On Writing | Dustin
Why Write?
“I’ve been collecting these theories of why writers write because so many writers have written about it.”
Why Digital News Outlets Haven’t Nailed Alt-Story-Form Journalism
Alt-form storytelling, a key magazine-and-newspaper design trend, and hasn’t truly flourished on the modern internet. Axios could go way further than it does.
Arielle Lana LeJarde Interview
I’m Todd L. Burns, and welcome to Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. Click here to subscribe! Arielle Lana LeJarde is a Brooklyn-...
The U.S. is losing an average of two weekly newspapers a week
The U.S. has lost a quarter of its newspapers since 2005 and is losing two a week (almost all weekly papers) on average, according to a new report from Northwestern University's Medill School. In all, 2,500 American papers have disappeared since 2005.
Penny Abernathy, the author of the report an…
Streaming Enters the DJ Booth and With It, Big Data · Feature ⟋ RA
Cloud DJing will soon be the industry standard. But is this new technological development leading artists towards a paradise of convenience—or a data-hungry dystopia?
The Problem With New York Mag's "Canceled Teen"
Sweet Portable Lifestyle
In Our City You Can Rollerblade Near Water I like my dinners ethnic, my coffee latté, my gossip salacious, and my conversation wired. Not a lot to ask, you might think, but difficult to know where to…
Facebook looks ready to divorce the news industry, and I doubt couples counseling will help
Out of every 1,000 times someone sees a post on Facebook, how many of them include a link to a news site? Four. No wonder Facebook doesn't want to write publishers big checks anymore.
Meet Me at the Roadside Shrine to Harry Styles's Vomit
In Kaitlyn Tiffany's sharp and funny 'Everything I Need I Get From You,' online fandom is serious business.
How fandom built the internet as we know it, with Kaitlyn Tiffany
From the Beatles to One Direction — her new book on the history of fans
Electronic Music Is in a Social Rut. TikTok Might Just Save It. · Feature ⟋ RA
Artists are struggling to engage with their audiences online, but the virality of the short-form video platform is coming at an opportune time for the genre—challenging how music is packaged, shared and listened to.
Better podcast data coming for iOS apps
Apple has fixed a headache for analytics; and TikTok is now connected to Headliner
Opinion | The C.E.O. of Condé Nast: ‘This Is No Longer a Magazine Company’
Roger Lynch talks unionization, Bon Appétit and Anna Wintour.
The videos that don’t work on YouTube and the future of the creator business with Nebula CEO Dave Wiskus
Dave Wiskus is on a mission to empower creators.
Views of the News: Should journalists get off Twitter?
Is it time for journalists to get off Twitter? One of the nation’s leading newspapers has made a presence on the social platform optional. We’ll talk about why, and what effects this could have on the quality of reporting and the safety of reporters. Also, Warner Bros. Discovery’s takeover of CNN and HBO, the collapse of Black News Channel and the USA Today’s innovative use of comic journalism. From Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News.
Inside the Succession Drama at Scholastic, Where ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Clifford’ Hang in the Balance
When the CEO of Scholastic died suddenly last year, he left control of the family empire to a former colleague—his ex-girlfriend. Now there may be a showdown brewing over billions of dollars in kids’ fare.
Congratulations, You’ve Been Platformed 📫
It’s strange to think that I knew what Substack was as soon as it was put in front of me. But I did—it was an attempt to wrap email in a platform, with promising initial promises, but the goal of strengthening Substack itself.Sure, there were a lot of things about Substack that looked good at the outset—the fact that they effectively gave the platform away for free was a vast improvement over the model of charging money after you reached a certain subscriber size—but every new publisher that jo…
Substack's new platform play
The company has an iOS app and big new ambitions. Should writers be scared?
A heartfelt farewell from Dieter Bohn
I’m going to miss writing and making video for you all.
CJR at 60: Celebrating 60 years as the voice of journalism
In this issue, we have sought to convey the scope and ambition of CJR over the course of its life. The stories are organized thematically, rather than chronologically, to help connect the dots from one age to the next.
Apple News launches its first daily local newsletter, targeting Bay Area readers – TechCrunch
Apple News is introducing its first daily local newsletter for the Bay Area and is actively exploring expanding the offering to other cities. The Bay Area daily local newsletter, which is reminiscent of a daily local paper, includes top stories across local news, sports, politics, dining and more. …
How did YouTube make all the top-ranked comments wholesome and funny? | Input
What comes next.
Episodes of Joe Rogan’s show are disappearing from Spotify
It’s completely unclear why.
Tools for Reporters Top 5 of 2021
Well hello, reporters! It’s that time of year again.
RevEye
My most popular post on Substack this year (kinda surprisingly to me) was also the most recent, RevEye! RevEye helps you avoid making an oopsie by checking if images have already been published online.
This helps prevent you from b
Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2022
This annual report, based on a survey of senior executives, looks at the key issues facing journalism in 2022 and beyond.
Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2022
This annual report, based on a survey of senior executives, looks at the key issues facing journalism in 2022 and beyond.
Podcasters are letting software pick their ads — it’s already going awry
Podcast ads start to act more like the web
The Algorithmic Ad Monster Cometh for Podcasts
Trying to move podcasts to web-like “industry standard advertising” is worse than violating the spirit of *If it ain’t broke don’t fix it* — this is breaking something that definitely works for something we know doesn’t.
Breaking Right
The Wall Street Journal's stubborn conservatism.