The Los Angeles Times gets a fully staffed “burner account”
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
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The Los Angeles Times gets a fully staffed “burner account”The first-of-its-kind team is offering “views, vibes, and commentary.” By Sarah Scire. |
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“The differences seem to be growing”: A look at the rising generation of news consumersSocial natives ≠ digital natives. By Kirsten Eddy. |
What We’re Reading
Press Gazette / Charlotte Tobitt
For the first time, more than half of The Economist’s subscribers are digital-only →
In 2021, 44% of subscribers were digital-only. In 2020, just 35%.
Twitter / Rembert Browne
R.I.P. threads? Twitter is testing a new way for users to go over 280 characters →
“From the rise of the screenshot announcement Tweet to the newsletter boom, a new reality became clear: people were writing long elsewhere, and then coming to Twitter to share their work and for the conversation surrounding all those words.”
City Bureau
City Bureau is expanding The Documenters Network beyond the Midwest →
“We're thrilled to welcome Atlanta, Fresno and Omaha into the Documenters Network in 2022.”
New York Times / Katie Robertson and Benjamin Mullin
Semafor readies for a fall launch after raising $25 million “from a variety of wealthy people” →
News articles will be broken into sections distinguishing facts from opinion. Reporters' bylines will be as prominent as headlines. They plan to eventually charge for subscriptions.
New York Times / Thomas B. Edsall
Why conspiracy theories flourish in America →
“Perceiving oneself to be ‘losing’ (culturally, politically, economically, etc.) is likely one of the reasons people are susceptible to belief in conspiracy theories.”
Tedium / Ernie Smith
The social networks that didn’t make it →
Remember Friendster? Google Buzz? Bebo?
i news / Rob Hastings
This BBC reporter, banned from Russia, is now investigating war crimes in Ukraine →
"Perhaps a year ago, the BBC and others would include a Kremlin denial in such a way that it looked like it was providing balance … If your whole report is saying that Russian troops have killed civilians, this is the evidence and it's incontrovertible, why on Earth would you then include a Kremlin denial?"
Press Gazette / Aisha Majid
Year-on-year traffic was down for most news sites, but Wordle fueled growth at The New York Times →
The New York Times bought Wordle in January for a price “in the low seven figures.”
WSJ / Paul Vieira
Canada will compel YouTube, TikTok, Netflix, and more to boost Canadian-made content →
“Television and radio broadcasters in Canada are compelled to air a certain quota of domestically-made content as a condition of license, a policy that dates back decades and is aimed at protecting Canada's cultural sector and countering an influx of U.S. programming.”
New York Times / Marcela Valdes
Inside the push to diversify the book business →
“There's no reason why somebody of Polish descent wouldn't like Jackie Woodson's book. There's no reason why a Dominican reader wouldn't enjoy Masha Gessen. So point these books toward everyone, and that's equity to me."
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