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Engaged Reading Digest: Google fights misinformation with $$$$ Paid Members Public
Google fights back against Covid-19 misinformation, YouTube prepares its TikTok clone and the click frauders gear up…
Election Watch 2019 #1: Lies, Leaks and Dead Squirrels Paid Members Public
Connecting up some of the reporting about the use of misinformation and propaganda during the 2019 UK general election.
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
The problem with ad blocker blocking Paid Members Public
Here’s a photo of my morning workstation: On the left, my iPad happily showing a news story about the presidential debates from last night – and the #kenbone hashtag [http://deadline.com/2016/10/ken-bone-emerges-as-winner-of-hillary-vs-donald-ii-1201833855/] in particular. On the right, my MacBook Pro showing the same story – except it’s
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
