The Chicago Sun-Times, fitting its new public-media ownership, is dropping its paywall
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Thursday, October 6, 2022
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The Chicago Sun-Times, fitting its new public-media ownership, is dropping its paywall“It's a bold move: Reporting the news is expensive…But we know it's the right thing to do.” By Joshua Benton. |
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The Washington Post appears to be eliminating its discount for Amazon Prime membersSince 2015, a Post subscription for Prime members has cost $3.99 per month. Soon it will be $12 per month. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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Most people on Twitter don’t live in political echo chambers — but mostly because they don’t care enough to bother building one“The elite discussion on the platform is important, but it is not necessarily observed directly by the masses.” By Joshua Benton. |
What We’re Reading
Substack / Rachel Karten
How The Washington Post grew its Instagram following by 1 million a year for four years in a row →
“Our team has two ‘wings.’ We have what we call the ‘core social’ team, which encompasses Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and Telegram. And then we have the Instagram team, which is about 8-9 people focused on IG.”
The Verge / Jay Peters
Twitter’s edit button is rolling out in the U.S. for paying subscribers →
“I've already seen a bunch of edited tweets on my timeline. The key has been to look for a little pencil icon on tweets in your feed or in tweets themselves.”
Bloomberg / Ashley Carman and Davey Alba
Podcasts spur listeners to swamp healthcare workers with angry calls →
The Stew Peters Show is one of several podcasts that “have encouraged listeners to direct anger at healthcare workers,” according to a new report.
NYU
Here are the 2022 winners of the American Journalism Online Awards →
Categories range from “Best news-based podcast” to “best news-based Twitter thread.”
Fortune / Jeff John Roberts
Hate paywalls? Maybe you’ll like crypto paywalls →
“In the future, Genestoux believes, web users will use NFTs to access bundles of content tailored to their interests — perhaps one that lets them read dozens of sports or entertainment sites. “
TechCrunch / Sarah Perez
Twitter is making its crowdsourced fact-checks visible to all U.S. users →
“The notes fact-checkers leave on tweets will now be visible to all U.S. users. That doesn't mean everyone in the U.S. will be able to participate in Birdwatch, however.”
Substack / Ted Gioia
The nostalgic turn in music writing →
“Go back and look at old issues of Rolling Stone or Downbeat or some other music magazine — there were years in which every cover story was about a living person and usually someone young with something new to say. Those days are gone.”
BuzzFeed News / Kelsey Weekman
Press Gazette / William Turvill
Secrecy, boredom, and a ban on working elsewhere: Inside Facebook News in the U.K. →
“Facebook was generally ‘cagey’ about giving out traffic figures, three Upday/News tab sources said. But one well-placed source estimated, based on the occasional figure that did slip out, a good story would attract 60-70,000 unique users and the most popular would send out hundreds of thousands of clicks to publishers.”
Washington Post / Jeremy Barr
Journalists want to know: Can we use your disaster photo, please? →
“Then there's the language in the requests: often a stunted mix of well-wishes and imposing legalese. ‘OMG! I hope you all are okay!’ an ABC Action News staffer wrote to Booker after seeing her mother's submerged house in Fort Myers Beach. ‘I was wondering if you own the rights to this photo/video. If so, ABC Action News would like permission for us and our Scripps affiliates to use your photo/video on all our platforms (broadcast and digital). We'd, of course, give you credit!'”
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