publishers

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

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
algorithms

Facebook & news publishers: a rocky relationship Members Public

How are Facebook’s efforts to reach out to publishers [https://digiday.com/media/inside-facebook-team-thats-charged-keeping-publishers-happy/] going? > “To call this group a partnership group is a joke in and of itself,” one executive at a major publisher said. “It’s a complete misnomer. We’re having really meaningful conversations with

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Facebook

Medium's strategy shift comes as surprise to revenue partners Members Public

It looks like Medium rather botched the effective end of its publisher program, which included a beta of its ad-driven revenue service. Elizabeth Spiers is one of the people behind There is Only R [https://thereisonlyr.com], an online mag about all things VR/AR/MR – and it was part

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Medium

The FT, Telegraph and Conde Nast all Apple News launch partners Members Public

Is Apple News actually making an impact?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
news aggregators

Why your big custom CMS project is doomed Members Public

You have an in-built fatal flaw [http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2015/01/why-its-risky-business-for-publishers-to-build-their-own-cms/] : > News organizations, especially ones with just one medium-sized digital property (this applies to many independent daily newspapers, for example), have a terrible time retaining technical talent. These organizations generally don’t employ more than a

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
cms

LeWeb: Ben Huh on why old media can't do new formats Members Public

What can publisher learn from the memes of I Can Has Cheezburger? More than you think, according to CEO Ban Huh.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Journalism

Beware Facebookers bearing gifts… Members Public

There’s 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

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Adam Tinworth
david carr

The 3 Deadly SEO Sins of News Organisations Members Public

[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/09/bing-it.jpg] I am something of an accidental SEO trainer. It all came about because of a phone call from Sarah Marshall [https://twitter.com/SarahMarshall], a little over two years ago – but it has been an unexpected and

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
digital journalism