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Best thing Twitter have done in years Paid Members Public
This is the best John Lewis Christmas ad you'll ever see.
Journalism's surveillance capitalism problem: it's all in the ads Paid Members Public
Those in glass houses…

Medium's direction shift: why we should welcome it Paid Members Public
Yesterday, the news broke that Medium has shifted direction [https://blog.medium.com/renewing-mediums-focus-98f374a960be#.matjqmcr2], and is laying off some people, and bashed out a quick post. With a night’s sleep (but not a good one, thanks to my youngest…) behind me, I have a slightly more nuanced take,

Publishers rethinking "related content" ads Paid Members Public
The clock may be ticking for related content ads like Taboola and Outbrain [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/31/business/media/publishers-rethink-outbrain-taboola-ads.html] : > But now, some publishers are wondering about the effect these so-called content ads may be having on their brands and readers. This month, these ads stopped
Newspapers' scale screw-up is no secret Paid Members Public
Digiday has published the confessions of a “senior publishing executive at a U.K newspaper” [http://digiday.com/publishers/confessions-newspaper-publishing-exec-weve-screwed-pursuing-scale-sake-scale/] . And it’s all “mea culpa”: > The digital media industry has completely screwed up by pursuing scale for the sake of scale. There’s been a relentless pursuit for the