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Thursday, November 16, 2017
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Newsonomics: A call to arms (and wallets) in the new era of deregulation and bigger mediaFirst Sinclair and now the Kochs are back. In an age of media free-for-all and massive deregulation, will fact-based journalism become an endangered species? By Ken Doctor. |
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The Trust Project brings news orgs and tech giants together to tag and surface high-quality news“The hope is that, if news organizations are more clear and transparent about what they’re doing, then users can make their own decisions.” By Laura Hazard Owen. |
What We’re Reading
The Guardian / Katharine Viner
A speech by the Guardian’s editor-in-chief Katharine Viner on Guardian journalism and the role of the media →
“We need to be engaged with the world, uncynical, unsnobbish, on people's side: just like the 1821 manifesto that established the Guardian. Because people are not powerless to change things, and they are finding ways to act — new ways to get involved, to be citizens — it's just that it might not be the kind of civic action that we're used to.”
Variety / Ted Johnson
FCC rolls back longstanding rule preventing broadcasters from owning a newspaper in the same market →
“The new rules, passed in a 3-2 vote, may be challenged in court, but if they survive, they will mark the most significant changes to media ownership regulations in a generation. They could lead to further consolidation and mergers among broadcasters, who have long argued that they need greater scale to compete with cable and internet companies for local ad dollars.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Pete Vernon
CNN vs. BuzzFeed: A media spat for the digital age →
CNN: “I would credit them with pressuring us to focus on new audiences to the point that we now have the largest millennial reach.” BuzzFeed: “I have literally never seen that claim made outside of a CNN press release.”
Google Docs
CJR is conducting a survey on newsroom harassment policies →
“We want to learn about your understanding of your newsroom’s sexual misconduct policies — and if you choose to share, about your personal experiences navigating them — because we believe our industry can and must do better.”
Bloomberg.com / Mark Bergen
Inside Google’s struggle to filter lies from breaking news →
“To combat the problem, Google is revamping the place where most people first see web results with breaking news, carefully curating the carousels that list ‘Top Stories’ and featured posts Google pulls from Twitter in a way it hasn’t before.”
Wired / Klint Finley
The FCC says local media is thriving. That’s not so clear. →
“Local digital news sites are far from replacing local television and newspapers in terms of either reach or breadth of coverage.”
University of Oxford
The Verge / Casey Newton
Twitter says it will remove verification badges from accounts that violate its rules →
“Verification has long been perceived as an endorsement,” the company said in a tweet. “We gave verified accounts visual prominence on the service which deepened this perception. We should have addressed this earlier but did not prioritize the work as we should have.”
The New York Times / Sydney Ember and Andrew Ross Sorkin
Koch Brothers said to back Time Inc. deal talks with Meredith →
“The Kochs have tentatively agreed to back Meredith's offer with an equity injection of more than $500 million, the people with knowledge of the talks said.”
Digiday / Ross Benes
The Financial Times got 24 ad exchanges to stop spoofing its site →
“I was pleasantly surprised by how many exchanges were willing to work with us to fix this issue.”
Washington Post
Vanity Fair’s Sarah Ellison joins The Washington Post as a media reporter →
“Her appointment signals an expansion of The Post's media coverage.”