X (Twitter)
Five quick thoughts about what Musk’s Twitter means for journalism
Five fairly practical thoughts about what the coming weeks could bring for a Musk-owned Twitter
fact-checking
How two guys trolled reporters outside Twitter
In the rush to cover “breaking news” live at Twitter, journalists fell for a fairly simple hoax.
podcasting
The alternative podcast realities of politics magazines
Podcasts have become central to many publishers’ strategies — with sometimes bizarre results.
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?