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The Times’ effort to give readers a free taste of its opinion pieces wasn’t generating enough of an impact on paid subscriptions to be worthwhile. Linda Kinstler
Plus: Snow Fall revisited, and the rest of the week’s media and tech reads.
Article pages now have added depth and context, providing more opportunities for readers coming from social media to discover more content. Justin Ellis
Plus: BuzzFeed’s native advertising model, protecting anonymous sources at Fox News, and the rest of the week’s news about the future of news.
“People have grown a little skeptical of companies that don’t seem to have a business model and you wonder when they’re going to do something.” Justin Ellis
The agency, home to more than 500 terabytes of electronic files alone, faces some of the same problems that data journalists do. Justin Ellis
“This isn’t about competition for us at Tumblr — we just want to tell good stories and get them out to as many people as possible.” Justin Ellis
“If news organizations are about keeping you up to date, Upworthy is more about reminding you what matters.”
The new startup from the creators of Blogger and Twitter says it’s “rethinking publishing and building a new platform from scratch.” It’s also raising some fundamental questions about how content on the web is structured.
The former editor of GOOD magazine shares her advice for young writers and editors on how to navigate the early years.