Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
If you’ve been searching on Google’s mobile site, you may have started seeing a selection of news articles from various publishers at the top of the search results, in a carousel that allows you to swipe from one to the other. And in the corner of the “card” for each article you might have noticed…
Comedian and voice actor Harry Shearer somehow got his hands on audio of Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough chatting behind-the-scenes with Donald Trump in between breaks of their MSNBC town hall, playing it on his weekly radio show Le Show. Throughout the six minutes or so, Trump and the MSNBC hosts chat amiably about a variety of topics, including politics, the…
You know whose stories get told often enough? Men’s. Especially men engaged in masculine fields of law enforcement or sports. Yet even in a world in which the man’s point of view is the default point of view, this one went pretty far out there. So here’s a lesson that maybe now the editors at…
Photo credit: Getty Images The wreckage of Jeb Bush’s foredoomed campaign has already inspired dozens of articles about the mistakes and miscalculations that led donors, consultants, and Bush himself to believe he had a shot at winning the 2016 race. This genre of journalism reliably offers revealing anecdotes and bitchy anonymous quotes about a campaign’s…
A naked woman stands across from a naked man as a museum patron walk between them. An orchestra plays a captivating piece as some of the musicians stand knee-deep in water. A cartoonist sketches a young boy and his mother walking through a graveyard after a funeral. These striking images appear in The New Yorker Presents, a…
The last few times you’ve used Facebook, there’s a good chance you noticed something different. Lots of different publishers, including big names like the Washington Post, are now publishing full-length content directly to Facebook. The program, called Instant Articles, is designed for mobile users. It pushes full articles directly to Facebook, meaning that users…
Many advertisers and media companies are trying to tap into the growing power of influential social-media personalities to reach consumers and make money. Next up is Forbes, but the business publisher is flipping the model a bit on its head. Forbes isn’t looking to pull together a network of YouTube or Snapchat stars who are…
Facebook wants to make publishers happier. Facebook: Instant Articles paging_filter Facebook is updating its policies for Instant Articles, per a rep with the company, which could mean up to 40 percent more ads for publishers on the platform. Starting today, publishers utilizing Instant Articles will be able to place an ad every 350 words instead…
We explain exactly what Facebook’s Instant Articles are, and how publishers are using them. From a social publishing perspective, Facebook Instant Articles have been one of the major talking points of 2015. With some of the biggest news brands, from legacy sites to digital upstarts, now participating, Instant Articles are now a dominant talking point in…
Facebook today said it plans to open up Instant Articles to all publishers, and as it turns out, it has a very wide definition of the word publisher. The fast-loading format won’t be limited to professional media organizations, but will be open to pretty much any individual. Freelancers and amateur writers will be able to…