Facebook's fast-loading Instant Articles are now available to all iOS users

In May, Facebook started testing its Instant Articles feature, allowing select news publishers to publish full stories directly on Facebook’s mobile apps. Today, Facebook announced that it had started rolling out Instant Articles to everyone using Facebook’s iOS app. Because Instant Articles can be read in full without ever leaving the Facebook app to go to a mobile browser, they load a lot faster and create a more seamless reading experience.“Starting today, people will see a lightning bolt on the top right corner of some stories shared in News Feed,” Facebook Product Manager Michael Reckhow wrote on the company’s official blog. “The lightning bolt indicates it’s an Instant Article. When you tap the story, it loads ten times faster than a standard mobile web article.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'

[ PC World | 2015-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow snaps up 'fast-paced, witty' middle-grade series

Nosy Crow has acquired three books in a new middle-grade series, S.T.E.A.L.T.H., from Jason Lokesh Rohan.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-06 00:42:59 UTC ]
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How Ali Smith wrote a fast, newsy, transcendent book series during the darkest of timelines

The author discusses her quartet of novels, written fast on the heels of Brexit, Trump and the ensuing horrors and concluding with "Summer." Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-08-12 14:00:44 UTC ]
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Chair of A-Level Law Review resigns over editing of transgender article

The chairman of the editorial board of A-Level Law Review, Ian Yule, has quit his role after an article he wrote for the education magazine was heavily edited and put through a sensitivity reading from transgender rights charity Mermaids. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-10 16:33:55 UTC ]
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Profile Books joins Facebook boycott

Independent publisher Profile Books, including imprints Serpent’s Tail, Viper Books and Souvenir Press, has joined the global Facebook advertising boycott led by by the advocacy group Stop Hate for Profit, withdrawing all Facebook and Instagram advertising with immediate effect. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-04 21:25:31 UTC ]
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EUP 'tried to censor' journal article over transphobia concerns

Three academics have claimed Edinburgh University Press tried to censor their journal article on gender self-identification in an “exceptional breach of normal practice” over transphobia fears. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-03 01:23:20 UTC ]
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The New Yorker Article Heard Round the World

John Hersey’s article titled simply “Hiroshima,” which comprised the entire feature space in the August 31, 1946, issue of The New Yorker, has been called by many the greatest, or at least the most important, journalistic achievement of the past century. Its life was extended when it was soon... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-02 08:48:53 UTC ]
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Is the Facebook Ad Boycott an Opportunity for Publishers?

In less than one week, a campaign by a coalition of civil rights groups aimed at encouraging businesses to pause advertising on Facebook's platforms has already achieved some tangible results. Last Thursday, the digital ad agency 360i, a Dentsu Group subsidiary whose clients include Burberry,... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-06-23 18:20:35 UTC ]
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'Change is not happening fast enough': UK publishers promise to tackle inequality

Responding to the newly formed Black Writers’ Guild, all five of the biggest publishers say they will make more room for black authors and staffThe “big five” UK publishing houses have separately acknowledged that “change is not happening fast enough” and that they must do a lot more to address... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-06-17 12:45:22 UTC ]
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Trump, Facebook, and the weaponization of free speech

Yesterday—as protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, continued across the US—things that President Trump said caused trouble again, and drove the news again. First, Trump laid into governors on a conference call that quickly leaked to the press; he called... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-06-02 12:08:10 UTC ]
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Experts weigh in on Facebook’s new Oversight Board

Almost two years after it first started talking about the idea, Facebook finally announced the members of its Oversight Board, the “Supreme Court” that will—theoretically, at least—have the ability to overrule Facebook and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg  about whether certain types of... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-05-14 11:45:42 UTC ]
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4 Under 4: Fast & Fabulous Audiobooks Under 4 Hours

Itching for a great audiobook that's on the shorter side? Here are four under four hours long. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-05-01 10:40:12 UTC ]
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Portal From Facebook Salutes Moms With Mother’s Day Campaign

The new campaign for the Portal From Facebook video-calling devices salutes mothers and their efforts during the coronavirus pandemic as Mother's Day approaches. Facebook said the integrated campaign will include a new television spot, digital content (both on- and off-Facebook) and partnerships... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2020-04-27 19:15:41 UTC ]
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Aligning the User Data That Websites and Apps Collect With What Consumers Expect

With the California Consumer Privacy Act now the law, digital media companies are reevaluating their online data collection policies and the procedures Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-04-22 18:30:50 UTC ]
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Translating a Quality User Experience From Print Into Digital

Among the many degradations magazines have endured during the digital revolution, few are as heartbreaking as the erosion of the magazine design experience. Digital platforms are designed by engineers for engineers. The web browser shows little respect for any standardized flow and sequencing,... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-04-21 13:10:24 UTC ]
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What Google and Facebook need to do to fight disinformation

Both Google and Facebook have acted surprisingly quickly to remove disinformation related to the COVID-19 virus over the past few weeks, considering their somewhat mixed track record when it comes to removing hoaxes, conspiracy theories, and trolls related to political campaigns. But experts... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-04-09 11:45:11 UTC ]
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Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2020

Mango Publishing tops the list for the second year in a row, while other presses are finding their own paths to move ahead. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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How Facebook’s early decisions set the stage for scandal

Steven Levy mines the company’s history and talks to its leaders to figure out where things went wrong. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-28 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Pivot in perception or a load of rowlocks? | Brief letters

Boris Johnson | Marmalade years | US publishing industry | Quick crossword | Roysters crispsIt’s all very well Labour demanding an inquiry into who paid for Boris Johnson’s Caribbean holiday (Report, 14 February), but what I should really like to know is when will the Independent Office for... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-02-14 17:21:53 UTC ]
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Facebook's Ads Libraries isn't enough to keep NZ election clean

OPINION: Does seeing ad spend and number of advertisements really tell us that much? Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2020-02-07 16:00:00 UTC ]
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Editors’ Picks: Our Favorite Magazine Articles of 2019

Second only to the occasional test kitchen tour, the biggest perk of editing Folio: is the constant reminder that magazines overwhelmingly remain the primary medium for the greatest long-form journalism being produced today. As another year ends, we once again turned to the tastemakers... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2019-12-30 17:04:32 UTC ]
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