Jumat, 20 Oktober 2017

From Nieman Reports: The powers and perils of news personalization: The latest from Nieman Lab

Nieman Lab: The Daily Digest

From Nieman Reports: The powers and perils of news personalization

News personalization could help publishers attract and retain audiences — in the process making political polarization even worse. By Adrienne LaFrance.

In the Arab media world, politics is in the spotlight. This site is breaking the mold by using music as its lens

As a site focused on independent music, the five-year-old Ma3azef.com still has limited competition — and is trying everything from new print products to multi-country live music festivals. By Ramsey Tesdell.
What We’re Reading
Recode / Theodore Schleifer
Facebook admits Russia agents used Messenger to disrupt U.S. presidential election →
“Facebook Messenger boss David Marcus disclosed that a ‘very small’ number of the 470 accounts active in the Russian interference campaign were using Messenger to communicate with their users.”
The Guardian
Guardian Media Group to launch new £42 million venture capital fund →
“The fund will invest in early stage businesses focused on developing the next generation of media technology.”
Politico / Ashley Gold
McCain signs on to Democrats’ Facebook ad disclosure bill →
“The proposed legislation, the Honest Ads Act, is an offshoot of the investigations into Russia’s use of Facebook, Twitter and Google to influence the 2016 election. It would create federal disclosure requirements for political ads sold online — including who paid for them — so they are ‘covered by the same rules as ads sold on TV, radio, and satellite,’ according to a news release.”
New York TImes / Sydney Ember
Hearst agrees to buy Rodale, publisher of Men’s Health →
“Rodale's sale is the latest indication that the magazine industry's financial downturn has hit small and midsize publishers particularly hard.”
Journalism.co.uk / Caroline Scott
Radio bulletin BBC Minute expands its news service to young audiences around the globe with 60-second videos →
“It enables the BBC to reach wider audiences, to be on their phones as well as their radio stations. These young people in, for example, Lebanon or Egypt, are not going to the BBC channels to get our service, they’re getting it from the social accounts of the local radio station they love and have a connection with.”
Fast Company / David Zax
The war to sell you mattresses is an Internet nightmare →
“Why did Casper sue a mattress blogger?”
Bloomberg.com / Alan Levin
CNN awarded first FAA waiver allowing drone flights over crowds →
“The approval is the first time the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has granted a waiver for unlimited flights over people, the news network said in an emailed statement. The standards used in the application can be applied to other applicants, potentially opening vast new uses by the media and other industries for so-called unmanned aerial systems, or UAS.”