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Shan WangDecember 13, 2016

Slate’s Chrome extension helps identify fake news on Facebook — and lets readers flag it themselves

“This is Fake,” a project that emerged from a post-election hack day at Slate, defines “fake” news as “something intentionally misleading, intentionally false.”

“Inaccurate, yet addictive”: Early opinions are mixed about Slate and Vice’s real-time election projections

Shan WangNovember 8, 2016

As seen on TV: For the TV-less viewer, live election night shows abound, on any number of screens

As “second screen” offerings from TV networks mushroom, online outlets are jostling for attention with live shows of their own.

Nicholas QuahNovember 8, 2016

Hot Pod: Slate tries a rolling audio mashup to cover Election Day live

Plus: GE comes back for another round of native podcast advertising, Radiotopia bets on a show made in prison, and Adobe is making it easy to create doctored audio.

Ricardo BiltonNovember 7, 2016

After a slow start, Apple News is emerging as a significant traffic driver for some news orgs

The traffic picture is improving for publishers on Apple News, but news organizations still have some big hangups when it comes to measurement and monetization.

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

Nicholas QuahOctober 25, 2016

Hot Pod: What will happen to the election podcast boom on Nov. 9?

Plus: Radiotopia finds expanding a donor base a different challenge than starting one, NPR refocuses for innovation, and The New York Times reaches its youngest audience ever with podcasts.

Shan WangSeptember 23, 2016

Slate, now 20 years old, reflects on the value of taking the long view and not chasing digital media trends

“One of the things you’ve seen across the marketplace for the last five years is a lot of companies are chasing the same kind of traffic from the same social distribution mechanisms…It’s not a recipe for producing a distinctive media brand.”

Joseph LichtermanAugust 30, 2016

Alexa, give me the news: How outlets are tailoring their coverage for Amazon’s new platform

News is one of the device’s core features, and there are two main ways — so far — that outlets have utilized Alexa: The Flash Briefing and skills.

Nicholas QuahAugust 16, 2016

Hot Pod: Is Hillary Clinton’s podcast propaganda or a milestone for political podcast advertising?

Plus: Political podcasts get a big convention bump, WBUR tries an “audio newsletter” around fitness, and a new take on mobile podcast creation.

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