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There's more to newspapers than news Paid Members Public
You'll need more than news to build a great audience revenue model.
Why is online news still such a miserable experience? Paid Members Public
Dave Winer asks a good question about the state of online news
Solutions journalism: a possible antidote to news apathy and disengagement Paid Members Public
A relentless stream of problem stories makes the world feel worse than it is, and makes people more susceptible to manipulation. Can solutions journalism reverse that?
Digital News Report 2018: traffic from — and trust in — social media on the decline Paid Members Public
The new Digital News Report is out - and things are looking grim in the intersection of social media and news. Here's a couple of preliminary observations.
Facebook's approach to news is getting ever more elitist - and controlling Paid Members Public
Facebook is about to start pumping millions into news publishers to create Facebook Watch as a viable video channel. That's really uncomfortable timing…
Hyperactive reporting is a problem. Let’s fix it. Paid Members Public
Have we let the internet’s hype cycle shorten our attention span for big stories? Yes. And that’s a problem.
The dangerous ignorance at the heart of Facebook Paid Members Public
The attitude Mark Zuckerberg is displaying towards news suggests a deep ignorance of the true dynamics of news and its role in society.
Facebook: our news figures don't include social video or posts without links Paid Members Public
Do you remember that figures that Facebook have been quoting about news being 5% of newsfeed content? Buzzfeed went and asked Facebook to prove it. And they said “no” [https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkantrowitz/facebook-wont-release-its-5-of-news-feed-content-is-news] : > Facebook is refusing to release data to back up its claim that merely 5% of
