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Fan Yang and Robbie FordyceFebruary 22, 2021

The WeChat model: How Facebook’s Australian ban could change the business of news

If the current situation continues, it may leave Facebook operating much more like the Chinese platform WeChat, where news is ruled by platform-specific content houses cranking out huge volumes of low-quality articles.

Shan WangJuly 13, 2018

Three multi-billion-dollar companies dominate the Chinese internet landscape, from news media to AI

Plus: WeChat now has 1.04 billion monthly active users, shortform video is booming, and a few other significant numbers out of a recent report on the state of the Chinese internet landscape.

Shan WangMarch 9, 2018

What do Xi Jinping and Winnie the Pooh have in common? They’re both flagged by Chinese censors

They’re just a few of countless names, codewords, memes, and phrases that have been blocked. Weiboscope, a project out of the University of Hong Kong, since 2011 has tracked deleted posts on Weibo, collecting a substantial dataset of the types of terms and content that triggers censors.

Laura Hazard OwenNovember 3, 2017

Next up in the world of “information disorder”: Messaging apps and doctored audio and video

Plus: Facebook, Google, and Twitter face Congress, and new research into the spread of misinformation on WeChat.

Laura Hazard OwenJune 13, 2016

Video notifications, Apple News subscriptions, and more for publishers from WWDC 2016

Get ready for more interactive notifications, Siri in other apps, richer Messages, and more.

Joseph LichtermanMarch 23, 2016

GroundSource is trying to help news sites build community through text-message conversations

“I can’t imagine many stronger indications of one’s desire to engage with a news organization than adding it as a contact in their address book.”

Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 28, 2016

The Economist starts publishing its charts on the messaging app Line

Why Line? The app “supports both bots and conversational interfaces,” says deputy editor Tom Standage.

Joseph LichtermanOctober 7, 2015

4 takeaways from The New York Times’ new digital strategy memo

With a renewed focus on subscriptions, the Times believes it can double its digital revenue to $800 million in 2020.

The New York Times is targeting new readers in Asia through WeChat

Caroline O'DonovanJune 10, 2014

Around the world, media outlets and journalists are using chat apps to spread the news

The BBC is on WhatsApp, WeChat, BBM, and Mxit, doing reporting and reaching new audiences. Can news organizations scale chat apps up from one-to-one to one-to-many?

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