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You might have heard: Freedom Communications is selling the Orange County Register and Riverside Press-Enterprise in a formal auction today, which includes Tribune Publishing and Digital First Media and Tribune Publishing as bidders (Los Angeles Daily News)
But did you know: The US Justice Department warns that if Tribune Publishing purchases the Orange County Register, it will take antitrust action (Orange County Register)
According to a letter to Freedom Communications, the U.S. Justice Department sees “serious” antitrust issues with a potential sale of the Orange County Register to Tribune Publishing. The letter says that the Justice Department “believes the acquisition of the Freedom assets by Tribune poses a serious risk of harming newspaper readers and advertisers in Orange County and Riverside County.” The letter also says that the department does not have antitrust concerns with any other potential bidders, which includes group of investors led by Freedom CEO Rich Mirman, in addition to Digital First.
+ Noted: Apple now allows independent publishers and individuals to publish to its News app (Vanity Fair); Former NPR News executive editor Madhulika Sikka has left Mic after starting as its executive editor in September, and Cory Haik is assuming the role of executive editor (Advertising Age); At SXSW, The Coral Project unveils its first project, an app called “Trust” that lets publishers categorize its users by persistent tags (such as users whose comments have been featured or users who are medical doctors) and dynamic lists (based on users’ contribution history) (Washington Post); Medium tries to make itself more browsable by adding topic- and theme-based collections, which are curated by human editors (Medium)
How to design infographics to be effective on mobile and social (Medium)
Atlantic Media Strategies’ Nguyet Vuong says when designing infographics for mobile and social, the goal needs to be to deliver the information quickly and efficiently, without overloading the reader with information. To achieve this, Vuong says: “To design for this behavior, a memorable graphic is short, specific, concrete, and has a good balance of text and visual elements. At the very least, people should grasp the information within a few seconds.”
If UK media adopted NYT’s new rules for anonymous sourcing, how would political coverage be affected? (Guardian)
The New York Times is changing its policy on anonymous sources to require two out of three top editors to review and sign off on articles that primarily depend on anonymous sources. But if media in the U.K. were to adopt a similar policy, The Guardian’s Roy Greenslade questions how many political stories could be published. Single anonymous sources are key to many of the U.K.’s political stories, simply because the stories wouldn’t be reported otherwise, Greenslade writes: “We know it’s wrong, but how else can we inform the public? … Few, if any [sources], want to go on the record and there are always problems of motivation and spin.”
Instagram may change its reverse-chronological feed to an algorithm-based feed (New York Times)
Since it was launched, Instagram has shown users a feed of images in reverse chronological order. But it’s testing an algorithm-based feed that’s similar to what’s used by its parent company Facebook, Mike Isaac reports. As for how this feed could work, Isaac writes: “That could mean that if your best friend posted a photo of her new Bernese mountain dog’s puppies five hours ago while you were on a flight without Internet connectivity, Instagram might place that image at the top of your feed the next time you open the app. Based on your history of interaction with that friend, Instagram knows you probably would not want to miss that picture.”
+ Earlier: Twitter was expected to introduce a similar algorithmic timeline last month, and introduced its “While You Were Away” feature that shows users a collection of recommended tweets when they’ve been away for a period of time
Why would journalists want to come out against Trump? They want clear consciences (Washington Post)
Cokie Roberts isn’t the only journalist to make statements against Trump recently, Callum Borchers writes: Glenn Beck, Arianna Huffington, Bill Kristol and others have all publicly come out against Trump. These journalists don’t really think that their statements will change public opinion, Borchers writes, but instead, they want clear consciouses: “They want to be able, should Trump actually win the White House, to look themselves in the mirror and know that at least they took a stand.”
27 ways to think differently about comments (Poynter)
After outlining dozens of new ways to think of a homepage last year, Melody Kramer is now tackling new ways to think about the comment section. Among the ideas for a more successful comment section: A self-regulated comment section (such as Reddit), allowing users to upvote or downvote individual comments, emoji-based comments (such as Periscopes’ reactions in the form of stars and hearts), and audio-based comments (such as how Motherboard is experimenting with asking for users’ phone numbers so they can talk to a staff member on the phone).
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