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Saving local news, one newsletter at a time
Local newsletters for local people, as The League of Gentlemen never said. Plus, AMP is dead, and Threads is rapidly developing…
Social Media
(388)Posts about social media platforms, how to use them and techniques for getting the best results.
TikTok
Avoiding the TikTok trap
TikTok is both a necessity to reaching younger audiences, and a platform we should be incredibly wary of. How do we reconcile these two facts?
TikTok hides the money
Plus AI is polluting search already, and the industry jobs bloodbath continues.
The AI view from Gaza
Fake images in real stories, niches fight lies and BeReal BeDoomed, in Friday's round up of audience and journalism news.
Social Media
Social: shifting, selling and struggling
An alliterative end to the week, with a look at the state of social media.
Social Media
Post-Twitter death-match update: Pebble is down. Who’s next?
One would-be Twitter replacement crashes and burns, while an unexpected challenger is sneaking up behind the pack. Uncertain times in the social media world.
LinkedIn
LinkedIn wants to connect with you, news
Plus Meta stitches Threads into Facebook, and Substack works around Musk’s headlines ban.
LinkedIn
Cuttings #9: Make money, sack staff
It's the LinkedIn way. Plus more on the verification problems in Gaza and some great podcasts to listen to.
AI
Cuttings #8: We've made AIs racist
Image AIs love their stereotypes, Snapchat is embeddable, and to nobody's surprise, Elon does something dumb.