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Upworthy is sorry for all the clickbait, but it’s not sorry for what it’s learned about how to get people to read, watch, and share its output.
The NBC-owned company’s new Slack bot lets you follow more than 90,000 topics.
Rather than create geographic diversity, digital news has pushed the industry into a few tight clusters. That has real impacts on the journalism we get.
From livestreaming to livetweeting, quote cards to results maps, this is how some top outlets are thinking about serving audiences on election night — just in time for Super Tuesday.
Some outlets are turning their cameras sideways. Others are cropping horizontally shot video to fit a vertical screen.
Why Line? The app “supports both bots and conversational interfaces,” says deputy editor Tom Standage.
The news business hopes it won’t end up one sandwich short of a picnic as the new year’s big trends unfold.
“While that doesn’t truly explore all of the contours of these people’s lives, it’s amazing how powerful 140 characters can be.”
“It’s putting content into a useful pre-made notification format that really works for our clients.”