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Archives: February 2016

“It makes sense to me as a consumer of content to have this feature — so why doesn’t it exist yet?”
For its latest experiment, the newspaper’s Mobile Innovation Lab compared the two livestreaming platforms and the engagement generated on each.
The platform Beacon will match the first $500,000 Vargas can raise to support #EmergingUS, a news site that “lives at the intersection of race, immigration, and identity in a multicultural America.”
Users “look for that lightning bolt and want every article to be an Instant Article.”
“For someone just starting out with a local news project, the most important takeaway from our report — and our work in general — is that we are stronger working together than we are working alone.”
Plus: Google plans its podcast play, Anchor joins the social-audio game, and SoundCloud’s financial numbers raise questions about viability (or acquisition).