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“Average gross open rate (which counts duplicate opens) for weekly newsletters is 50 percent, with some of its newer ones including Kristof’s, the Times Magazine, Booming and Motherlode have gross open rates topping 70 percent” —JL
“The problem is that for many publishers mobile revenue isn’t keeping pace—by a long shot—creating what industry executives are calling a ‘mobile gap.'” —JL
“By the end of the following tutorial, you will know how to build a standalone website that can hold an article, a photo essay, a story packed with multimedia, or your own personal website.” —JL
“The outcome is not just a matter of family politics; the next publisher of the New York Times will be responsible for preserving the independence of the country’s greatest newspaper in an increasingly challenging media environment.” —JL
Spoiler alert: it’s very effective. —SW
“Twitter has shut off access to 31 accounts that chronicled and archived the deleted tweets of politicians, diplomats, and embassies around the world. The move follows the social network’s earlier blocking of Politwoops US, which archived deleted tweets by American lawmakers.” —LO
“Gus Wenner has been hiring coders and designers, working on Wenner Media’s digital infrastructure, seeking out partnerships and pushing more deeply into video.” —JE
Their Take Action initiative focuses on five global issues: environment, education, conflict resolution, disaster relief, and human trafficking. —SW
“Spoiler: there’s no ‘best’ CMS, but you can choose the one that works best for you and your team.” —JB
“The idea that ‘only the BBC’ can commission certain programmes is now ingrained in the British psyche — alongside a visceral urge to apologise, and a belief that future monarchs’ middle names are an acceptable topic of conversation.” —JB
But also cost twice as much. —JB
“Cinema Loops” are “three- to eight-second segments of the file and are meant to entice viewers to click through in order to watch the entire video.” —LO
An away message for Slack, a new quiz tool, a countdown timer, and a TV recaps Twitter bot. —JB
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