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Jumat, 07 Juni 2019

Promoting based on potential: How The Atlantic is putting a lot more women in charge

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Promoting based on potential: How The Atlantic is putting a lot more women in charge

“The only way to put women in leadership is to do it for the first time.” By Laura Hazard Owen.

Why this week’s raids on Australian media present a clear threat to democracy and press freedom there

Australia has more national security laws than any other nation. It is also the only liberal democracy lacking a Charter of Human Rights or other foundational document that protects media freedom. By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh.

Sobering reality for news outlets: Your readers are somewhere else 99% of the time

And figuring out where else they’re spending their time online is a key part of generating competitive intelligence. By Mark Jacob.

What We’re Reading

Bloomberg / Josh Eidelson

Hundreds of Vox employees are participating in a one-day walkout →

Bankoff’s response: “While paying people a lot more than market wages sounds great on the surface, it's not realistic or smart.”

Twitter / Bankoff

Vox employees put CEO Jim Bankoff on blast as part of the union’s campaign to negotiate a fair contract →

“.@Bankoff: I love working at Vox. But when I started, I made just $30,000 a year in DC (a pretty expensive city). I don't want anyone at Vox Media to go through that again. It's time the company agree to a fair contract with @vox_union.”

Engadget / AJ Dellinger

Twitter simplifies its privacy and safety rules (now it just has to enforce them!) →

“The company said that it has gone from 2,500 to just 600 words and now describes each rule in 280 characters or less — the same character limit that is applied to tweets.”

ProPublica / Jess Ramirez

What to ask (yourself) before starting a crowdsourcing project →

“What is the best, most efficient form of communication with the group? How will you let participants know what you find?”

Digiday / Kerry Flynn

The 2020 meme election: How memes became a mainstream tool in politics →

“I really do want Bernie Sanders to be our president, and he has the support of the entire Dank Meme network behind him. We got his back, and come 2020 we're ready to flood the internet with the Dankest Bernie Sanders memes in our stash.”

Columbia Journalism Review / Mathew Ingram

YouTube is all over the map when it comes to offensive content →

“Subsequent tweets from the official YouTube account on Twitter at first suggested that Crowder would be able to re-monetize his channel through ad-revenue sharing provided he stopped selling T-shirts, and then tried to clarify that he would remain demonetized until he made unspecified changes to his channel (including no longer selling the T-shirts).”

eMarketer / Amy He

U.S. adults are spending more time on mobile (3:43) than watching TV (3:35) →

“Consumers' use of smartphones will continue to make up the majority of their media consumption, but we predict that use will plateau by 2020, as consumers become increasingly uneasy about overuse of mobile devices.”

Poynter / Daniel Funke

How a fact-checker went from zero to 84,000 Instagram followers in 8 months →

“Teyit also fields tips on a variety of other platforms, including email, WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter. But Avşar said that, even when his team receives a tip off Instagram, it inevitably involves a link to the platform.”

The New York Times

Consumer Reports will start watching digital products — and platforms — thanks to $6M from Craig Newmark →

Newmark also recently gave $20M to The Markup to do a similar thing, but that’s still, well, in the works. “Consumer Reports, a lion of public-service journalism that can claim, among other things, to have spread early awareness of the dangers of cigarettes in the 1950s, announced… the lab will be crash-testing not cars but the digital tools that have become a part of everyday life.”

Poynter / Kristen Hare

How 14 local news organizations teamed up to cover climate change →

“We're trying to engage and create more energy and climate change journalism locally. Can we help an entire region take a step up on covering these issues? Can we serve a whole journalism ecosystem?”

ProPublica / Richard Tofel and Stephen Engelberg

“I hate it when the bad guys win”: The man who made ProPublica possible has died →

“When we won ProPublica's first Pulitzer Prize in 2010, he congratulated us briefly by phone, and then quickly added, "’this is not what's important, you know.'”

Kamis, 06 Juni 2019

The Boston Globe’s move into Rhode Island is a bet that the last newspapers standing will have a bigger footprint

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

The Boston Globe’s move into Rhode Island is a bet that the last newspapers standing will have a bigger footprint

“We saw opportunity in Rhode Island where quite honestly great newspapers like the Providence Journal were seeing significant cuts and that market is particularly engaged in news.” By Christine Schmidt.

