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TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2015
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“Modern” homepage design increases pageviews and reader comprehension, study finds
A new report from the Engaging News Project shows that users prefer modular, image-heavy homepage designs. By Joseph Lichterman.
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Newsonomics: The halving of America’s daily newsrooms
If you’re lucky enough to have the right deep-pocketed owner buy your paper and steady it, you’ve won the lottery. If you’re in a town whose paper is owned by the better chains, or committed local ownership, your loss will probably be mitigated. Otherwise, you’re out of luck. By Ken Doctor.
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WHAT WE’RE READING
EMARKETER
Push notifications are key for reminding users your app exists →
“Fully 61% of new app users receiving push notifications launched the app within the first month [after downloading] — more than double the 28% of installers who did not receive push notifications within that timeframe.”
JOURNALISM.CO.UK / ALASTAIR REID
NPR releases open source social media tools for newsrooms →
NPR has released a demo version, or you can personalize the tools inGitHub.
ADVERTISING AGE / KEVIN CONROY
Ad blocking: A problem in need of a creative solution →
“So let’s stop entertaining the notion that advertising is going to go away and focus instead on improving the advertising experience — both its relevancy and targeting — so that, together with the content experience, we can truly delight and not alienate audiences.”
FIRST DRAFT / RACHAEL KENNEDY
How Storyful verifies eyewitness accounts in real time →
“Working as a journalist amid hostile events is dangerous, even with the special training and protection that is often provided to professionals. Acting as an unprotected eyewitness, especially an unprotected eyewitness with a camera, can prove catastrophic.”
MEDIUM / SARAH AGUDO
Medium bans “public shaming” of private individuals →
But notes that “Medium supports parody, commentary, and fair use. Users may speak freely about matters and people of public interest.”
PEW RESEARCH CENTER / MONICA ANDERSON
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL / MIKE SHIELDS
New breed of digital publishers just say no to ad tech →
“These newer Web publishers are particularly guarded against third parties selling their ad space or accessing their audience data.”
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL / JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG
“If we don’t find new revenue streams…it’s a slow and steady death” →
The Journal checks in on Joe Ripp, who “has no intention of being the last CEO of Time Inc.”: “The church-and-state issue is that editors can’t talk to advertisers. My answer to that is: Why?”
THE DAILY DOT / AUSTIN POWELL AND NICHOLAS WHITE
The Daily Dot says they are putting comments on indefinite hiatus →
“Chances are you didn’t notice — and that’s part of the point.”
FROM FUEGO
Rebuttal to The NYRB’s Article on NYT Nail Salon Series | The New York Times Company —www.nytco.com
Cecil the lion’s killer revealed as American dentist —www.telegraph.co.uk
How We’re Changing the Way We Respond to Petitions —medium.com
Newspaper industry lost 3,800 full-time editorial professionals in 2014 —www.poynter.org
A Response to Your Petition on Edward Snowden | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government —petitions.whitehouse.gov
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