Daily Must Reads, October 19, 2012
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Leandro Oliva. 1. There’s less “Dark Social” than meets the eye (Buzzfeed) 2. Google News faces mass newspaper boycott in Brazil...
View ArticleDaily Must Reads, October 26, 2012
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Leandro Oliva. 1. China blocks web access to Times after article (NYT) 2. CNN removes ‘Do Hormones Drive Women’s Votes?’ story after...
View ArticleDaily Must Reads, January 9, 2013
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Leandro Oliva. 1. Aereo will take its TV distruption to 22 new cities this spring (paidContent) 2. Reuters gutting web infrastructure...
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CNN’s Jeff Zucker Talks Social Media, Considers Native Ads
“Twitter is a frenemy.” That’s how CNN’s new president, Jeff Zucker, described the cable news network’s relationship with social media. In a combination luncheon speech and informal press conference at...
View ArticlePoll: When News Breaks, Who Do You Trust for Accurate Info?
It was another sad case of jumping the gun. Two days after the bombings at the Boston Marathon, the AP reported that a suspect was in custody and would be brought to court. Sources at other news orgs...
View ArticleDaily Must Reads, May 28, 2013
1. Yahoo’s bid for Hulu in the $600 – $800 million range (AllThingsD) 2. CNN Partners with BuzzFeed on YouTube channel (Hollywood Reporter) 3. Has Yahoo’s relaunch of Flickr revitalized the photo...
View ArticleDaily Must Reads, June 10, 2013
1. Edward Snowden: The whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations (Guardian) 2. Google to buy crowdsourced navigation app Waze (AllThingsD) 3. WDRB on why ‘breaking news’ is broken...
View ArticleDaily Must Reads, June 25, 2013
1. Potluck, a social network with Twitter DNA, hopes to start conversations with links (The Verge) 2. Cenk Uygur of online news show ‘The Young Turks’: How we will crush CNN (Huffington Post) 3....
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Mediatwits #86: Social Media vs. CNN in Breaking News; Rise of The Guardian
When news happens, where do you turn first? A recent Gallup poll says most people still turn to TV, but if you followed the recent airplane crash at SFO or the military coup in Egypt, you know the...
View ArticlePoll: When News Breaks, Where Do You Turn First?
One of the biggest changes in the news industry is the overwhelming number of sources we now have for news. What used to be the sole domain of newspapers, radio and TV has exploded into breaking news...
View ArticleDaily Must Reads, November 26, 2013
1. Paul Carr’s news site NSFW Corp joins with Silicon Valley-backed PandoDaily (Dominic Rushe / The Guardian) 2. CNN shares Instagram images from the ground on new Scenes platform (Rachel Bartlett /...
View ArticleDaily Must Reads, December 9, 2013
1. Saving the Net from the surveillance state: Q&A with Glenn Greenwald (Edward Moyer / CNET) 2. Where freedom of the press is muffled (David Carr / New York Times) 3. Brian Stelter, formerly of...
View ArticleDaily Must Reads, January 23, 2014
1. As CNN mobile traffic hits 40 percent, editor calls web vs. apps debate ‘red herring’ (Sam Kirkland / Poynter) 2. Interview with Jay Rosen on the future of native advertising (Sam Petulla /...
View ArticleDaily Must Reads, January 28, 2014
1. How CNN is prepping for the majority-mobile audience coming in 2014 (Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab) 2. Inside’s news is longer than Twitter, shorter than Business Insider (Peter Kafka / Re/code) 3. NPR...
View ArticleDaily Must Reads, January 30, 2014
1. Holder: New media guidelines in weeks (Hadas Gold / Politico) 2. Facebook announces Paper, a Flipboard-like iOS news app, launching February 3rd (Ken Yeung / The Next Web) 3. CNN and Twitter partner...
View ArticleDaily Must Reads, May 15, 2014
1. Pay dispute, native advertising & more: Why Jill Abramson was fired (Ken Auletta / New Yorker) 2. Time Inc. waves goodbye to CNNMoney and its digital profits (Peter Kafka / Re/code) 3. NYT...
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Futures Lab Update #60: CNNx App and Some Social Media Management Tools
Reported by Reuben Stern and Olga Kyle. This week we learn about CNN’s new tablet app, CNNx, which combines material from on-air and online. We also explore a few tools for managing a newsroom’s social...
View ArticleDaily Must Reads, June 4, 2014
1. CNN to double digital politics staff for 2016 (Erik Wemple / Washington Post) 2. Commenters hate HuffPost’s new Facebook-only commenting system (Sam Kirkland / Poynter) 3. Kickstarter simplifies its...
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The Debate on Drones: Navigation for Journalists
Journalism needs to get “a seat at the table so that free press rights and free speech rights are part of the conversation” in evolving drone legislation, Matthew Waite, founder of the Drone Journalism...
View ArticleDaily Must Reads, September 11, 2014
1. Why disruptors are always white guys (Annie Lowrey / New York Magazine) 2. A Kickstarter for journalism enters the big leagues (Ricardo Bilton / Digiday) 3. MTV, Comedy Central to show up on Sony’s...
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