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An old-fashioned journalist succumbs to despair.

Media’s no good, very bad week Members Public

More proof that VC funding and journalism are poor bedfellows — and that you should never trust a social media platform.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Social Media
A young woman being watched as she uses TikTok, the Chinese flag in the background.

TikTok: should news organisations be on the platform now? Members Public

TikTok is beloved of Gen Z — but a lot less popular amongst Western governments. With a US ban looming, here’s how to rethink your strategy.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Social Media

Five insights for Friday Members Public

It’s time to re-evaluate LinkedIn, Google is about to transform itself with AI and why has the NYT suddenly got so self-obsessed?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
LinkedIn

It's 2019, and you still need to own your content Members Public

Beware the roach motels of the platforms - if content is your business, you still need to own and publish it yourself.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

The Lily: iterating a visual and editorial voice (News Impact Summit, Paris) Members Public

For the social media generation, the design of a story is just as important as the journalism. The Lily's Amy King explained the team's interactive approach to design at the News Impact Summit.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
design

Medium goes all in on being a social network for content Members Public

Medium is leaving custom URLS behind - and that makes it a dangerous place for publishers.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Medium

The LittleThings lesson publishers should be learning Members Public

The first major casualty of the Facebook algorithm change was announced last week: LittleThings was closing up, putting 100 people out of work. And, inevitably, they were a Facebook traffic-dependent publisher. Lucia Moses has written a great profile of LittleThings [https://digiday.com/media/live-algorithm-die-algorithm-littlethings-went-social-publishing-darling-shutting/] for Digiday: > CEO and founder

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
algorithms

Is Medium aiming to be the Facebook of long-form writing? Members Public

Stowe Boyd has some serious questions about the future of Medium [https://medium.com/@stoweboyd/is-medium-following-the-facebook-playbook-6a21b3db6e7d] : > And what about Medium? Are we better off because of Medium’s mechanisms to suggest to us what to read, or would we be better off with thousands of independent curators and publishers, or

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
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