Archives: 2017

Joseph LichtermanApril 18, 2017
A Boston Globe memo puts the spotlight on an emerging consensus on how to transform metro papers
The Globe is the latest paper trying to “once and for all break the stubborn rhythms of a print operation, allowing us to unabashedly pursue digital subscriptions.”
Ken DoctorApril 18, 2017
Newsonomics: Crimetown shows the podcast potential for local media partnership
The Providence Journal has found ways to cooperate with — and benefit from — the successful true-crime podcast.
Nicholas QuahApril 18, 2017
“If a Serial episode was a mountain peak, S-Town was the Himalayas”
Plus: Civics 101 expands its syllabus, an Apple tease, a new kind of daily news podcast, and Midroll tightens up its brands.
Laura Hazard OwenApril 17, 2017
Elite Daily lost a ton of money, but Bustle just bought it from the Daily Mail anyway
Joseph LichtermanApril 17, 2017
The French magazine L’Obs is using Facebook Messenger to follow undecided voters
Ahead of the French presidential election on Sunday, L’Obs is using Messenger to track how four citizens across the country plan to vote.
Joseph LichtermanApril 17, 2017
This news app starts with the premise that news discovery has become too personalized
Twain has no editor. It uses custom algorithms to find stories it thinks are trending around the Internet.
Shan WangApril 14, 2017
The FCC spectrum auction is sending $10 billion to broadcasters. Where will that money go?
The sale of station-owned airwaves to shore up cellular networks offers a rare opportunity to invest in local news and public information needs.
Laura Hazard OwenApril 14, 2017
Fake News Ale is the beer all the cool journalists are gonna be drinking this summer
Plus: Facebook buys some print ads in Germany, research on the polarizing effects of social media, and sometimes it’s not fake news — it’s just good old fabrication.
Joseph LichtermanApril 14, 2017
The Times of London says focus on editions has driven digital growth
The British paper says subscriptions and traffic are up, even though it shuttered an app aimed at an international audience.
Ricardo BiltonApril 13, 2017
Fake news is affecting people’s trust in the news they read on Facebook
Shan WangApril 13, 2017
News and media literacy the way it’s always been taught may not be the right response to fake news woes
“Should we still think of news as a separate space, as a specific type of information?”
Shan WangApril 13, 2017
Edukacja medialna, której wytycznymi posługiwaliśmy sie do tej pory, może nie być właściwą odpowiedzią na zagrożenia „fake news”
“Czy powinniśmy traktować media jako osobną przestrzeń, czy raczej pewien rodzaj informacji?”
Ricardo BiltonApril 13, 2017
With new editor Joe Brown, Popular Science is using a “Trojan horse” strategy to take on science skeptics
“I wanted to make the most inclusive science and technology publication, period.”
Joseph LichtermanApril 12, 2017
The Washington Post wants your help to cover (and fact-check) congressional town halls
Ingrid CobbenApril 12, 2017
This French startup is betting on native social video and is now eyeing expansion to the U.S.
Brut — think a French version of NowThis — has had success reaching a younger demographic and is now partnering with France’s public broadcaster to expand its reach.
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