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Ken DoctorJanuary 24, 2020

Newsonomics: Here are 20 epiphanies for the news business of the 2020s

After ten years of writing for Nieman Lab, Ken takes a big look back and ahead, defining the state of affairs for the troubled world of journalism.

Hanaa' TameezJanuary 16, 2020

YouTube’s algorithm is pushing climate misinformation videos, and their creators are profiting from it

One-fifth of the ads on climate misinformation videos were from Greenpeace, World Wildlife Fund, or other green/environmental groups.

Joshua BentonJanuary 8, 2020

Don’t expect McConnell’s Paradox to help news publishers get real money out of Google and Facebook

Republicans and Democrats are (surprisingly!) teaming up to help news organizations negotiate with the tech giants. But it’s unlikely to have a substantial impact on the dysfunctional relationship between publishers and platforms.

Joshua BentonNovember 1, 2019

Watch your language: “Data voids” on the web have opened a door to manipulators and other disinformation pushers

There’s no easy solution to them, but the media plays an important role in both combating them and making them worse.

Ken DoctorOctober 26, 2019

Newsonomics: Will Facebook’s new news tab be a milestone or millstone?

The money is welcome, and the potential audience is too. But does this push publishers away from being destinations and toward being suppliers?

Audio archiving, public meeting tracking, and more local boosts: Here are the 34 news projects Google is funding in North America

Ken DoctorOctober 25, 2019

Why I’m starting a company to build out a new model for local news in the 2020s

With Lookout Local, our longtime news industry columnist Ken Doctor is going to apply what he’s learned to try to fill the growing void in local reporting.

Joshua BentonOctober 23, 2019

All in all, CNN would rather be the one who knocks

Like News Corp with Knewz, it’s trying to build its own platform for news, using its own content and work from other news organizations, to compete with the tech giants. “I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger.”

Joshua BentonOctober 21, 2019

Apple should do for news in Safari on mobile what Google has done for news in Chrome

Your iPhone is very good at directing your attention. What if it could be a little bit better at directing it toward news?

Mike AnannyOctober 10, 2019

Tech platforms are where public life is increasingly constructed, and their motivations are far from neutral

“Instead of thinking about platform companies as the next generation of newspapers, radio stations, or TV channels, we should see them as entirely new entities that shapeshift constantly. Sometimes they are like cities, newsrooms, post offices, libraries, or utilities — but they are always like advertising firms.”

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