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The Economist redesigns its app to promote short stories on weekdays and longer reads on weekendsIn an attempt to retain subscribers, The Economist is also trying to help readers find stories more easily and quickly. By Hanaa' Tameez. |
The chain that owns the papers will “expect reporters to publish at least two articles each day online. Some papers will require three articles daily, a pace that could leave little time for investigative and feature reporting.”
The Wall Street Journal / Isabella Simonetti and Jeffrey A. TrachtenbergAnna Wintour is stepping down as the editor of American Vogue after 37 years →“[Condé Nast] plans to hire a new head of editorial content for American Vogue. Wintour ran day-to-day operations of the American title for 37 years and grew into a cultural tastemaker in fashion and beyond.”
TechCrunch / Sarah PerezAs AI kills search traffic, Google launches Offerwall to boost publisher revenue →“Offerwall lets publishers give their sitesâ readers a variety of ways to access their content, including through options like micro payments, taking surveys, watching ads, and more. In addition, Google says that publishers can add their own options to the Offerwall, like signing up for newsletters.”
• • •“Young people went from some of the least likely to turn out in previous elections to the most likely. Polling wouldâve needed to be open-minded that this change was really happening.” →—Democratic pollster Margie Omero on what NYC mayoral primary polling got wrong (Politico / Andrew Howard)• • •Axios / Barak RavidTrump wages all-out fight for control of Iran strike narrative →“The administration has accused the media of unpatriotic behavior for reporting skeptically on the Iran strike, even while acknowledging the initial assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency was real.”
Key Biscayne Independent / John PacentiFederal lawsuit challenges “unconstitutional” Key Biscayne media policy →“The Key Biscayne government issued a media policy that gagged its employees, prohibiting them from speaking to news media unless permitted by Village Manager Steve Williamson or government spokeswoman Jessica Drouet. The policy explicitly tells staffers that if they speak out of turn, they could face disciplinary action.”
Status / Oliver DarcyLos Angeles Times staffers hit with fresh buyout offers →“I’m told the new offers, which staffers were given just 48 hours to accept or decline, were largely directed at senior newsroom veterans, presumably those with higher salaries that management is eager to move off the payroll.”
• • •“Substack is rickety. Itâs as unstable as a SpaceX launch, as overpromised as a Stephen Miller marriage.” →—Ana Maria Cox (AMC All the Time / Ana Maria Cox)• • •The Washington Post / Scott NoverAt committee hearing, Kari Lake defends dismantling Voice of America →Also: “Since she arrived at USAGM, Ms. Lake has not spent a single minute with us or our senior teams,” the CEOs of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and Middle East Broadcasting Networks wrote in a letter to the committee.
TechCrunch / Sarah PerezCreative Commons debuts CC signals, a framework for an open AI ecosystem →“[CC signals] will allow dataset holders to detail how their content can or cannot be reused by machines, as in the case of training AI models.”
Financial Times / Daniel Thomas and Hannah MurphyReddit vows to stay human to emerge a winner from artificial intelligence →“Multiple advertising and agency executives speaking during this monthâs Cannes advertising festival told the FT that brands were increasingly exploring hosting a business account and posting content on Reddit to boost the likelihood of their ads appearing in the responses of generative AI chatbots.”
TechCrunch / Aisha MalikYouTube adds an AI Overviewsâlike search results carousel →“Available only to YouTube Premium users in the United States, [the feature] will suggest videos and display brief AI-generated topic descriptions to help users find what theyâre looking for faster.”
• • •“This is me, speaking up.” →—Katharine Graham's granddaughter on Jeff Bezos retreating from his promise to allow The Washington Post to "continue to follow the truth wherever it leads.â (The Nation / Pamela Alma Weymouth)Nieman Lab | View in browser | Unsubscribe
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