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BBC News (World)

Why we believe fake news

4 min · From 2019 · 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
media
psychology
TechCrunch

Facebook launches Portal TV, a $149 video chat set-top box

8 min · From 2019 · 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
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Reuters

Exclusive: Tinder breaks into scripted original content, wraps...

1 min · From 2019 · 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 · From 2019 · 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
technology
medium.com

“Multi-million spike in pageviews”: The company behind TikTok is now shaking up news aggregation

12+ min · From 2019 · 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
tiktok
Scientific American

How Misinformation Spreads—and Why We Trust It

11+ min · From 2019 · 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
media
psychology
fake news
Teen Vogue

Why Teens Are Creating Their Own News Outlets

2 min · From 2019 · 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
media
The Atlantic

It’s Not Too Late to Save Local News

2 min · From 2019 · 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 · From 2019 · 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
apple
charts
apple music
CJR

Could WordPress + Tumblr create an alternative to Facebook?

7 min · From 2019 · 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
media
The Information

Axios Joins Media Push Into Software With Newsletter Product

2 min · From 2019 · 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 · From 2019 · Shared by 24, including Gerrit Eicker, Julien Bilger, luis antónio santos, Mathew Ingram, Lluís Codina
media
Pew Research Fact Tank

About a quarter of large U.S. newspapers laid off staff in 2018

4 min · From 2019 · 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
media
The Guardian

Guardian broke even last year, parent company confirms

2 min · From 2019 · 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
media
The Wall Street Journal

Facebook Offers News Outlets Millions of Dollars a Year to License Content

3 min · From 2019 · 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
social media
facebook
newspapers
Pew Research Fact Tank

10 facts about Americans and Twitter

4 min · From 2019 · 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
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