Americans think “made-up news” is a bigger problem than climate change

Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to identify made-up news as a “very big problem.” They are also more likely to say that they see it “often,” and they are three times as likely as Democrats to blame journalists for creating it. By Laura Hazard Owen.

YouTube says it’ll have no more videos from Nazis, Sandy Hook truthers, Holocaust deniers, and white supremacists

What We’re Reading

The Information / Alex Heath and Jon Victor

Facebook plans to give control of its upcoming cryptocurrency to an outside foundation →

“A move meant to encourage trust in the digital payment system and reassure financial regulators.”

LA Times / Julia Wick

Who are the mystery investors buying some of California’s last family-owned newspapers? →

“Local news is a notoriously rough business. I can't help but root for anyone brave or stupid enough to keep investing in it. But, as a journalist, I'm also acutely aware of how much influence an owner can have over a paper, and how much communities deserve to know the full picture, including who actually owns their local paper.”

Table Stakes Europe

WAN-IFRA launches Table Stakes Europe, a program for local and regional newspapers →

It’s based on the Table Stakes program in the U.S., and it’s receiving funding from Google.

BuzzFeed News / Rosie Gray

These reporters lost their jobs. Now they’re fighting back against big tech. →

“John Stanton, a longtime congressional correspondent and former BuzzFeed News Washington bureau chief, and Laura Bassett, a former culture and political reporter for nearly 10 years at HuffPost, have teamed up to launch a new initiative called the Save Journalism Project. “

The Double Shift

How women at The New York Times worked for — and got — a better parental leave policy →

“Erin Grau was a New York Times employee who wasn't satisfied with ‘good enough’ parental leave. So, along with a determined group of women, she fought to make it better for everyone at her company.”

Digiday / Lucinda Southern

The Economist is exploring how video can drive subscriptions →

In September, as part of a project funded by the Google News Initiative, The Economist will launch a weekly exclusive YouTube series, provisionally called "The Truth About…." Each episode will be roughly 10 minutes long and take a more in-depth look at a topic that Economist journalists are covering. The series is planned to run until March.”

NPR / Scott Neuman

Australian police raid public broadcaster over leaked defense documents →

“The Australian Federal Police on Wednesday raided the headquarters of the country’s public broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corp., in connection with a story the network broadcast in 2017 detailing misconduct by Australian special forces in Afghanistan.”

The Verge / Nick Statt

YouTube decides that homophobic harassment does not violate its policies →

“YouTube has at last formally responded to an explosive and controversial feud between Vox writer and video host Carlos Maza and conservative YouTuber Steven Crowder. The verdict: YouTube says Crowder did not violate any of its policies, and that Crowder's YouTube channel will stay up, despite his repeated homophobic slurs directed at Maza in videos posted to YouTube.”

WWD / Kali Hays

Bustle Digital pulls new group editor from Elle Magazine →

Elle’s executive editor Emma Rosenblum will “fill the newly created position of editor in chief for [Bustle’s] lifestyle group, which includes Bustle, The Zoe Report, Elite Daily and Romper.”

Rabu, 05 Juni 2019

Can Spotify and Apple put a dent in podcasting’s discovery problem?

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Can Spotify and Apple put a dent in podcasting’s discovery problem?

Plus: Podcast advertising is up 53 percent, The Telegraph gets nostalgic, and the noises we try not to hear. By Nicholas Quah.

R.I.P. iTunes and more power to the iPad: Here’s all the important news for publishers from Apple’s WWDC keynote

It’s getting a lot easier to build a Mac news app, the words spoken in all podcasts will soon be searchable, and Siri might soon read your news alerts straight into someone’s AirPods. By Joshua Benton.

Facebook is offering new subscription tools for publishers via Instant Articles

What We’re Reading

The New York Times / Marc Tracey

Vice.com’s editors are out in an ongoing shakeup →

“In making changes to the organizational structure of the digital editorial group, we had to make difficult decisions that mean Jonathan Smith and Rachel Schallom are no longer with the company.”

Variety / Todd Spangler

YouTube bans kids from live-streaming video unless accompanied by an adult →

“The updated policies come after YouTube in February announced that it would disable the ability to leave comments on nearly all videos featuring kids… [and] in the wake of a New York Times report Monday, citing research that YouTube's recommendation system has been suggesting videos of ‘prepubescent, partially clothed children’ to users who had watched sexually themed content.”

