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You might have heard: Some media companies are looking to acquisitions as a way to increase their coverage in areas they aren’t strong in, such as Axel Springer’s reported deal to aquire Business Insider
But did you know: Boston public radio station WGBH is acquiring international news station GlobalPost (Current)
WGBH, a public radio station based in Boston, announced Thursday that it is acquiring international news station GlobalPost in an effort to increase its global reporting. PRI spokeswoman Julie Yager said the majority of GlobalPost’s team will be offered jobs with PRI, and will contribute to PRI.org and news show The World. GlobalPost’s website will redirect to PRI.org, but the GlobalPost brand will continue as a series of digital and broadcast features.
+ Noted: Knight Foundation will provide an $828,000 grant to the Online News Association to hire a community engagement expert, launch new groups and partner with startups in news deserts (Online News Association); ThinkProgress employees will unionize with the Writers Guild of America, East (New York Times); Amazon has begun sending promotional email to Prime members offering discounted Washington Post subscriptions (Talking New Media); Group of media outlets including the Associated Press asks judge to unseal records in Hulk Hogan’s suit against Gawker (Associated Press)
API UPDATE
Breaking Down The Millennial Generation: A typology of young news consumers
Today we are releasing a new report that identifies some clear differences in how the Millennial generation encounter the world and follow news. The report — a product of our Media Insight Project partnership with the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research — breaks down the Millennial generation into four distinct groups and shows that a single content or publishing strategy for all Millennials may be misguided.
The week in fact-checking
As part of our fact-checking journalism project, Jane Elizabeth highlights stories worth noting related to truth in politics and on the Internet. This week’s round-up includes a fake viral photo showing what the world would look like without water, why only 4 percent of the GOP debate was factual, and a chance to talk about fact-checking with API at ONA15.
What 3 news outlets learned from using chat apps to share and crowdsource stories (Journalism.co.uk)
News organizations have been experimenting with messaging apps, and Madalina Ciobanu talked to the Guardian, BBC, and The Wall Street Journal about the lessons learned from chat apps. Wall Street Journal’s Sarah Marshall say they learned that messaging app users prefer big updates that come less frequently, and they’re not looking for watered down content. Marshall says: “We know people who are on Snapchat don’t want dumbed down financial content, they just want to receive the stories we produce in a more interesting way.”
The Toronto Sun is removing comments from most of its online articles (Toronto Sun)
The Toronto Sun announced Thursday in a note to its readers that it would be removing comments from most of its online articles, joining a host of news organizations that have chosen to cut the comment section. Vice president of editorial James Wallace says in the announcement that comments would remain removed until the Sun “sorts out a better and more accountable way for our readers to interact with us and each other.” Wallace encourages readers to interact with stories on social media and to contact reports directly through email and social media.
Mobile ad-blocking apps are affecting online retailers as well (Fortune)
Mobile ad-blockers have been a cause of concern for online publishers, but Fortune reports that the apps are causing problems for online retailers as well. Ad-blocking app Crystal is reportedly blocking essential elements of product pages from loading on mobile, including elements such as product price or images. CEO of Branding Brand Chris Mason says the glitch could have effects on retailers during the holiday season: “First, the experience for customers will be lessened. … They’ll probably just think the site is broken, but it’s really their content blocker. Second, retailers will be data-blind, or at least data-dark. It will really impact their ability to make quick judgments.”
How to handle graphic content in the age of social media: Be aware of the psychological effects and verify what’s happening in the images (Columbia Journalism Review)
As news organizations have been forced to consider how to deal with graphic content lately, Jack Murtha talked to several news organizations about how they’re handling graphic images. Bruce Shapiro from the Dart Center emphasized the importance of being aware of the psychological effects the images can have on the journalists who work with them, as they can be more vulnerable than the general public. Meanwhile, Annenberg School for Communication’s Barbie Zeller says news organizations should make sure to verify what’s happening in the images they present.
How news organizations are digesting the news for readers in newsletter form (Nieman Lab)
As readers are short on time and find themselves with an abundance of news to choose from, more news organizations are turning to newsletters (like this one) to make sense of the news for their readers. Shan Wang talked to six publishers including BuzzFeed News and The New York Times about how they’re digesting the news for their readers. Quartz’s Adam Pasick says of their curation process: “At least three times a day, we do our best to read the Internet from start to finish.”
FOR THE WEEKEND
+ The Internet was supposed to allow for perfectly targeted advertisements, but that’s not quite how it’s worked out: Ben Elgin, Michael Riley, David Kocieniewski, and Joshua Brustein get behind the fake traffic schemes that will reportedly cost advertisers $6.3 billion this year (Bloomberg Business)
+ Women’s magazines for a new generation: Sites focused toward Millennial women are getting increasingly more serious and focusing on harder issues like news and politics, and Cosmopolitan’s editor in chief says, “It now seems patronizing to say that [women are] only interested in shopping and fashion and lipstick” (Columbia Journalism Review)
+ A proposal for an alternative future of publishing: Build a publisher and writer-friendly Spotify-for-journalism where readers can purchase a subscription like they do on Spotify and receive content from a consortium of publishers (Medium)
+ Some popular phrases and language lessons we learned from Yogi Berra, who died earlier this week at age 90, such as: “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over” and “90 percent of the game is half mental” (Poynter)
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