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I find this kind of thing fascinating: how the Obama administration is preparing to hand over its digital accounts. https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/10/31/digital-transition-how-presidential-transition-works-soci...
The SVP of Strategy at News Corp is going to be Gawker's new CEO. http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/21/media/raju-narisetti-gawker-univision/index.html
ThinkProgress is coming to Medium. http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/20/media/medium-think-progress/index.html
The NY @mattervc class got Alex and Matt from @gimletmedia to come talk to them. I'm not jealous at all. https://medium.com/matter-driven-narrative/our-product-is-to-surprise-you-16d948babdf3#.1jfn8huf8
This animal take on the Gashlycrumb Tinies by Media Design School students is beautifully animated. https://vimeo.com/172490277
Sometimes it pays to join a city. http://adage.com/article/media/medium-s-publishing-program-drawing-interest/304668/
More on Matter's New York expansion and the New York Times, from Haje: https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/23/matter-and-new-york-times-media-accelerator/
This is great: the EU runs a whole site debunking misinformation in UK media. Share it with Euroskeptic friends. http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/ECintheUK/euromyths-a-z-index/
On the Media on Obama's trip to Japan and why the Keep Calm and Carry On poster is terrible is so good: https://overcast.fm/+FrigFZU
Fascinating discussion about social media and journalism in this week's On the Media.
https://overcast.fm/+FpKcpEE
"It's time for nonprofit media organizations." Like, uh, the Scott Trust? https://medium.com/soapbox-dc/its-time-for-nonprofit-media-organizations-c5da3de97c4b#.bfe075fcr
Micropub is a W3C working draft for a standard API that posts content to a domain. https://www.w3.org/TR/micropub/ #indieweb #socialmedia #openweb
@aral I obviously don't support invasive ads, but Flattr / Blendle don't work. And free-to-read media has social value that subs erase. Hard
The Indie Web Summit in Portland is go. I'll definitely be there. http://2016.indieweb.org/ #openweb #socialmedia
With @Medium, "the infrastructure for the future of news is complete". https://medium.com/thoughts-on-journalism/what-next-now-the-news-media-has-lost-dad58ea0b622#.tido3b...
What *is* media, anyway? I like @cshirky's definition: "the connective tissue of our society". https://medium.com/matter-driven-narrative/what-is-media-anyway-e272ffcfecb#.w8qzjvivn /by @mattervc
"Let's build a public media organization from scratch in 2016." What would it be? https://medium.com/@mkramer/let-s-build-a-public-media-organization-from-scratch-in-2016-9470448cebd... by @mkramer, cc @mattervc
I envy the new class of Matter media startups: the program will take place in SF *and* NY. Last 3 hours to apply: http://matter.vc/apply
Matter, the media accelerator supporting a more informed and connected society, is closing applications TOMORROW. http://matter.vc/apply
It *is* like having a giant advisory board. I couldn't have said it better myself. https://medium.com/disrupting-public-media/investing-in-innovation-e3fd42ce2835#.1m1cxv4ja
A fascinating piece about Yahoo's plight and the myopia of engineering (and media) culture. http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/04/marissa-mayer-vs-kim-kardashians-ass-what-sunk-yahoos-media-a...
iHeartRadio is $21bn in debt and about to die. I'm convinced this is finally the year for podcasting. http://www.medialifemagazine.com/coming-the-collapse-of-radios-iheartmedia/
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