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Content syndication the latest target in The Washington Post’s news-business revamp

The momentum at the post-Bezos Washington Post shows no signs of slowing, starting with a focus on readers that is fueled by a complete technological transformation. From building Arc, a proprietary content management system, to hiring a slew of engineers and embedding them in every area of the business—today’s Washington Post has made its global ambitions clear.

Industry-Research

What’s privacy really worth?

Consumers are willing to trade some amount of privacy for a returned benefit reports a new Pew Research Center study. Americans see privacy tradeoffs as conditional and very context related. The type of company collecting the data, as well as how trustworthy it is plays an important role. Though, consumers still report concerns with potential consequences such as data breaches that could have damaging effects. Consumers are not pleased when data is collected for one purpose and is used for another and they are often suspicion about the data collectors.

Perspectives

Beyond 140: Will another walled garden bloom? 

The latest report on Twitter’s efforts to reinvigorate its platform included the long-rumored project to break loose from the 140 character limit. Like all newsfeed changes, this triggered a polarizing debate about people’s preferred experience of the almighty feed. Lost in the fray was a more important development, that Slate’s Will Oremus astutely captured: “Twitter isn’t raising the character limit, it’s building a wall.”

Advertising | Perspectives | Revenue

5 Successful sales habits to try now

Take on 2016 by capitalizing on high-value sales opportunities, including leveraging programmatic to new heights and, of course, improving interpersonal relationships with prospects and customers. As the sales, and revenue generators, of our firms, locking in the fundamental habits below will allow us to remain successful even as the bumpy digital landscape continues to evolve.

Legal & Legislative Committee Call

If you are a DCN publisher or supporter member, please be sure to log in or register after the webinar to access a PDF of the webinar presentation. Legal &…

Industry-Research

Making automated journalism work for you

As The Tow Center for Journalism’s newly released Guide to Automated Journalism points out, the use of algorithms to automatically generate news from structured data is increasingly impacting the journalistic industry. These algorithms can quickly and inexpensively create high volumes of news stories for a given topic. According to Tow, this has fueled journalists’ fears that automated content production will eventually eliminate newsroom jobs, while at the same time scholars and practitioners see the technology’s potential to improve news quality.

Perspectives

Get ready for “concierge” media

People have always had the desire to be informed. In the pre-industrial society, news was limited to conversations and gatherings. The arrival of pamphlets, edicts, ballads, journals and the first newssheets allowed information to spread regionally, while the Internet, social networks, smartphones and messaging apps instantaneously push data globally.

Perspectives | Revenue

What’s next for publishers after FTC’s native ad guidelines?

Native advertising has always had the advantage over banner ads because it mimics the look and tone of editorial content. And because publishers may have confused readers with native ads that look too much like editorial, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced guidelines late last month in an effort to keep readers from being misled.

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