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Shan WangOctober 26, 2017

When a Facebook test moves news stories to a separate feed, traffic — and public discourse — are at stake

“It’s important politically how this is going to play out.”

Pablo BoczkowskiOctober 26, 2017

Reading the news on Trump: Are we empty vessels or active filters?

Fake news and misinformation should be understood as a series of societal challenges long in the making. No algorithm will solve them, because no algorithm created them.

Christine SchmidtOctober 26, 2017

The Guardian Mobile Lab’s latest experiment targets public transit commuters with an offline news app

“The app is a really good first step for gathering information, using it in a respectful way, and seeing how people feel about that.”

Blade Runner 2017: Quartz created a bot to hunt down political news bots on Twitter

Ricardo BiltonOctober 25, 2017

Civil, the blockchain-based journalism marketplace, is building its first batch of publications

One of the most confusing efforts to fund journalism in recent memory is inching closer to reality.

Ken DoctorOctober 25, 2017

Newsonomics: Can startup Invisibly be the new revenue stream publishers dream of?

Led by the cofounder of Square, Invisibly promises “four-figure CPMs” and a way to make big money off readers who won’t subscribe. It says it has most of the U.S. digital news industry on board. But is it just “an ad network dressed up as a savior for news sites”?

Tom CassauwersOctober 24, 2017

“Maybe it is a purist attitude we have, but we believe that being funded by your readers is the best guarantee for independence”

The Belgian investigative news site Apache is a co-op, counting on its shareholders and subscribers — who are often the same people.

Laura Hazard OwenOctober 24, 2017

Are you a low-quality web page? (Are you sure?) Facebook sheds a little light on its algorithm

“If we determine that a post might link to these types of low-quality web pages, it may show up lower in people’s feeds.”

Nicholas QuahOctober 24, 2017

Can sports turn the local podcast business into a green monster?

A partnership of Boston media giants is going to try. Plus: The mysteries of messed-up analytics and The New York Times’ expanding podcast strategy.

Laura Hazard OwenOctober 23, 2017

Maybe the future of American news publishing is…Europe? (and other bleak ad-related scenarios)

“How do we produce business models which will support durable, robust journalism? Or do we just give up on the idea that advertising is the right model?”

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