BBC News (World)
Why we believe fake news
4 min · · The pace of life in the 21st Century has created “infostorms” that overwhelm our senses. Is believing in some of the sensationalist things we see actually a rational response? · Shared by 84, including rudolph regter, Thomas Power, Dan Ariely, Liliane Ferrari ™, Gerrit Eicker, Bernard Marr, Glyn Britton
TechCrunch
Facebook launches Portal TV, a $149 video chat set-top box
8 min · · Facebook wants to take over your television with a clip-on camera for video calling, AR gaming, and content co-watching. If you can get past the creepiness, the new Portal TV let you hang out with… · Shared by 44, including Thomas Power, Gerrit Eicker, Jon Loomer, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Matt Navarra, John Koetsier, Mari Smith
Reuters
Exclusive: Tinder breaks into scripted original content, wraps...
1 min · · Popular dating app Tinder has wrapped filming on its first television series, as... · Shared by 14, including Benjamin Mayo, Gerrit Eicker
The New York Times
There Is No Tech Backlash
7 min · · Worse, we think there is one. · Shared by 79, including Keith Rabois, Thomas Power, Michael (मुकेश), Gerrit Eicker, Matthias Lampe, Benedict Evans, Chris Messina, Mathew Ingram, Vikram Dutt, felix salmon, Evan Selinger
medium.com
“Multi-million spike in pageviews”: The company behind TikTok is now shaking up news aggregation
12+ min · · The MIT Technology Review called it “the insanely popular Chinese news app that you’ve never heard of.” The app, Toutiao (Chinese for… · Shared by 21, including Alex Barrera, Matt Navarra, Gerrit Eicker
Scientific American
How Misinformation Spreads—and Why We Trust It
11+ min · · The most effective misinformation starts with seeds of truth · Shared by 150, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Vaughan Bell, Gregg Caruso, hiten.eth, Liliane Ferrari ™, Liv 😷, Miguel Angel Escotet, luis antónio santos, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Anita Leirfall, Lluís Codina, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Gabriele, Jennifer Ouellette, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Niklaus Gerber
Teen Vogue
Why Teens Are Creating Their Own News Outlets
2 min · · Teens care about the news. They just don’t like traditional media. · Shared by 78, including Mathew Ingram, Philanthropy News Digest, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Thomas Power, Oliver Gassner https://mastodon.social/@oliverg, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Mark Kaigwa, Nir Eyal, Joe Germuska, Vincenzo Tremonte, Dr. Alec Couros, Gerrit Eicker, Nieman Reports
The Atlantic
It’s Not Too Late to Save Local News
2 min · · If GateHouse Media actually acquires Gannett, countless local outlets might be closed or homogenized. But there’s an alternative. · Shared by 16, including Gerrit Eicker, Mathew Ingram, Nieman Reports
TechCrunch
Shazam data is powering Apple Music’s newest chart, the Shazam Discovery Top 50
2 min · · Apple continues to make use of Shazam, the music recognition app it acquired for $400 million in 2018. Earlier this month, Apple publicly launched its Music for Artists dashboard which included… · Shared by 11, including Gerrit Eicker
CJR
Could WordPress + Tumblr create an alternative to Facebook?
7 min · · When Verizon announced earlier this week that it was selling Tumblr, the blogging platform Yahoo acquired in 2013 for $1.1 billion, most of the attention focused on the price: according to Axios, the… · Shared by 48, including Gerrit Eicker, Rick Powell, Jonathan Kogan, rogerverhoeven, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Mathew Ingram
The Information
Axios Joins Media Push Into Software With Newsletter Product
2 min · · Digital media publisher Axios is planning to enter a new business that includes selling software for helping companies create newsletters for their employees. The move comes at a moment when more… · Shared by 24, including Crunchbase News, Gerrit Eicker
Frederic Filloux
The Consumer Trends That Destroyed Media’s Business Model
5 min · · Shared by 24, including Gerrit Eicker, Julien Bilger, luis antónio santos, Mathew Ingram, Lluís Codina
Pew Research Fact Tank
About a quarter of large U.S. newspapers laid off staff in 2018
4 min · · Mid-market newspapers were the most likely to suffer layoffs in 2018. Digital-native news outlets also faced continued layoffs. · Shared by 20, including Gerrit Eicker, Nieman Reports
The Guardian
Guardian broke even last year, parent company confirms
2 min · · Growing digital revenues and reader contributions help Guardian News & Media to operational profit of £800,000 · Shared by 30, including Benedict Evans, Thomas Power, George M 🇪🇺, Gerrit Eicker, Vincenzo Tremonte
The Wall Street Journal
Facebook Offers News Outlets Millions of Dollars a Year to License Content
3 min · · Facebook is offering news outlets millions of dollars for the rights to put their content in a news section that the company hopes to launch later this year. · Shared by 47, including Tomio Geron, Mathew Ingram, Thomas Power, Jonathan Kogan, Daniel Jörg, Matt Navarra, Katja Evertz, Gerrit Eicker
Pew Research Fact Tank
10 facts about Americans and Twitter
4 min · · Around one-in-five U.S. adults say they use Twitter. Users tend to be younger and to have more education and higher incomes than adults overall. · Shared by 48, including Klaus Eck, Gerrit Eicker, Tara Imani, AIA, Pew Research Internet, CMSWire.com, Mark Kaigwa, luis antónio santos, @nonprofitorgs / Nonprofit Tech for Good