Google says there are no plans to remove the News tab on search results pages, after testing temporarily removing the filter for “a small subset of users”
but the deck is often stacked against them. Threads: Sheila Dang / @sheiladangit : I don't understand how removing the News tab is helpful to anyone https://www.niemanlab.org/... Kali Hays / @kalihays...
Google Search changes could significantly decrease publishers' traffic and affiliate revenue, but the Perspectives section may highlight individual journalists
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Google Search changes could significantly decrease publishers' traffic and affiliate revenue, but the Perspectives section may highlight individual journalists
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A look at things journalism could lose if Twitter dies: real-time feedback on stories, news outlets being publicly called out, DMs as a reporting tool, and more
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Facebook's most-viewed story in Q1, from Chicago Tribune linking a doctor's death to COVID vaccines, shows why publishers should consider how content is shared
On Friday, The New York Times had a scoop. Facebook — that known vector for the spread of kid photos, neighborhood goings-on … Tweets: @jbenton , @wexler , @parkermolloy , @niemanlab , @parkermolloy ...
Survey of post samples from 173 adult US Facebook users' feeds during October 2020 found that 54% of users saw no news within the first 10 posts of their feeds
What do people see in their Facebook feeds? How much news do they encounter there — from legitimate outlets or from those known for sowing misinformation? Tweets: @froomkin , @marklittlenews , @phmai...
At launch, Facebook News had very few stories on politics, many New York Times links, and coverage overlapped little with the most popular articles on Facebook
On June 10, the most popular stories across Facebook were all NASCAR banning Confederate flags and Blue Lives Matter (with a sprinkling of dead kids). Tweets: @niemanreports , @mattnavarra , and @laur...
Study of 1,769 undergrads in Texas finds those who spent time away from Facebook consumed less news and reported feeling less depressed than those who didn't
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab : Tweets: @niemanlab , @niemanlab , and @drsepah See also Mediagazer Tweets: @niemanlab : “Our results suggest that using Facebook induces feelings of depression,” the ...
ProPublica's Political Ad Collector browser extension, now owned by the Globe and Mail, is working once again after being blocked by Facebook earlier this year
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The history of Medium, told through a timeline of tweets, articles, and Ev Williams' own statements about the site
http://www.niemanlab.org/... @niemanlab : Medium has turned into “an endless thought experiment into what publishing on the internet could look like.” http://www.niemanlab.org/... Laura Hazard Owen / ...