BBC Future
Why we believe fake news
4 min read · · 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 Gerrit Eicker, Thomas Power, Dan Ariely, Liliane Ferrari ™, rudolph regter, Bernard Marr, Glyn Britton
TechCrunch
Facebook launches Portal TV, a $149 video chat set-top box
8 min read · · 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 the $B2B Techfluencer, Matt Navarra, John Koetsier, Mari Smith
Reuters
Exclusive: Tinder breaks into scripted original content, wraps...
1 min read · · 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 read · · Worse, we think there is one. · Shared by 79, including Keith Rabois, Thomas Power, Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻, Vikram Dutt, Matthias Lampe, Benedict Evans, Chris Messina, Mathew Ingram, Gerrit Eicker, Felix Salmon, Evan Selinger
medium.com
“Multi-million spike in pageviews”: The company behind TikTok is now shaking up news aggregation
~12 min read · · 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 read · · The most effective misinformation starts with seeds of truth · Shared by 138, including Vaughan Bell, Miguel Angel Escotet, luis antónio santos, Shanna Peeples she/her 🏳️🌈, hiten.eth, Debbie Meier ✍️⚖️, Liv 😷, Liliane Ferrari ™, Niklaus Gerber, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Merkstatt, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Gregg Caruso, Lluís Codina, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Jennifer Ouellette, Gabriele, Gerrit Eicker
Teen Vogue
Why Teens Are Creating Their Own News Outlets
2 min read · · Teens care about the news. They just don’t like traditional media. · Shared by 78, including Mathew Ingram, Philanthropy News Digest, Dan Gillmor, Thomas Power, Oliver Gassner / @oliverg@mastodon.social 💉🖖💚🎓, Vincenzo Tremonte, Mark Kaigwa, Nir Eyal, Joe Germuska, Merkstatt, Dr. Alec Couros, Gerrit Eicker, Nieman Reports
The Atlantic
It’s Not Too Late to Save Local News
2 min read · · 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 read · · 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 read · · 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 Rick Powell, Gerrit Eicker, Jonathan Kogan, rogerverhoeven, Dan Gillmor, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 (he/him), Mathew Ingram
The Information
Axios Joins Media Push Into Software With Newsletter Product
2 min read · · 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 read · · Shared by 24, including Julien Bilger, Gerrit Eicker, 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 read · · 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 read · · Growing digital revenues and reader contributions help Guardian News & Media to operational profit of £800,000 · Shared by 30, including Benedict Evans, Thomas Power, Gerrit Eicker, George M 🇪🇺, Vincenzo Tremonte
The Wall Street Journal
Facebook Offers News Outlets Millions of Dollars a Year to License Content
3 min read · · 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 48, including Tomio Geron, Mathew Ingram, Thomas Power, Katja Evertz, Daniel Jörg, Matt Navarra, Jonathan Kogan, Gerrit Eicker
Pew Research Fact Tank
10 facts about Americans and Twitter
4 min read · · 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 NCIDQ ASID, Pew Research Internet, CMSWire.com, Mark Kaigwa, luis antónio santos, @nonprofitorgs / Nonprofit Tech for Good
