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cache hit 563:single/related:4861a39a1ee11a645b43759d829fff5a empty The founding editor of Business Insider UK, Jim Edwards, had a bank delete two of his tweets today. In an e-mail, Bank of America told Edwards that his tweets violated the bank’s copyright and that if he kept it up, they’d see to it that his Twitter account was deleted. “Investment banks…
David Rosen / Flickr, CCThis isn’t me, obviously. It just feels like me.I had an annoying surprise this weekend: an email from a bank telling me that Twitter had deleted two of my tweets for copyright violations. The email also contained a threat: If I continued to violate the bank’s rights, my Twitter account would be…
by Rick Edmonds Published Dec. 1, 2015 7:45 am Updated Dec. 1, 2015 10:09 am Analytics firm Chartbeat has published a new study which finds that most of the conventions for writing catchy digital headlines don’t work very well. Author Chris Breaux, a Chartbeat data scientist, summarized results of testing a dozen styles for…
Star Wars arrived in theatres yesterday, creating a massive demand for internet content that reaffirms the movie as a cornerstone of global culture. When a ‘phenomenon’ occurs, content farms must provide the content that supplements the phenomenon and offers a meaningful buildup. This arc is present in entertainment, news, media, and mass niche internet…
There has been much research that shows that page performance — how fast a page loads — can have a significant effect on the bottom line of a company. However, most of the research is focused on eCommerce sites. I have long been interested in seeing how page performance affects users on a news site, and Vox.com…
Published Dec. 18, 2015 10:27 am Updated Dec. 18, 2015 10:28 am POLITICO Media Margaret Sullivan will conclude her tenure as public editor of The New York Times when her four-year contract expires in eight months, she told Poynter today. “Yes, I am headed into the home stretch of my four-year term,” she said in…
Creating succinct, engaging interactive graphics is a complex task on its own. Creating interactive graphics that work on mobile devices, with their ballooning variety of screen sizes and touch gestures, is a task that can make even the most dedicated developer break down and cry. (I maintained seven results apps for six markets during the…
For nearly a week, the media and political worlds have been wondering who paid $140 million to purchase Nevada’s largest daily newspaper, The Las Vegas Review-Journal. The primary buyer had taken great pains to remain anonymous, but Fortune has learned from multiple sources familiar with the situation that it is Sheldon Adelson, chairman and CEO…
It is an acknowledged fact of modern life that the internet brings out the worst in people. Otherwise law-abiding citizens pilfer films and music. Eminent authors create ‘sock puppets’ to anonymously praise their own work and denigrate that of rivals. Teenagers use the internet for bullying; even more disturbingly, grown-ups bully strangers with obsessive zeal,…
Category: Media Washington Post Appointment Emblematic of Media Industry’s Persistent Marginalization of Women By Soraya Chemaly | December 9, 2015 Last week, Cameron Barr was named The Washington Post’s new managing editor. An accomplished journalist with a lengthy resume, Barr promises to bring a broad perspective to an organization with expanding global ambitions. His appointment,…