure each snap is created for a singular purpose, and avoid talking heads.
The Media Briefing / Esther Kezia Thorpe
How a British law magazine implemented a high-value subscriptions strategy from scratch →
The Lawyer, formerly a free site and circulation magazine, had been profitable in the past through its recruitment advertising, which saw a steep 75 percent decline in profits in 2013. It’s gone from having no subscriptions revenue at all in 2013, to now having almost a third of its total revenue from paid-for subscriptions (about £2.2 million).
TechCrunch / Josh Constine
Facebook cracks down on fake live videos →
"Don't use the API to publish only images (ex: don't publish static, animated, or looping images), or to live-stream polls associated with unmoving or ambient broadcasts."
Chicago Tribune / Rick Kogan
Chicago Tribune owner Tronc seeks to buy the Chicago Sun-Times →
“Tronc, the parent company of the Tribune, has entered into a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire Wrapports Holdings, which owns the Sun-Times as well other assets such as the Chicago Reader alternative weekly, the Aggrego digital content business and the syndicated column The Straight Dope.” In a statement, the Justice Department said it was monitoring the deal.
Real Life / Molly Sauter
“The conspiratorial mode and the internet's data hoard were made for each other” →
“When we impose patterns or relationships on otherwise unrelated things, we call it apophenia. When we create these connections online, we call it the internet.”
