Media Metrics Roundup for June 14, 2017
Apple Opening Up In-Episode Analytics of Podcasts Jason Snell / Six Colors The biggest thing to happen to the podcast business since Serial first went nuclear, says Gimlet Media co-founder Matt...
View ArticleMust Reads in Media & Technology: June 28
Must Reads is MediaShift’s daily curation of the big stories about media and technology from across the web. Sign up here to get these delivered right to your inbox. 1. Facebook’s Secret Censorship...
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The Slippery Slope of the Oligarchy Media Model
On July 28, Apple heiress Laurene Powell Jobs bought a majority stake in The Atlantic. It’s the latest media purchase by the billionaire class, a group that includes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (the...
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MediaShift Podcast #249: Meredith Buys Time with Koch Money; BuzzFeed...
“The Collaboration of the Week” is a new podcast segment highlighting one important media collaboration and explaining how they did it. The series is sponsored by Airtable, the all-in-one collaboration...
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Here’s How We Can Reinvent Local News
The local news business is in serious trouble. Newspapers are in decline, their sites and papers no longer filled with investigative reporting, daily coverage of city council meetings and local budget...
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Will Comment Sections Fade Away, Or Be Revived By New Technologies?
A version of this piece appeared at J-Source. The New York Times and Washington Post are two of the world’s most influential newspapers. Every day, they battle over sources and jostle for a better...
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What ‘Engagement Reporting’ Is and Why It Matters
What if readers, not just sources, were an active part of the news reporting process? A new group of journalists is exploring that possibility in an effort to deepen their reporting and build community...
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Here’s How One Japanese Newspaper Is Moving Robo-Journalism Forward
A version of this piece appeared at the Splice Newsroom. In another step forward for robo-journalism, a regional newspaper in Japan is rolling out an artificial intelligence system that automatically...
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MediaShift Podcast #260: ‘Pivot to Subscriptions’ for Everyone?; LittleThings...
In the news this week, many publishers are pivoting to subscriptions as online advertising dries up. And Facebook is starting a Local News Subscription Accelerator to help metro daily newspapers. But...
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MediaShift Podcast #264: Facebook Under Fire, But Still Helping Publishers;...
In the news this week, Facebook continues to be on the hot seat around data and privacy, with the FTC investigating, Congress asking for CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify, and even Playboy dropping out of...
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