Social media first undermined the media’s and institutions’ credibility, and now their own. Peter Bihr…
Domain hopping to beat the Facebook algorithm
Craig Silverman on a new technique some publishers are using to beat Facebook algorithm changes: “Publishers have found that their domains are often penalized by Facebook’s algorithm over policy changes that they don’t announce publicly. As a result…
The LittleThings lesson publishers should be learning
The first major casualty of the Facebook algorithm change was announced last week: LittleThings was closing up, putting 100 people out of work. And, inevitably, they were a Facebook traffic-dependent publisher. Lucia Moses has written a great profile of LittleThings…
How does it feel to be a journalist from an NRA-supporting family?
This is a thought-provoking piece from a journalist who grew up in an NRA member family in the USA: My father’s interest in guns began as a young man who saved up to buy 60 acres in the Maine…
Happy 15th Birthday to One Man & His Blog
15 years ago, most likely at his desk at Estates Gazette‘s then Wardour Street offices, a frustrated journalist opened Blogger in his web browser. He came up with a punny name, and started his second ever blog. His first…