Archives: 2019

Christine SchmidtJanuary 23, 2019
With tech’s reality a little too dystopian, The Verge is turning to science fiction for inspiration
And turning away a bit from Facebook video: “Our video lives on YouTube. We’re going to program for the YouTube audience.”
Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 23, 2019
How many paying subscribers do you need to keep a money-losing magazine afloat? Arkansas Life finds out
“Here we are in 2019 and while it may be easier to read a free digital copy or an article that your friend shares, a quality, printed publication showcasing your state is VITAL.”
Joshua BentonJanuary 22, 2019
Google is threatening to kill Google News in Europe if the EU goes ahead with its “snippet tax”
This is a battle that’s been fought in Europe before, most notably in Spain in 2014. But for a variety of reasons — shifts in publisher business models and the move to mobile highest among them — the power dynamics are a little different this time around.
Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 22, 2019
WhatsApp limits message forwarding in order to fight “misinformation and rumors”
Nicholas QuahJanuary 22, 2019
Kids podcaster Pinna is leaving the crib and ready to take its first steps solo
Plus: NPR bets on life hacks and productivity guides, a toothbrush company doesn’t like where its podcast ad ended up, and how a side project turned into 4 million downloads.
Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 18, 2019
73 percent of Republicans say the news media misunderstands them
Ken DoctorJanuary 18, 2019
Newsonomics: Tribune’s Thursday night surprise rescrambles the consolidation puzzle
Could the moves presage the major rollup that’s been increasingly talked about in America’s now-in-play, ever-struggling daily newspaper industry?
Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 18, 2019
Anti-vaxxers are among the WHO’s top 10 global health threats, and Ebola fake news is killing people
During an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, “as rumors surface, communications experts rebut them with accurate information via WhatsApp or local radio.”
Christine SchmidtJanuary 17, 2019
Nine steps for how Facebook should embrace meaningful interac— er, accountability
“There are broad concerns that Facebook continues to engage in deceptive behavior when it comes to user privacy, and that it is biased against certain groups, but outsiders currently have almost no possibilities to verify these claims.”
Christine SchmidtJanuary 17, 2019
“Media is hard”: Corey Ford on why his media venture fund Matter is paused (for now)
“We made a lot of investments over time that we knew were never going to be grand slams, but that we thought could be good sustainable, viable doubles that were actually solving a really important problem in this space.”
Mollie LeavittJanuary 17, 2019
How New York magazine thinks about having one paywall across multiple verticals
“We wanted to take these three different segments and treat them differently and be flexible enough to really target the people who are most likely to convert, rather than have a blanket rule across every site, every user, and treat them all equally.”
Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 16, 2019
The New York Times politics editor is building trust by tweeting context around political stories
“I wanted to start engaging with readers about our intentions behind our stories.”
Joshua BentonJanuary 16, 2019
Here are 12 principles journalists should follow to make sure they’re protecting their sources
“We’re being forced to act like spies, having to learn tradecraft and encryption and all the new ways to protect sources. But we are not an intelligence agency. We’re not really spies. So, there’s going to be a time when you might make a mistake or do something that might not perfectly protect a source.”
Christine SchmidtJanuary 16, 2019
Take these email templates and go build a beautiful (monetized, useful, tested, efficient) newsletter
“Who’s your audience? How will you serve that audience? Why do we care about that audience? No, really, what’s the payoff?”
Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 15, 2019
Readers say that the best thing about paying for digital news is freedom from the paywall
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