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Matthew HindmanMarch 30, 2018

This is how Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook targeting model really worked — according to the person who built it

The method was similar to the one Netflix uses to recommend movies — no crystal ball, but good enough to make an effective political tool.

Christine SchmidtMarch 30, 2018

After big Denver Post layoffs, the Fort Collins Coloradoan thinks beyond local

A neighborhood watch Facebook group, reader chatbot, and a state-focused project: “We all serve the greater Coloradoan community and we each have parts to play in that.”

10 U.S. public radio stations are teaming up to report comprehensively on gun violence — and training more reporters to do the same

Laura Hazard OwenMarch 30, 2018

Has Facebook’s algorithm change hurt hyperpartisan sites? According to this data, nope

Data that NewsWhip pulled together for Nieman Lab suggests that popular hyperpartisan publishers are actually doing pretty well post–algorithm change.

Two months post-News Feed tweak: real news is not drowning, comments are growing, and videos are still winning, NewsWhip says

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John SaroffMarch 29, 2018

This is the next major traffic driver for publishers: Chrome’s mobile article recommendations, up 2,100 percent in one year

It’s already driving almost as many visits as Twitter, and publishers have no idea why their stories get chosen (or don’t).

Laura Hazard OwenMarch 28, 2018

The platforms are the problem: The fight against digital disinformation gets $10 million from the Hewlett Foundation

Other philanthropic efforts have focused on newsrooms or audiences. Hewlett is targeting the platforms.

Playboy has left Facebook, the company announces on Instagram

Laura Hazard OwenMarch 28, 2018

Facebook starts training 14 metro newsrooms this week. What will they learn?

“We tested this, it tanked. You tested this, it worked. Why?”

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