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The Economist redesigns its app to promote short stories on weekdays and longer reads on weekendsIn an attempt to retain subscribers, The Economist is also trying to help readers find stories more easily and quickly. By Hanaa' Tameez. |
The chain that owns the papers will “expect reporters to publish at least two articles each day online. Some papers will require three articles daily, a pace that could leave little time for investigative and feature reporting.”
“[Condé Nast] plans to hire a new head of editorial content for American Vogue. Wintour ran day-to-day operations of the American title for 37 years and grew into a cultural tastemaker in fashion and beyond.”
“Offerwall lets publishers give their sitesâ readers a variety of ways to access their content, including through options like micro payments, taking surveys, watching ads, and more. In addition, Google says that publishers can add their own options to the Offerwall, like signing up for newsletters.”
“The administration has accused the media of unpatriotic behavior for reporting skeptically on the Iran strike, even while acknowledging the initial assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency was real.”
“The Key Biscayne government issued a media policy that gagged its employees, prohibiting them from speaking to news media unless permitted by Village Manager Steve Williamson or government spokeswoman Jessica Drouet. The policy explicitly tells staffers that if they speak out of turn, they could face disciplinary action.”
“I’m told the new offers, which staffers were given just 48 hours to accept or decline, were largely directed at senior newsroom veterans, presumably those with higher salaries that management is eager to move off the payroll.”
Also: “Since she arrived at USAGM, Ms. Lake has not spent a single minute with us or our senior teams,” the CEOs of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and Middle East Broadcasting Networks wrote in a letter to the committee.
“[CC signals] will allow dataset holders to detail how their content can or cannot be reused by machines, as in the case of training AI models.”
“Multiple advertising and agency executives speaking during this monthâs Cannes advertising festival told the FT that brands were increasingly exploring hosting a business account and posting content on Reddit to boost the likelihood of their ads appearing in the responses of generative AI chatbots.”
“Available only to YouTube Premium users in the United States, [the feature] will suggest videos and display brief AI-generated topic descriptions to help users find what theyâre looking for faster.”
