To put it mildly, news media has been on the sidelines in AI development. As a consequence, in the age of AI-powered personalized interfaces, the news organizations don’t anymore get to define what’s real news, or, even more importantly, what’s truthful or trustworthy.
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Tim Cook speaks out at Fortune’s CEO Initiative on hot-button issues like immigration
At Fortune’s CEO Initiative event today, Tim Cook shared his opinion on a number of contentious issues, including immigration, political news and smartphone addiction. Here are some highlights from his conversation with Fortune executive editor Adam Lashinsky. On companies taking a stance on public policy and other politically charged issues, including the Trump administration’s separations […]
View More Tim Cook speaks out at Fortune’s CEO Initiative on hot-button issues like immigrationGet your trusted midterm elections news from us, says Apple
Apple News has a new old mission: Curating political news and analysis by paying a team of experienced human editors to quality-assess journalism, rather than letting unchecked algorithms run wild and exaggerate anything — no matter how awful, obnoxious or untrue. ‘Fakebook’ eat your heart out. Apple says human curation is not a new direction […]
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With all the hot water Facebook has been in for the role of news on its platform, it looks like the social media giant is getting what it wanted.
A new study from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism found that the use of Facebook for news has declined. Instead, people are turning to messaging apps — most notably WhatsApp — to receive and share news.
The study’s data come from surveys conducted by YouGov of representative sample populations in countries around the world.
Researchers found that social media use for news is down 6 percent in the United States, which is almost all due to a decline in the use of Facebook for news. Specifically, the use of Facebook for news on a weekly basis declined 9 percent from 2016 to 2018, and 20 percent amongst “younger groups.” Read more…
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View More People are switching from Facebook to WhatsApp for newsTheSkimm brings its news service to Android
TheSkimm, the female-led media company best known for its newsletter that summarizes, in plain language, the top news and highlights from the day before, is today launching a mobile app for Android devices. Previously available on the iPhone, theSkimm’s new app combines a mobile version of its newsletter, along with a calendar of important events, […]
View More TheSkimm brings its news service to AndroidFacebook launches new ‘quality journalism’ project — with a typo front and center
Facebook announced a new component of its “Facebook Journalism Project” on Wednesday: a partnership with CNN and other media outlets to produce news shows specifically for Facebook.
Unfortunately, the social media/content production/advertising/how d…
Facebook kills its ‘Trending’ section
Facebook really doesn’t want to be a media company. The social network announced this morning it’s removing its often controversial “Trending” section from its site next week, in order to make way for “future news experiences,” it says. These experiences include things like a dedicated section for news videos on its video hub Facebook Watch, […]
View More Facebook kills its ‘Trending’ sectionCameraman falls in lake on live TV, still gets the perfect shot
Sometimes you get so into your work that you accidentally fall into a lake. It happens!
But if you’re a cameraman named Chris, you might just be skilled enough to recover and capture the whole incident for live television. That’s what happe…
Real Vision, a media platform for finance and business, raises $10 million
Real Vision is entering the crowded business and financial new space with a bang. The company, which recently raised a $10 million Series B after a $5 million A, is working on a number of new initiatives including distribution on Apple TV, a content distribution partnership with Thomson Reuters and an upcoming documentary on PBS. […]
View More Real Vision, a media platform for finance and business, raises $10 million9 podcasts to help you understand *everything happening in the news*
As movies like The Post and TV shows like The Newsroom will tell you, it is the civic duty of every citizen to stay informed.
But with so much happening all at once in our news cycle, it can be tough to keep up with what’s going on in current events,…
Roku’s adds news to its free channel, including the new streaming network ABC News Live
Last fall, Roku launched its own channel to provide its cord-cutting customers with access to free movies and TV shows in a single destination. Today, it’s adding live news to its channel, too. In partnership with ABC News and others, The Roku Channel will now feature live news streams and linear news programming, alongside its […]
View More Roku’s adds news to its free channel, including the new streaming network ABC News LiveNetflix shoots down report regarding its plans for a weekly TV news show
During yesterday’s earnings call, Netflix seemingly shot down a recent report that had claimed the streaming service was planning to make its move into the news business via a weekly TV show. In March, MarketWatch had reported Netflix was eyeing the news business, and was planning a news magazine show that would rival CBS’s “60 […]
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