A look at how Apple combines algorithms and roughly 30 journalists to curate Apple News, which is read regularly by 90M people, and its plans for the app
it is taking a non-tech approach to pickng the news, while taking a very Silicon Valley approach to taking a meaty cut from publishing it without creating it. http://www.nytimes.com/... Scott Galloway / @profgalloway : Unlike Facebook, Google, and Twitter, Apple has avoided spreading misinformation — in part because of human editors. Why is this “radical”? http://www.nytimes.com/... @nytimestech : While Google, Facebook and Twitter rely on machines and algorithms to pick the headlines, Apple uses humans like Lauren Kern, a former magazine editor who now heads Apple News. http://www.nytimes.com/... See also Mediagazer