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The problem with sharable content - in graphics Paid Members Public
I drew a bunch of dots to explain why social media is broken [https://blog.this.cm/i-drew-a-bunch-of-dots-to-explain-why-social-media-is-broken-97725e2f0cc4#.13aly8rci] I missed this back in January when it was first published, but it’s so worth your time: > The savviest digital media companies know they’re in an arms race
The Times reinvents editions for the digital age Paid Members Public
The big news is out. The Times, already an outlier amongst UK newspapers in having a hard paywall, is changing its model again [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/a-letter-from-the-editors-fdrq0p2p0]. Not the paywall – this is not a retreat from paid as its stablemate The Sun has done. No, this
Twitter's Tin Ear - and its social illusion Paid Members Public
Twitter has a tin ear [http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/01/more-on-twitters-tin-ear/424923/] > This is the nine-zillionth reminder of the reality that new communications technology doesn’t change old realities of human nature, or increase the number of hours in a day, or change the supply-demand imbalances in
Analytics for Journalists: some further reading Paid Members Public
I’ve just finished* running a workshop on analytics for journalists at news:rewired this afternoon [https://www.newsrewired.com/agenda-6/]. Here’s a selection of links I promised the attendees to allow them to explore some of the issues contained in the presentation in more detail: * One Trinity Mirror
The value in the magazine bundle Paid Members Public
Khoi Vihn, designer and former New York Times staffer, as part of his lukewarm response to the new New York Times magazine [http://www.subtraction.com/2015/02/20/behind-the-relaunch-of-the-new-york-times-magazine/] : > It’s also true that part of my objection owes to the fact that I find the magazine format
Maria Popova of Brain Pickings on attention and journalism Paid Members Public
Here’s a fascinating interview with Maria Popova [http://www.theeuropean-magazine.com/maria-popova/8840-maria-popova-on-information-in-the-digital-age] , curator of the truly excellent Brain Pickings [http://www.brainpickings.org] blog. Some choice highlights: > I can’t speak for others, but I’ve found in myself a tendency to retreat deeper and deeper into
Why the book might be getting shorter Paid Members Public
Interesting analysis of how Kindle Singles, and other short ebooks might be the future [http://jwikert.typepad.com/the_average_joe/2013/10/what-kindle-singles-can-tell-us-about-the-future-of-ebooks.html] : > The greatest aspect of Kindle Singles is, of course, their short length. The first one I read was a Single about media and I
