Twitter is letting some news publishers post customizable cards
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Monday, August 29, 2022
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Twitter is letting some news publishers post customizable cardsTweet Tiles are “a new, customizable way to expand the creative surface area of a tweet” that could give news publishers a way to stand out in feeds. By Sarah Scire. |
What We’re Reading
Washington Post / Maggie Macdonald and Megan A. Brown
Republicans are increasingly sharing misinformation, research finds →
“We found that politicians in the 2022 election are sharing more links to unreliable news sources than they did in 2020, and the increase appears to be driven by nonincumbent Republican candidates.”
Global Investigative Journalism Network / Agus Morales
Marcela Turati on a career spent investigating Mexico’s crisis of missing people →
“Her latest project is Quinto Elemento Lab, where she continues to explore the frontiers of journalism: after spending years working to guarantee better conditions and safety for journalists, she now wants to weave a network where taking care of reporters sits center stage.”
Vanity Fair / Joe Pompeo
Inside The Washington Post’s big Hollywood deal →
“Two months since the announcement of a ‘strategic partnership’ — in which Imagine will ‘create scripted and non-scripted film and television properties derived from The Post's vast archives, current reporting, and ongoing investigations,’ and CAA will broker the deals — the arrangement is already bearing fruit, with four projects ‘actively in development.'”
The Washington Post / Elahe Izadi
They were some of the last journalists at their papers. Then came the (latest) Gannett layoffs. →
“The nonprofit media institute Poynter and the employee union NewsGuild have tracked at least 70 to 90 newsroom positions eliminated this month…’When you're the paper's only reporter, you don't consider yourself nonessential.'”
Financial Times / Alex Barker and Christopher Grimes
The big streaming platforms (Netflix, Disney, Amazon, HBO, and Apple) will spend more than $23 billion on content this year →
“Everyone [in Hollywood] is throwing big dollars after big things…But [subscribers] are inundated now to the point where they are looking at their monthly bills and saying, ‘Something's got to go — I've got $140 worth of subscriptions here!'”
The Guardian / Shaun Walker and Pjotr Sauer
“Tavriya TV will promote happiness and love”: A look at Russia’s propaganda operations in occupied Ukraine →
“In telephone interviews, residents of Kherson described an ominous atmosphere in the city's deserted streets as much of the population has fled…But on television, residents can watch a through-the-looking-glass version of their own reality, in which the population has joyously welcomed Russian rule.”
Politico / Calder McHugh
“Are we the problem?” Jelani Cobb, the new dean of Columbia’s j-school, wrestles with its place in the industry →
“An M.S. in journalism from Columbia — all told a nine and a half month program — costs an estimated $121,290….Columbia can offer generous aid packages…but its students are also regularly drowning in debt. For many young people with journalistic aspirations, the training that Columbia provides is a luxury they literally cannot afford.”
The Washington Post / Erik Wemple
How much legal trouble is Project Veritas in? →
“The upshot: If the government's version of events is true — its claims have not been tested in court — Project Veritas appears to have a shaky case that all of its activities in the diary saga are protected by the First Amendment.”
Bloomberg / Lucas Shaw
Critics and fans have never disagreed more about movies →
“While audiences do tend to give blockbusters a higher score than critics, the average gap in their ratings is usually around 5 points….In 2022? It is not so much a gap as a chasm. Audiences have given the top 10 movies an average score more than 19 points higher than critics, by far the biggest difference this century.”
The New York Times / Vimal Patel
New academic research may be about to get a lot more accessible — to reporters and to everyone else →
“Academic journals will have to provide immediate access to papers that are publicly funded, providing a big win for advocates of open research and ending a policy that had allowed publishers to keep publications behind a paywall for a year, according to a White House directive announced on Thursday.”
The Guardian / Vikram Dodd
U.K. police are asking their officers to disclose if they know any news reporters — as they have to with criminals →
“One leading freedom of speech group said it was more typical of ‘authoritarian regimes around the world rather than advanced democracies.'”
The New York Times / Eduardo Medina
A Nebraska high school shut down its student newspaper after it ran articles on LGBTQ topics →
“The paper, which had about 15 students on staff, had been in print for 54 years at Northwest High, which has about 700 students and is the district's sole high school in Grand Island, a small city about 95 miles west of Lincoln, the state capital.”
The New York Times / John Koblin
NBC is considering cutting an hour out of its nightly primetime programming →
“Though no decision has been made, and NBC officials may eventually decide against making the move, the fact that it is even a consideration reflects the declining influence and viewership totals for the major broadcast networks as streaming entertainment has become ascendant.”
The Globe and Mail / Joe Castaldo
Is there a future for NFTs, or is it another pandemic-fueled boom gone bust? →
“For Doodles, it comes down to this: How much can you do with a picture of rainbow vomit?”
The Guardian / Jim Waterson
U.K. newspaper employees called off a strike over low pay at the last minute →
“Parent company Reach had repeatedly insisted there was no way it could offer an improved pay deal…Many junior local reporters at Reach — which also owns news sites such as the Manchester Evening News and the Live brand — say they struggle to get by on salaries that can be under £20,000 a year.”
Press Gazette / Dominic Ponsford
A fake Twitter account duped The Independent, Yahoo News, and MSN into reporting Elena Ferrante was dead →
“An hour after the prank, the fake account reportedly changed its profile to read: ‘This account is a hoax created by Italian journalist Tommasso Debenedetti.’ Debeneditti has previously used fake tweets to kill a pope, Fidel Castro and Pedro Almodovar.”
The Washington Post / Erik Wemple
Lachlan Murdoch’s pathetic attack on an Australian news outlet →
“Just goes to show you: It's a lot easier to practice fearless journalism when the courts have your back.”
Press Watch / Dan Froomkin
Coverage of Ron DeSantis shows the media has learned nothing from Trump →
“DeSantis has learned he can get away with anything, no matter how extreme or how deceitful. Rather than holding him accountable, political reporters praise his strategy…what DeSantis is exploiting is the ‘both-sides’ political media's inability to sustain outrage against one side, no matter how extremist and authoritarian it becomes.”
The New York Times / Tiffany Hsu
QAnon types have found a new home on Trump’s Truth Social →
“NewsGuard, a media watchdog that analyzes the credibility of news outlets, found 88 users promoting the QAnon conspiracy theory on Truth Social, each to more than 10,000 followers. Of those accounts, 32 were previously banned by Twitter.”
The Verge / Richard Lawler
Facebook settled a Cambridge Analytica lawsuit just in time to avoid Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg depositions →
“Now, Zuckerberg will only have to take questions from Joe Rogan and talk about new VR headsets, instead of going under oath in front of opposing counsel about the details of what happened within his company around the time of the 2016 election.”
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