The New York Times / Austin Ramzy

On Tiananmen’s 30th anniversary, here’s how Hong Kong’s publishing industry is being silenced →

“For years, Hong Kong publishers found a ready audience of mainland Chinese readers who wanted books they could not find at home and could sneak back into mainland China. But the industry has declined thanks to tighter border checks, the consolidation of Hong Kong distributors and retail outlets under mainland control, and the disappearance and imprisonment of independent booksellers.”

Reuters / Paresh Dave

The Dept. of Justice is examining Google’s online advertising dominance as part of a potential antitrust investigation →

“Digital advertising revenue accounted for about 85% of revenue last year for Google parent Alphabet. The U.S. government is gearing up to investigate the massive market power of Amazon.com Inc, Apple, Facebook and Google, sources told Reuters on Monday, setting up what could be an unprecedented wide-ranging probe of some of the world's largest companies.”

Snopes / David Mikkelson

Snopes’ legal battle is still ongoing, consuming “a substantial portion of Snopes’ entire budget in 2018” →

We covered the hoax-debunking site’s struggles last summer, a fight over the control of the company. They’re reupping the GoFundMe.

The Ringer / Alyssa Bereznak

The demise of iTunes: A eulogy for Apple’s inefficient but essential music software →

“I interact with iTunes in its current form in the same way that I interact with that one package of chicken that has become a permanent, icy fixture in the back of my freezer: accidentally and as infrequently as possible.”

TechCrunch / Natasha Lomas

Twitter acquires a deep learning startup working on identifying online disinformation →

Twitter says the acquisition of Fabula will help it build out its internal machine learning capabilities — writing that the UK startup's ‘world-class team of machine learning researchers’ will feed an internal research group it's building out, led by Sandeep Pandey, its head of ML/AI engineering.”

Digiday / Kerry Flynn

TikTok is testing interest-based ad targeting →

“A spokesperson from GrubHub, which was one of the early advertisers on TikTok, told Digiday last month that ad performance has continued to ‘meet or exceed our expectations.'”

Columbia Journalism Review / Amanda Darrach

How did journalists file before Google Docs? →

“There was another way to file, especially sensitive feature material or film rolls, and that was to give it to a tourist who was going back to America.”

Selasa, 04 Juni 2019

Here’s The Salt Lake Tribune’s plan for securing 501(c)(3) status

Monday, June 3, 2019

Here’s The Salt Lake Tribune’s plan for securing 501(c)(3) status

Now it’ll take the IRS judging whether a nonprofit newspaper needs to stick to hard news of civic importance — or whether it can cover Jazz games too. By Christine Schmidt.

In the former Soviet Union, old press habits die hard, especially on environmental issues

Including “fake news” spreading on Facebook. By Eric Freedman.

What keeps ethnic media strong in New Jersey (and beyond)

What We’re Reading

Wall Street Journal / Patience Haggin

U.S. advertisers spent 53 percent more on podcast ads in 2018 →

Last year’s $479.1 million in podcast ads is still quite shy of TV’s anticipated $70.8 billion ad spend this year, and digital advertising’s $129 billion.

TechCrunch / Anthony Ha

Paid newsletter platform Substack now has community discussion threads →

The company recently added support to build (paying) loyalty for podcasters, too.

MediaIte / Colby Hall

Reviewing The New York Times’ new TV show, The Weekly →

“The tone and style of the show are very much on brand for the Times … but almost too on the nose. Yes, there is the terrific writing, gorgeous visuals and world-class photography one comes to expect from the Times. But if there were a line that separated a familiar feel and a cloying New York Times self-parody, The Weekly gets right up to the line.”

The Membership Puzzle Project / Ariel Zirulnick

Here’s the next batch of grantees experimenting with membership →

The project’s deadline for future grantees is June 20.

Twitter / Jason Jedlinski

Here’s the Washington Post’s hybrid newsroom structure →

With its own separate strategy layer.

Boston Globe / Mark Shanahan

“I wanted to do something useful”: How a local judge rebuilt his local newspaper →

“By 2014, when Rutberg was contemplating his next step, the Eagle had lost much of its luster. Alden Global Capital had gained a majority stake in MNG Enterprises and made even deeper cuts. Overnight, it also boosted the price of an annual Eagle subscription from $180 to $300.”

Billy Penn / Danya Henninger

The Philadelphia Media Network is condensing and rebranding, redirecting Philly.com to the Inquirer →

“The Inquirer brand is fully absorbing its sister entities — at least online… The Daily News, which has existed side-by-side with the Inquirer under the same umbrella since the 1950s, will live on in print only.”

