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Editor’s note: Our sister publication Nieman Reports is out with their new issue — go check it out. I write a column for the print edition of the magazine; here’s my latest. A few years back, around the time of the financial crisis, I remember hearing about a guy with a startup idea for a…
/ .breakout.column-actions Ad blocking continues to freak out the entire media ecosystem. But god help me, it’s hard not to love the gnashing of teeth it’s causing throughout the publishing and advertising worlds right now. The level of bile flowing from furious media types continues to rise at the same rate as consumer ad-blocker use….
Should paywalls come down for election coverage? By Melody Kramer • August 2, 2016 Last updated by Benjamin Mullin August 2, 2016 a id=”dcl_comment_link” class=”comment_count” href=”#disqus_thread”> Comments a class=”comment_count” href=”#disqus_thread”> Comments As Election Day nears, news organizations that keep their journalism behind a paywall will likely give some of it away for free. When The…
Spread your masthead across the country, and other ideas to prevent groupthink By Melody Kramer • November 14, 2016 Last updated by Benjamin Mullin November 14, 2016 a id=”dcl_comment_link” class=”comment_count” href=”#disqus_thread”> Comments a class=”comment_count” href=”#disqus_thread”> Comments I’ve read dozens of journalism postmortems and tweets lamenting how and why journalists got it wrong last week. Here’s…
Slate Columnist Who Hated Obstruction of SCOTUS Nominees Two Weeks Ago Suddenly Loves It PerfectMarket — End PerfectMarket Adsense (468×60) End Byline Unit end post-heading Anyone who has followed Slate legal columnist and editor Dahlia Lithwick‘s storied career knows that she is a hack for liberal causes. Not that there’s anything wrong with that; some…
Uber says it has permanently suspended the driver. When Erika Szabo, a video game and anime YouTube personality, ordered an Uber on a Sunday afternoon following a guest appearance at a convention in Toronto, she was looking to get home quickly after a long day and shitty weather. Just as her Uber driver pulled up, however,…
Do you know what your problem is? Your problem is not that you are uninformed. That is what you might have thought your problem was. Your problem is also not that you lack information. This is a common misconception. In fact, people nowadays have lots of information. Too much, even. No, your problem is the…
President-elect Donald Trump has had an up-and-down relationship with the media for a long time, but spent much of the campaign calling the press “crooked” and “rigged.” The Fix’s Peter Stevenson explains what his relationship with the press might look like going forward. (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post) President-elect Donald Trump sounded very much like presidential…
Ads don’t work, polls don’t work, celebrities don’t work, media endorsements don’t work and ground games don’t work. The media turned itself into the opposition and, accordingly, was voted down as the new political reality emerged: Ads don’t work, polls don’t work, celebrities don’t work, media endorsements don’t work, ground games don’t work. Not only…
Image wrap box Free blurb with Takeaway Another week, another news site raising venture capital. Make that two. Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei’s new business and politics venture raised a $10 million series A from Lerer Hippeau Ventures and NBC. Cheddar, a video news network, raised $10 million more from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Ribbit Capital and…