L.A. Japanese-American newspaper must get 10,000 subscribers by year’s end — or close its door →

Tribune Publishing’s brass is planning to bankroll seven new foreign news bureaus in “entertainment oriented” cities under the banner of the Los Angeles Times.

There’s a backlog of bot submissions waiting for Facebook approval. Building bots also can conflict with publishers’ other priorities, namely, video, and building a complex, non-generic chatbot isn’t easy.

MapHub is currently in beta here.

The new program is a collaboration between the Center for Investigative Reporting and The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education.

“The value of a ‘like’ is definitely decreasing — there is less thought involved,” she said. “Nowadays, a ‘like’ says more ‘information received’ or ‘I saw this’ than ‘I like this.’”

If so, it has real implications for networks, for cable companies, and for over-the-top providers.

Tickets sold out in 3 minutes in 2014 and 45 seconds in 2015.

A look at Pacific Standard’s strategy (it’s a nonprofit) and the ways it measures the impact of its stories. —LO

Not so surprising.