Five on Friday (on a Monday): NYT’s future, Twitter’s abuse problem and Live leaks
Pardon the delay, but here’s five links you need to have in your life.
Behind the Times
Fascinating long read on the New York Times — from honest assessments of its business model to the fallout from the digital innovation report.
The internal Times goal for total digital revenue is $800 million by 2020 — which, according to senior management, would be enough to fund the Times’ global news-gathering operation with or without a print edition.
News of a funnel
From Digiday, how the Economist is turning social audiences into subscriptions:
“We’re constantly debating how much content to give away,” said Michael Brunt, The Economist’s CMO and managing director of circulation. “If you’re too generous, there’s no point in subscribing. We have the other view: We are generous; we work hard to distribute content on many platforms to give a flavor.”
Show your local journalist you care
Hit the throttle
Twitter is taking some more concrete steps to deal with abuse on its platform. Throttling will help limit the reach of accounts that have been identified as “engaging in abusive behaviour”. A useful tool in the arsenal as many website comment moderation teams will know.
Raw deal?
More on the relationship between Facebook and publishers around Live. According to Channel 4 News editor Ben de Pear: “A proper news organisation can’t earn enough money off Facebook to wash its face, it’s a huge distortion.” Great and insightful interview from Ian Burrell.
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