Journalism
The hourglass: a potential replacement for the inverted pyramid?
Could the Inverted Pyramid be defunct in the age of paywalls, with the more profitable Hourglass taking its place?
feed readers
The quiet renaissance of RSS Feeds
After a quiet decade, we’re finally seeing some innovation in the RSS space, and the old school blogger in me is delighted.
digital culture
Graham Norton and the impossible question
When a celebrity gets asked about cancel culture, there is no right answer. It is the impossible question — and we need to ask better ones.
tl;dr newsletter
tl;dr: the Facebook is burning issue
This week's in-depth round-up of links has depth on Meta's problems, lots of newsletter news, and plenty more to keep you enthralled this weekend…
Websites rising from the ashes
Fast Company is back up after its hack — but so are the Kiwi Farms. Today's all about follow-ups (and the following-up that isn't happening)
business models
The Canary becomes a flock: left-wing site reforms as a workers’ co-operative
The politics site's former management is gone, and the staff are now collectively running the title. Can they align their business model with their values?
local journalism
A little respect (just a local bit)
Another week, another economic crisis. But in other news, local politicians are getting more overtly disdainful of journalists, and big news sites are taking a serious SEO hit. Let's dive in…
Morning Coffee: hacked, ignored and artificially created…
In today’s digest of interesting publishing stories from around the web, racists hack Fact Company, Parse.ly heads to the bottom, and an artist gets copyright on an AI-generated graphic novel.
