In a blog post on Wednesday, Facebook laid out a fairly elaborate plan to promote better media reporting and consumption. Called the Facebook Journalism Project, it includes a local news initiative, new storytelling formats and fighting hoaxes, among other items. With the current debate about whether President-elect Donald Trump's reported problems with Russia are real or fake, the announcement is timely. "We will be collaborating with news organizations to develop products, learning from journalists about ways we can be a better partner, and working with publishers and educators on how we can equip people with the knowledge they need to be informed readers in the digital age," wrote Fidji Simo, the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company's director of product. After an election year of fake news controversies on social media platforms like Facebook, it's noteworthy that Simo said her company wants to forge closer ties with news companies in general. It also wants to educate its users toward "news literacy" by planning to work with organizations such as the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. "We recently announced improvements on our platform to further reduce the spread of news hoaxes—including ways for people to report them more easily and new efforts to disrupt the financial incentives for spammers," Simo added. "In addition, we launched a program to work with third-party fact checking organizations that are... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
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Granta has bought a debut novel by London writer Mark Blacklock, based on the story of John... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft's getting ready to follow Amazon, Apple, and Google into the reading game with an app for Windows to peruse ebooks, magazines, and comics. The new app appears be part of Microsoft's cross-platform Xbox entertainment services, which currently include Xbox Music and Video. Microsoft... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New publishing platform offers writers chance to create an online presence and promises to 'pay journalists better than ever'Websites that pay contributors according to the popularity of their content are nothing new, but what does their existence in the online market mean for the thousands of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp., the newspaper publisher that owns The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post, beat profit estimates and posted gains in real-estate services and book publishing, even as advertising... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch’s publishing arm, which owns Wall Street Journal and the Times, blames ‘challenging advertising market’Dominic Rushe Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gillian Redfearn has been promoted to publishing director of Orion imprint Gollancz, with Jon... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten years today, the social networking giant has notched up some interesting numbers along the way• How Facebook became the world's biggest social network1.23bn monthly usersBy the end of 2013, Facebook boasted 1.23bn monthly active users worldwide, adding 170m in just one year. According to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While Facebook is positioning Paper as a way for publishers to better reach -- and, hopefully, monetize -- mobile readers, Paper may make publishers too dependent on Facebook for traffic. The meteoric rise of sites like Elite Daily, Upworthy and Viral Nova shows how social-savvy publishers can... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last week, the US government finally relented on letting technology companies publish more detail about national security requests; today, some bigger firms are taking advantage of the looser rules. Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and Yahoo have updated ... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bauer Media launches site targeting perceived gap in the market for 'constantly connected, influential, 20-something women'Bauer Media has launched digital brand The Debrief, targeting twentysomething women, with a promise that it is more than "BuzzFeed for girls".The Debrief officially launched... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The San Antonio Express-News will consolidate its packaging operations with the Houston Chronicle, Express-News publisher John C. McKeon announced Wednesday. Both newspapers are owned by New York-based Hearst Corp. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Investment group buys Recorded Books and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Caitlin Moran is to go on a “rock n roll literary tour” to promote her new book, How... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harlequin UK has reshuffled its management team, making two promotions and hiring one new person... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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By understanding our tastes and habits, Facebook could steal billions of dollars in ads from traditional media and get Madison Avenue out of the stone age.Facebook has never been a company lacking in foolish ambition--witness Facebook Home, Beacon, Places, and other monumental undertakings. But... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Parnassus Books launches "Musing," an online literary journal featuring author interviews, book recommendations, and bookish news. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon launches Christian imprint and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook has been in the news over the past few days after a report suggested that the social network is spreading in a similar way to a virus. Like all epidemics, the report suggests, the rate of infection will ultimately drop off, leading to the suggestion that by 2017 the social network will... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Publishing adds Waterfall Press to its growing family of publishing imprints. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Facebook spokesperson told Digiday that the program will not port Facebook-style ad units to other apps, however. Instead, it will simply use its data to target whatever formats those app publishers currently sell. The post Facebook Tries a Mobile Ad Network appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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