Chris Thilkflipped into MediaFewer Americans rely on TV news; what type they watch varies by who they arepewresearch.org - Katerina Eva MatsaJust 50% of U.S. adults now get news regularly from television, down from 57% a year prior in early 2016.
Chris Thilkflipped into MediaThe FCC is swiftly changing national media policy. What does that mean on the local level?Nieman Lab - Christine Schmidt“It’s called local news for a reason.” The Federal Communications Commission’s anticipated decision on net neutrality has (rightfully) garnered a lot of publicity and scrutiny. The FCC’s repeal of different regulations earlier this fall, however, could reshape a news source often left out of …
Chris Thilkflipped into MediaNew Study Finds That Most Redditors Don’t Actually Read the Articles They Vote Onverified_publisherVICE - Michael ByrneAnd the world makes a little more sense. It’s probably not at all surprising that most content posted to Reddit is voted on more or less blindly. I’ll cop to liking articles that friends have shared on Facebook without reading, let alone evaluating them. I’d say there’s even sort of an aggregation …
Chris Thilkflipped into Social Media NewsInstagram is testing Direct, a standalone messaging app that replaces the current inboxverified_publisherThe Verge - Casey NewtonMessenger 2.0 Instagram is testing a standalone app for private messages called Direct, a first step toward possibly toward removing messaging features from the core app. Direct, which opens to the camera in the same way Snapchat does, will become available on Android and iOS today in six countries: …
Chris Thilkflipped into MediaCracked Lays Off 25 As the Great Digital Media Purge Continuessplinternews.com - David UbertiWhen The E.W. Scripps Company announced it had bought the then-profitable humor site Cracked for $39 million in April 2016, Chief Digital Officer Adam …
Chris Thilkflipped into TechnologyGoogle collects Android users' locations even when location services are disabledverified_publisherQuartz - Keith CollinsMany people realize that smartphones track their locations. But what if you actively turn off location services, haven’t used any apps, and haven’t even inserted a carrier SIM card? Even if you take all of those precautions, phones running Android software gather data about your location and send it …