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Vox
The mysterious ad slump of 2022
Vox
6 min read · · Four theories on why ad sales are plummeting even as the economy is doing fine. · Shared by 70
Reuters Institute
The Cookiepocalypse: Why first-party data is going to matter to your newsroom
Reuters Institute
~13 min read · · The end of third-party cookie tracking could be a huge issue for media companies that rely on digital ad spend, but it could also be an opportunity, Paul Herman writes. · Shared by 73, including Wolfgang Blau
Slate
How To Have a Healthier News Diet
Slate
· The trick to finding news you can actually use in your life. · Shared by 105
raptitude.com
Choose Reality While You Still Can
raptitude.com
6 min read · · Reality has inadvertently become less popular in recent years. · Shared by 314, including Daron Larson
Vox
Who owns what in Big Media today
Vox
3 min read · · How to track which media company owns your favorite show — and why that may no longer be a media company. · Shared by 79, including Jose Luis Orihuela
theconvivialsociety.substack.com
The Pathologies of the Attention Economy
theconvivialsociety.substack.com
10 min read · · The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 16 · Shared by 28, including Draven
Adweek
Inside The New York Times’ Plan to Bring Ads to The Athletic
Adweek
1 min read · · The publication has never turned a profit · Shared by 53
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Choose Reality While You Still Can
raptitude.com
6 min read · · Reality has inadvertently become less popular in recent years. · Shared by 314, including Daron Larson
The Verge
Welcome to the new Verge
The Verge
7 min read · · A complete redesign of The Verge that marries the best of old-school blogging with a modern newsfeed experience. · Shared by 253, including Gabriele, Oliver Fuchs, Richard MacManus, OM, Chris Coyier, Konrad Weber, Scott Hanselman, Brad DeLong 🖖, Rene Ritchie, Guillermo Rauch, Matt Navarra, Chaotic Goode, zeldman, Stowe Boyd, Casey Newton, Seeker by The Verge, Oliver Reichenstein, Florian Jungnikl-Gossy 🦕, Karen K. Ho
The Washington Post
Politico’s new German owner has a ‘contrarian’ plan for American media
The Washington Post
· Mathias Dopfner, Axel Springer CEO, has global ambitions for “nonpartisan” journalism. He once praised Donald Trump in an email, but his politics are hard to define. · Shared by 181, including hakan, Jeff Jarvis, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Merkstatt, Judd Legum, Brian Boyer, Dan Gillmor, Kara Swisher, Johannes Lenz, emily bell, Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org, David Folkenflik, Larry Sabato, Carrie Brown, Thomas Knüwer, Mohamed Amjahid, Kat Tenbarge, Jay Rosen, David Wessel
Vulture
Podcasting Is Just Radio Now
Vulture
10 min read · · It’s been ages since the last blockbuster narrative show. What does that mean for the medium as an art form? · Shared by 180, including Jean-Patrick, Ross Dawson, Jason Silva
The Baffler
Rattling the Cage
The Baffler
9 min read · · The nameless protagonist of Henry James’s 1898 novella “In the Cage” finds her counterpart in the modern-day social media manager. · Shared by 175, including Tactical Tech
Mark Manson
Trigger Warning: Reality Hurts
Mark Manson
6 min read · · Researchers have been studying trigger warnings for the past seven years and the results are in. · Shared by 173
Pew Research Journalism
Social Media and News Fact Sheet
Pew Research Journalism
3 min read · · Digital news has become an important part of Americans’ news media diets, with social media playing a crucial role in news consumption. Today, half of U.S. adults get news at least sometimes from… · Shared by 140, including Matt Navarra, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 (he/him), Tarik ESSAADI, Alan See
MIT Press
Is Digital Media Undermining Citizenship?
MIT Press
8 min read · · Media theorist Elizabeth Losh explains how politicians' digital strategies appeal to the same fantasies of digital connection, access, and participation peddled by Silicon Valley. · Shared by 128
Slate
How To Have a Healthier News Diet
Slate
· The trick to finding news you can actually use in your life. · Shared by 105
19thnews
Americans see the media as critical to democracy. Now what are we going to do with that?
