Archives: 2019

Ken DoctorFebruary 1, 2019
Newsonomics: Amid screaming alarms, consolidation mania turns feverish
In an industry where expense reduction is the prime strategy, much more consolidation is likely on the way. Little regulation prevents it, and the financials all favor it.
Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 1, 2019
Individually, people aren’t great at judging news sources. En masse, they’re almost the same as professional fact-checkers
Plus: 2018’s most popular health articles were plagued by misinformation, and one of Facebook’s fact-checking partners shares details on how much it’s paid.
Christine SchmidtJanuary 31, 2019
NewsGuard changed its mind about The Daily Mail’s quality: It’s green now, not red
Jeff IsraelyJanuary 31, 2019
2009: The internet is killing (print) journalism. 2019: The internet is killing (internet) journalism.
Is there really no sustainable form for digital news other than B2B vertical media?
Christine SchmidtJanuary 31, 2019
Facebook roadblocks ProPublica’s ad transparency tool (gee, what a good time for a safe harbor)
“The fact that Facebook wants to be the ones who determine what kind of journalism gets done about Facebook is just not happening.”
Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 29, 2019
Why won’t The New Yorker keep you logged in? Mystery: Solved (kind of)
“Right now, there isn’t actually a specific bug that is happening. That’s what’s driving us a little crazy.”
Nicholas QuahJanuary 29, 2019
Has Bill Simmons’ The Ringer figured out the model for podcast success?
Plus: What will happen to the podcasting sector when the next recession hits, Gimlet bets again on true crime, and “a pickle jar of listener malcontent.”
Joshua BentonJanuary 28, 2019
BuzzFeed laid off its Director of Quizzes because lots of people are willing to make quizzes for free
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Christine SchmidtJanuary 28, 2019
Hot potato, hot potato: Alden Global Capital now reportedly wants to offload Digital First Media on Gannett
Joshua BentonJanuary 28, 2019
Newspapers cost more than twice as much today as they did a decade ago (and that was a smart move by publishers)
Once print advertising collapsed, newspapers hiked prices to get more money from readers. If they hadn’t, they’d employ even fewer journalists and be in even worse shape today.
Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 25, 2019
A typical big news story in 2018 lasted about 7 days (until we moved on to the next crisis)
Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 25, 2019
Do people fall for fake news because they’re partisan or because they’re lazy? Researchers are divided
Plus: Real-life consequences after you get harassed online, watching your boyfriend become radicalized, and what is Fox News, exactly?
Christine SchmidtJanuary 24, 2019
Meet the eight European news organizations with (funded) plans for engaged journalism
Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 24, 2019
In the latest sign things really are dire, BuzzFeed is laying off 15 percent of its staff
“The restructuring we are undertaking will reduce our costs and improve our operating model so we can thrive and control our own destiny, without ever needing to raise funding again.”
Christine SchmidtJanuary 24, 2019
It doesn’t take a ton of nasty comments to sink a reader’s perception of a news site
“This research suggests people make judgments about a news site based on the predominant tone of the comments, not on whether the first comments are civil or uncivil.”
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