The Atlantic / Taylor Lorenz

A history of creators vs. influencers →

“While older people might sneer at the term influencer, to teens, it's an aspirational job title.”

Wall Street Journal / Brent Kendall and John D. McKinnon

The Justice Department is gearing up for an antitrust investigation of Google →

“The FTC created high expectations in its earlier Google investigation, but the company emerged largely unscathed.”

Columbia Journalism Review / Corey Hutchins

How Nielsen designations create “orphan counties” for local news →

“TV viewers in some orphan counties have pleaded with their political leaders for years to do something about the lack of in-state TV news. Members of Congress have tried to help fill home-state broadcast gaps with tweaks to federal law, but Nielsen's national media market map still looks like a paper target blasted with buckshot.”

Digiday / Kerry Flynn

Meredith has doubled Pinterest impressions in the past year →

“In a May 2019 Digiday+ survey of 179 publishing executives, only 39 said they actively used Pinterest to distribute content — making Pinterest the least widely used platform in the survey.”

Sabtu, 01 Juni 2019

What do we do about the “shallowfake” Nancy Pelosi video and others like it?

Friday, May 31, 2019

What do we do about the “shallowfake” Nancy Pelosi video and others like it?

Plus: A new raft of misinformation research to read, and the actual dollar cost of anti-vaxxing. By Laura Hazard Owen.

Newsonomics: The potential GateHouse/Gannett merger shows “more scale!” is still the newspaper industry’s top strategy

A combined company would own 1 of every 6 daily newspapers in America — and a little more breathing room. But eventually, there has to be a plan beyond just getting bigger. By Ken Doctor.

Newspaper headlines don’t reflect the most common causes of death — but should they?

What We’re Reading

Wall Street Journal / Jeffrey Trachtenberg

Fortune is adding a paywall in a bid to diversify its revenue stream →

“Fortune magazine is raising its cover price, launching a digital paywall and boosting its conference business, in its first decisive steps as an independent publisher.”

Poynter / Kari Cobham

How journalists can take care of themselves while covering trauma →

“I heard from almost 20 journalists via Facebook, email and phone, all willing to share how they've coped or wanting to hear more about how others do. Here is a roundup of how they look out for themselves and their teams.”

Chicago Tribune / Robert Channick

Tribune Publishing is paying shareholders its first dividend since 2014 →

Michael Ferro is getting $13.6 million as the company’s largest shareholder; Patrick Soon-Shiong will receive about $13.1 million.

AdWeek / Shoshana Wodinsky

The Washington Post is sharing its ad-tech stack (with a paid option if you want more help) →

“This is the latest step the Post has taken toward being not only a household name in publishing, but in technology as well.”

Vanity Fair / Joe Pompeo

“Inconsistent, incoherent, and poorly conceived”: As The Times clamps down on reporters going on MSBNC, is this a liberal-media war? →

“The Times has come to ‘prefer,’ as sources put it, that its reporters steer clear of any cable-news shows that the masthead perceives as too partisan, and managers have lately been advising people not to go on what they see as highly opinionated programs.”

Digiday / Lucinda Southern

Refinery29 continues European expansion with a lighter footprint →

“Rather than launching with a local editorial team in Paris, content that suits the French market — based on historical, social and search data — is translated from the U.S., U.K. and German sites.”

Adweek / David Cohen

The Trust Project will spin off and become its own independent nonprofit →

“An infusion of $2.25 million from Facebook, Craig Newmark Philanthropies and the Democracy Fund is helping the Trust Project spin off from Santa Clara University's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and become its own independent nonprofit organization.”

The Hollywood Reporter / Katie Kilkenny

Media outlets employ twice as many male critics as female, study finds →

“Men made up 66 percent and women 34 percent of film critics working for print, broadcast and online outlets in the spring of 2019, the latest Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego University study on film critics finds.”

Wall Street Journal / Keach Hagey

Behavioral ad targeting is not paying off for publishers, study suggests →

“In one of the first empirical studies of the impacts of behaviorally targeted advertising on online publishers' revenue, researchers at the University of Minnesota, University of California, Irvine, and Carnegie Mellon University suggest publishers only get about 4% more revenue for an ad impression that has a cookie enabled than for one that doesn't. “