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You might have heard: Verizon bought The Huffington Post’s owner AOL for $4.4 billion
But did you know: Huffington Post’s future is on uncertain footing following the Verizon acquisition (New York Times)
As AOL was acquired by Verizon last month, some posited that the future of The Huffington Post was thrown into question. But a sale is not out of the question for Huffington Post, in a market filled with “frothy” media valuations that could put Huffington Post’s valuation around $1 billion. However, Ken Doctor presents a potential upside of Verizon ownership for Huffington Post: Verizon could begin placing Huffington Post on devices as a default app, which some people would inevitably keep and could provide a “decent” amount of traffic.
+ Noted: Madhulika Sikka is leaving her news editor role at NPR to join Mic, and has plans to expand the Mic newsroom to more than 100 employees (New York Times); McClatchy partners with digital job exchange Moonlighting, which will be integrated its 28 properties in the U.S. (NetNewsCheck); A screenshot obtained by Gawker of Fusion’s Chartbeat traffic metrics suggests that the website’s traffic is too low (Gawker), a claim Fusion editor Alexis Madrigal disputed on Twitter (@alexismadrigal, Twitter); Serious Eats and Roadfood sold to Seattle-based Fexy Media, part of Fexy’s strategy to become a force in digital food media (New York Times); AOL reveals a new design that prioritizes mobile video (Adweek); Vimeo now allows creators to launch subscription video-on-demand channels (Techcrunch)
Tips to keep in mind when covering LGBT communities during Pride Month (Poynter)
Lauren Klinger lays out a set of five thoughtful guidelines for reporting on LGBT stories during Pride Month. Remember there is no one gay or trans narrative, and while talking about the LGBT icons is important, Klinger recommends being aware of the role of class in those narratives. Most importantly, Klinger says: “Writing about a parade is not the same as covering a community.”
+ How tech news outlet Technical.ly uses live events to build its business model: “It’s connecting with like-minded people. People are willing to pay for that by way of events” (PBS MediaShift)
How Twitter got the news about the Queen’s hospitalization wrong (The Independent)
Panic spread across Twitter Wednesday morning after a BBC journalist’s tweet claimed the Queen had been admitted the hospital. Ahmen Khawaja quickly deleted the tweet, which said: “False alarm to Queen’s death! She is being treated at King Edward 7th hospital. Statement due shortly.” However, the story was picked up by international news sources including Germany’s Bild and CNN Newsource. A BBC spokesperson said the mistake occurred during a “rehearsal” for covering the Queen’s death.
To get into international markets, SurveyMonkey’s CTO says to start early (First Round Review)
According to Mary Meeker’s 2014 Internet Trends Report, 9 out of the top 10 Internet properties at the start of 2013 were based in the U.S., but 79 percent of their users were international. While many companies in their early stages might think it’s too early to start thinking about international markets, SurveyMonkey’s CTO Selina Tobaccowala says there’s no such thing. Tobaccowala says: “If you start thinking about this upfront, the investment you’ll have to make is fairly minimal. On the other hand, if you have to retrofit your application years later, it can be very difficult.”
+ YouTube’s vision for the next 10 years: Reaching growing markets is all about mobile (Guardian)
Should journalists and coders sit near one another in the newsroom? Maybe, but maybe not (Storify)
Charles Arthur’s suggestion that journalists and coders shouldn’t necessarily sit next to one another in the newsroom drew strong reactions, which he has compiled and responded to in a Storify. Arthur, who was previously The Guardian’s technology editor, clarifies that what he meant is that by having journalists and coders near one another, great things won’t automatically happen because the workflows are different. Among the arguments for placing coders and journalists near one another, from Financial Times’ Martin Stabe: “The coder-journalist distinction is blurring.”
To make its stories stickier on mobile, Quartz is adding another step for readers (Nieman Lab)
Taking a cue from The New York Times, Quartz added a “Read Full Story” button on mobile in its design changes rolled out Sunday. If you tap the button, you’ll see the full story, but if you keep scrolling, you’ll see an ad and then a list of more story headlines. Quartz executive editor Zach Seward said on Twitter that Quartz is trying to achieve two things with the button: Keep readers who would have otherwise left by showing them more stories, and improve metrics on the ad shown.
+ What Americans are looking for in 2016 campaign coverage, according to a Huffington Post/YouGov poll: Candidates’ policy positions, and the money candidates have raised and where it came from (Huffington Post)
+ The Guardian is counting every person killed by police in the U.S., with a little help from the Internet: The database combines Guardian reporting with verified crowdsourced information to create a detailed map of police killings (Medium)
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