19thnews
5 min read · · Analysis | Understanding the relationship between voters and the media is critical for those of us whose work tries to bridge the gap. · Shared by 89
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How can we develop transformative tools for thought?
numinous.productions
· Shared by 1202, including Andy Matuschak, Alexander Seifert, Mario Clemente, Evan (he/him), Dominik Grolimund, tylercowen, Dion Almaer, Nicky Case rarely & begrudgingly uses this site, Phillip Murphy, Michael Nielsen, cantlin, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Jonathan Kogan, Gabriele, Jens-Christian Fischer, Mattia Fregola 🤔, Richard MacManus, Oleg Baskov, Gordon Brander, Enrico Bertini
Axios
The new silent majority: People who don't tweet
Axios
1 min read · · The rising power and prominence of the nation's loudest, meanest voices distort our reality. · Shared by 759, including Sebastien Meunier, Stef Walter, Christopher Lauer, Frank Luntz, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Ziad Shihab, Giannis Chrysogonou, Thomas Pleil, Jonathan Kogan
Visual Capitalist
How COVID-19 Has Impacted Media Consumption, by Generation
Visual Capitalist
~16 min read · · This visualization explores how each generation's media consumption is changing amid the frenzy of pandemic-induced quarantines. · Shared by 674, including Glen Gilmore | 🌻🥽Metaverse 🕳🐇, Helen Yu, Tom Raftery 🇮🇪🇪🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦💉💉💉, LARRY ELKAN, Michelle Tandler, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Thomas Power, Vala Afshar, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork #InnoTrans2, Liliane Ferrari ™, Marc R Gagné MAPP 🍁, Michelle Garrett (she/her), George J Huba PhD, Matt Navarra, Mari Smith, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Tamara Schenk, ⭐️Danielle Guzman ⭐️
The Atlantic
The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President
The Atlantic
20+ min read · · How new technologies and techniques pioneered by dictators will shape the 2020 election · Shared by 642, including Alfie Kohn, erik spiekermann, M.J. Crockett, Claudia Sommer, Gideonro, John Koetsier, Jennifer Ouellette, Mathew Ingram, Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano, Brian Stelter, Christopher D. Long (Крістофер Д. Лонг), NICK COULDRY, Christopher Knight, John Battelle, Gerd Leonhard, Charles Duhigg, Adrienne Fichter, Mike Davidson, Guy Kawasaki, Melissa Fach 🇺🇦
The Verge
The next big social network trend? Shortform audio
The Verge
5 min read · · Voice notes with viral dreams · Shared by 624, including Tactical Tech, Chad Underwood, Wilko S. Wolters 🇩🇪🇪🇺, Matthew Guay, Matt Navarra, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Jonathan Kogan, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Katja Evertz, Jean-Patrick, Nicolas Dengler
Current Affairs
The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free ❧ Current Affairs
Current Affairs
~15 min read · · The political economy of bullshit. · Shared by 617, including Jennifer Ouellette, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻, Chris Isak , Jeff Jarvis, Mathew Ingram, Kelsey D. Atherton, Scott Monty, Avinash Kaushik, Cory Doctorow, Jeff Atwood, Neil Lewis, Jr., PhD, Klaus Eck, John Battelle, Jay Rosen, Randy Olson, Karen McGrane, Caterina Fake, Rand Fishkin, Pete Skomoroch, Scott Berkun
Nautilus Magazine
Don’t Give Up on Facts
Nautilus Magazine
4 min read · · People of all political stripes can spot misinformation. They just need a nudge. · Shared by 582, including Nir Eyal
Stratechery
Clubhouse’s Inevitability
Stratechery
~15 min read · · Clubhouse will do for audio what Twitter, Instagram Stories, and TikTok did for text, images, and video. · Shared by 549, including Konrad Weber, Mike Butcher🇬🇧🇪🇺, 👨🏻💻☕️, Scott Monty, Mark Kaigwa, Erika Heald | Content Marketing Consultant, Matt Navarra, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork #InnoTrans2, Mathew Ingram, Chris Isak , Gerd Leonhard, Andrew Hutchinson, Christiane Link, Chris Messina, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Kara Swisher, Renee DiResta, Brooke B. Sellas, Thomas Power, Semil
The Guardian
How technology disrupted the truth
The Guardian
Summary · 20+ min read · · Social media has swallowed the news – threatening the funding of public-interest reporting and ushering in an era when everyone has their own facts. But the consequences go far beyond journalism · Shared by 475, including Oliver Gassner / @oliverg@mastodon.social 💉🖖💚🎓, Thomas Power, Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Stephanie A Kowalski, Jane, Vishal Gulati (I back scientists), Nick Lüthi, Ryan Boren, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Katja Evertz, Gideonro, Aleksandra Wisniewska, Florian Jungnikl-Gossy 🦕, Mathew Ingram, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Liv 😷, Jeremy Caplan, Thomas Pleil, Stephanie Booth, Claudia Sommer
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