Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Facebook planted a flag Wednesday, declaring that the site will give greater weight to material posted by your friends and deemphasize content published by businesses and media outlets. The social network approached the issue with a rare bit of candor, stating that the change to its News Feed will likely hurt traffic to external websites….
Facebook announced on Wednesday it’s changing its News Feed to prioritize friends and family over news organizations, a shift that will cause referral traffic to publishers to decrease. The change was announced in a blog post addressed to Facebook users Wednesday that said users are “worried about missing important updates from the friends they care…
As if to underscore the point, the company is making a tweak to its News Feed ranking system to increase the prominence of content from your friends and family over posts by news companies and other organizations. It is also warning news companies that their traffic might decline as a result of the change. These…
SEO Specialist The Times is seeking an SEO specialist to help develop search strategy and contribute to news operations. The specialist will work extensively with partners across the newsroom and wider organization to incorporate search strategy in how the daily news report is conceived and distributed; evangelize SEO best practices; and help to incorporate this…
As I taught, I lived in a locked compound under complete surveillance: Every room was bugged, every class recorded. I scribbled down conversations as they happened and buried my notes in a lesson plan. I wrote at night, erasing the copy from my laptop each time I signed off, saving it to USB sticks…
Photo: AP The Reuters Digital News Report is co-sponsored by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, and is available online at digitalnewsreport.org. Reuters is launching their 2016 Digital News Report at the Tow Center this afternoon. Click here for the livestream. Check back later for Emily Bell’s presentation of Tow research on the close relationship…
Generally, a lot people learned how to search on the internet from Ask Jeeves. Just last week we saw a story about a woman that always searched politely: It’s not a stretch to think that many people’s interaction with Google and other search providers are by asking a question, instead of putting in a topic….
Today is the 20th anniversary of the Nintendo 64, which is an excuse to play one of the console’s better games, Goldeneye. Which means I must remember the brilliant meme that game inspired: Geddan. Unfortunately, remembering is the best I can do. Geddan, my favorite meme, has been all but erased from the internet. Geddan…
06/23/16 01:54 PM EDT Updated 06/23/16 04:29 PM EDT Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is joining CNN as a political commentator, according to a source familiar with the arrangement. It’s a salaried position and will make Lewandowski exclusive to CNN, effective immediately. The hiring comes just three days after Trump fired Lewandowski, ending…
PARIS, FRANCE – JUNE 21: Germany fans show their support prior to the UEFA EURO 2016 Group C match between Northern Ireland and Germany at Parc des Princes on June 21, 2016 in Paris, France.Shaun Botterill/Getty Images A German court on Friday handed publisher Axel Springer — the parent company of Business Insider, Bild, and…