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“One of the key characteristics of our foray into messaging is the interaction with the audience that it allows. This could go in a number of interesting directions. For example, the natural behaviour in a messaging app is to reply to messages. This offers the prospect of us “harvesting” reactions to news stories which we can then incorporate into our coverage.”
“His management skills and extensive experience in journalism, training, education and fundraising are the perfect fit to lead IRE into the future.”
Lauerman, currently the Post’s national projects editor, will serve as Mic’s new executive news director. —SW
“For those that utilize a direct sold advertising business, they can now utilize larger and more flexible ad units with an aspect ratio of up to 2:3, meaning that existing ad campaigns could be recycled into this medium.”
“Group Nine is very much a Lerer family venture…Discovery’s $100 million investment continues the trend of legacy media companies investing three-figure millions into digital ventures as strategic partners.”
“If Mr. Trump disagrees, if he believes that…the law of this country forces us and those who would dare to criticize him to stand silent or be punished, we welcome the opportunity to have a court set him straight.”
“The Verge is an ambitious multimedia effort to examine how technology will change life in the future for a massive mainstream audience.”
Since March, CNN has hired 162 staffers for its digital team, and is aiming to hit 274 hires by the first quarter of next year.
“The feature is now available on iOS and will come to Android soon. To use it, just find a video in the feed on your phone or desktop, tap the TV button in the top right, and then select the device [Apple TV, AirPlay devices, Google Chromecast, and Google Cast devices] you want to stream through.”
“Britain’s right-of-center Conservative government also is phasing out a major subsidy. It will be gone by 2021, when it was expected to be worth about £750 million. Last fiscal year, the BBC essentially broke even with revenue of £4.8 billion, down from £5.1 billion five years ago.” —SW
“A Trump presidency would represent a threat to press freedom in the United States, but the consequences for the rights of journalists around the world could be far more serious. Any failure of the United States to uphold its own standards emboldens dictators and despots to restrict the media in their own countries.”
Sold to the Hobby family, which used to own The Houston Post (and which previously produced a Texas governor and a Texas lieutenant governor).
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