Media's Latest In-Demand Job: Platforms Editor

Media companies increasingly want to publish their articles, videos and graphics directly to social networks and mobile apps like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. Call it modern syndication.Facebook, for instance, is talking with media companies about publishing articles within the social network. A prototype involving content from The New York Times, BuzzFeed, National Geographic and possibly other publishers is expected soon. Already, publishers new and old are putting videos on Facebook, images on Instagram and screenshots from their text articles on Twitter.To determine how best to carry out this social and mobile syndication strategy, publishers are looking to hire a "platform editor." The New York Times is on the hunt for one who will be, according to its job listing, "a journalist, a technophile, a creative thinker and an evangelist The person in this role will be expected to oversee projects that shape the way our news report is published on all platforms." Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

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