Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
We now spend more time on mobile gadgets than on desktop devices. The mobile web experience is more important than ever, and overwhelmingly defined by content relevancy, timeliness, and above all, speediness. Mindful web developers—given adequate budget allowances—strive to build mobile-first sites that provide lean, engaging experiences across different screen sizes and devices. These sites…
Photo Staffers on The Times community desk: (from left) Eric Copage, Bassey Etim, Lela Moore and Marcia Loughran. Credit James Estrin/The New York Times With so many hours logged in a sea of emotions, insights and opinions, it seems impossible for Times comment moderators not to feel some kinship with those who are doing the commenting….
Feb. 11, 2016 2:22 p.m. ET It’s getting easier to make money from Facebook FB 0.34 % Instant Articles, according to multiple publishing partners enrolled in the program. Publishers were frustrated in the early going by the platform’s advertising restrictions, but now credit Facebook with making improvements. Some say their Instant Articles currently generate the…
By WashPostPR February 11 at 9:07 AM When a mobile user rapidly swipes past content or stops interacting, The Washington Post will deliver a “Re-Engage” unit that recommends content. Today The Washington Post RED team launched a new product that delivers a tailored experience to users when they are inattentive or inactive on mobile web….
paging_filter On Monday, International Business Times editor Peter Goodman gathered the digital news site’s staff for a meeting to address the growing confusion over when and how they are being paid. IBT employees are generally paid twice a month through direct deposits. For about a year, the company has used the popular payment processor ADP…
Publishers have flirted with micropayments as a revenue stream for years, mostly unsuccessfully. Now, with the continued rise of ad blocking, new hope again is pinned on pay-per-article schemes for ad-blocking readers. Fat chance. German publisher Gruner + Jahr, which publishes 285 magazines and newspapers across 22 countries, serves messages to ad-blocking visitors to its site Geo.de, requiring…
No one wears one hat in digital media, particularly in the fast-changing (and growing) field of video. Gone are the days when video production meant either recording or editing. Instead, producing video has expanded into the realms of reporting, producing and crafting distribution strategies specific to each big platform. It’s the one-man band model, but for video….
“Funny, right?” she says, smiling. It was her job to rip out the news as it came into the newsroom and hand it to the men in charge. It went on like that for a while. Even when she finally scored a position in the White House press corps, she knew where she stood….
AD UNIT 1 /AD UNIT 1 For some publishers, such as The New York Times, metered paywalls have provided a much-needed revenue stream by converting free, loyal readers into paying digital subscribers. But Newsweek is going in the other direction, opting to drop its paywall Wednesday morning. “The general strategy is to open up and…
For nearly a decade, one way The New York Times has shared the story of the technology industry and its impact on our lives has been through a blog called Bits. Today we are bidding farewell to the blog, though not to the journalism that has sustained it. When Bits was born, blogs were the…