advertising
Journalism's surveillance capitalism problem: it's all in the ads
Those in glass housesā¦
india
Malayala Manorama and the flooding of Kerala
Kerala in India has been hit by devastating floods over the summer. A year ago I was over there, working with the journalists who are now covering the tragedy.
history
Quartz obsesses over Victorian newspapers
Quartzās daily Obsessions e-mail is a rather wonderful thing, in its randomness. Some days, the e-mail gets deleted unread, because I have neither the time nor the inclination to read the subject on offer, and some days I devour it. The fact thatās itās a deep dive
design
Newspapers are becoming magazines, and the New York Times is leading the way
The New York Times has redesigned the opening spread of the print edition to make it more of a digest of everything the outlet is doing across all media. So, yes, that include capturing the best of its journalistsā tweetstorms on there. Laura Hazard Owen interviewed Jake Siverstein [http://www.
culture
The danger of an over-simplifying culture
Seth Godin [http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2017/01/the-candy-diet.html] : > The bestselling novel of 1961 was Allen Druryās Advise and Consent [http://amzn.to/2jmCFGM]. Millions of people read this 690-page political novel. In 2016, the big sellers were coloring books. Fifteen years ago, cable channels
donald trump
The end of presidential access journalism in the US
The newly-elected Donald Trump seems determined to cut the press out of the equation
circulation
Reach of print newspapers falling fast
Just 31% of Brits get their news from print newspapers [http://www.talkingnewmedia.com/2015/12/16/ofcom-report-reveals-falling-readership-for-uk-print-newspapers-rdio-bids-farewell/] And thatās down from 40% a year ago. Worryingly, thereās a rise in those who donāt follow the news at all.
cats
Malcolm Coles on predictability and cat GIFs
Stealing the punchline from Peter Yeungās interview with Malcolm Coles [http://www.interhacktives.com/2015/11/05/malcolm-coles-interview/] of The Telegraph: > Thereās no way Iād have predicted the end of 2015 at the beginning of the year, so Iāve no bloody idea whatās going
general election
General Election 2015: the election the newspapers lost?
The next few days could be a very interesting one for our national press. The vast majority have thrown their weight behind either the Tories or a continued LibDem/Tory coalition. The hold outs are the traditional Labour house organs ā The Guardian, The Mirror and the New Statesman ā and the
david carr
Beware Facebookers bearing gifts…
Thereās a fascinating piece from David Carr on the New York Times website today, looking at the relationship between Facebook and news publishers [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/business/media/facebook-offers-life-raft-but-publishers-are-wary.html?referrer=&_r=1] . But it needs to be read with caution. Some parts of
newspapers
Unlimited no more
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/10/guardian-unlimited.jpg] It feels like a long, long time ago now that the Guardian website was called āGuardian Unlimitedā.
Kevin Sablan
Dumping the newspaper
Breaking up with newspapers [http://almightylink.ksablan.com/rebirth/why-i-left-newspapers/]: > Iāve found a platform that fulfills my news-reading needs. My Internet-powered cell phone has replaced you, and itās time for us to go our separate ways. To be honest, newspaper, Iāve been using my new platform