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Archives: October 2016

Try out this open source tool for editing video and audio transcripts

Joseph LichtermanOctober 31, 2016

The AP wants to use machine learning to automate turning print stories into broadcast ones

The experiment is part of a larger effort by the news agency to incorporate automation into its journalism.

Slate, The New Yorker dump those terrible “Around the Web” links (but plenty of publishers still use them)

There’s lots of free news online from public media, but it doesn’t seem to discourage paying for other news

Shan WangOctober 28, 2016

Harvard Business Review, dropping print issues, is looking for the best new forms for the magazine online

“We’re trying to get away from ‘it should’ve been in print, but it couldn’t be because of the lack of physical space.'”

Laura Hazard OwenOctober 28, 2016

New York magazine turns a history of shopping recommendations into a new online revenue stream

Making money from $195 fitted sheets and Japanese women’s facial razors.

Personalized audio app 60dB goes live, with original content featuring The Atlantic, Mic, and Vice

Ricardo BiltonOctober 27, 2016

With its $250 election-night event, The New York Times is offering some of its readers a new kind of fix

“Spend an exciting evening in the company of our top political minds at The Times Center as they deliver expert analysis and global perspectives on the outcome of this year’s presidential race — while returns are coming in.”

Study: Push alerts encourage news app users to actually open the app

Laura Hazard OwenOctober 26, 2016

The Texas Tribune updates its premium political coverage for an email newsletter world

Goodbye, Texas Weekly. Hello, The Blast.

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