Three years after pivoting to AI, BuzzFeed says there’s “substantial doubt” it can keep going. (Victor Tangermann, Futurism)
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Digg is dead, again. The former front page of the internet wanted a come back, but the beta collapsed under a flood of bots. Votes and comments couldn’t be trusted. Founder Kevin Rose is back for another reboot, but the team is gutted. Meanwhile Yahoo is launching a ranked, real-time front page, minus the community.
The Independent Journalism Atlas is building a database of people doing journalism outside traditional newsrooms. It maps creators by beat, format, business model, and audience.
“User needs in content publishing: the slide that started it all, five years later (Dmitry Shishkin, LinkedIn)”
“Digital Innovation Playbook” verspricht einen pragmatischen Rahmen und ein Werkzeugset für Produktentwicklerinnen und Managerinnen.
Quartz, once a beacon of business journalism, is now a media zombie after being acquired by private equity (Obituray by co-founder Zach Seward)
Disgruntled Substack writers ditch 10% fees for flat-rate rivals, netting 20-25% more revenue. (Digiday)
Links und Tipps zum Einstieg ins Produktmanagement (Theresa Hoffmann)
The Defender Handbook: Radical Roots & Social-First Digital Tactics (Kansas City Defender)
Product Kit (News Product Alliance)
Baue eine robuste Medienorganisation mit unserem Selbstlern-Baukasten (Neue Narrative & Next.Media Hamburg)
Entrepreneurial Journalism Teaching Toolkit (Jeremy Caplan)
Offener Werkzeugkasten für neuen Journalismus (Karla Magazin & Netzwerk Recherche)