Burger King is unveiling a horrible, genius, infuriating, hilarious, and maybe very poorly thought-out ad today that’s designed to intentionally set off Google Homes and Android phones.
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The Platform Press: How Silicon Valley reengineered journalism | Tow Center for Digital Journalism
The influence of social media platforms and technology companies is having a greater effect on American journalism than even the shift from print to digital. There is a rapid takeover of traditional publishers’ roles by companies including Facebook, Snapchat, Google, and Twitter that shows no sign of slowing, and which raises serious questions over how the costs of journalism will be supported. These companies have evolved beyond their role as distribution channels, and now control what audiences see and who gets paid for their attention, and even what format and type of journalism flourishes.
Publishers are continuing to push more of their journalism to third-party platforms despite no guarantee of consistent return on investment. Publishing is no longer the core activity of certain journalism organizations. This trend will continue as news companies give up more of the traditional functions of publishers.
This report, part of an ongoing study by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School, charts the convergence between journalism and platform companies. In the span of 20 years, journalism has experienced three significant changes in business and distribution models: the switch from analog to digital, the rise of the social web, and now the dominance of mobile. This last phase has seen large technology companies dominate the markets for attention and advertising and has forced news organizations to rethink their processes and structures.
Numerous users are reporting that their negative tweets about United Airlines' inhumane treatment of a passenger have been disappearing from Twitter.
Six reasons Mastodon won’t survive | Mashable
The hot new thing in social media has some big problems.
Le Cinq, Paris: restaurant review | The Guardian
It was supposed to be a joyous trip to one of France’s famous gastro palaces – what could possibly go wrong?
You’d almost think this reviewer was going out of his way to be as delightfully brutal as he possibly could be…
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👓 Donald Trump launches US missile strike against Syria after chemical attack – live | The Guardian
American military strike hits airbase in Syria in retaliation for what US president called ‘horrible chemical weapons attack’ in Idlib
The lawsuit filed Thursday contends the government is threatening free speech.
In the past three years, police shootings have sparked an unprecedented series of protests across the country.
Interesting online storytelling here.
Trump ignored transition planners during the campaign, then did things his way after he won. The administration is still playing catch up.
A breakdown of purchasing habits shows where science books fall on the political spectrum.
In an interview, President Trump said Ms. Rice, a former national security adviser, may have sought the identities of Trump associates who were mentioned on intercepted communications.
West Africans are eating more like Asians. Asians are eating more like Americans. And the richest Americans…
👓 Mastodon Is Like Twitter Without Nazis, So Why Are We Not Using It? | Motherboard
I quit Twitter to join a kinder, nicer, decentralized open source version of Twitter.
Think like a bronze medalist, not silver
The Brooklyn Neighborhood Blogger with the Paul Manafort Scoop
A stray news tip led to the discovery that Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, owns a brownstone in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.