The Media Minute – 30 December 2014

4 Publishers that Killed their Comment Sections in 2014
Mpublishers are finding it increasingly difficult to justify keeping them around these days now that most readers are having conversations on Twitter and Facebook.
Production: Creating Partnerships
From the Los Angeles to Chicago, consolidation is becoming an increasingly normal trend in the industry.
Pinterest Pushing Deeper into Ads
A quick glance at the digital scrapbook Pinterest makes it seem like the anti-Facebook.
Hearst Thinks Outside the Tower for its Digital Strategy
On a tour of the Cosmopolitan.com office last week, Troy Young, the president of Hearst Magazines Digital Media, blithely introduced a room without windows as the “crying room.”
Digital Tools You Should Have Been Using in 2014
For many journalists, reporting is a recipe perfected long ago. Adding a new ingredient or changing a step can throw the finished product out of whack.
UC Davis Newspaper Struggles to Resume Print Publication
The longer UC Davis’ student newspaper remains out of print, the more difficult it seems to revive the nearly century-old institution on paper.
5 Charts About the State of Dark Social
People have become increasingly aware of dark social — the under-the-radar sharing that takes place on chat, messaging apps, IM and in email, outside the social network ecosystem (and, it’s believed, within it in some cases).
What Defines a Healthy Newsroom Culture?
Earlier this month, I had the honor of conducting a writing workshop in Washington, D.C., for the writers and editors of National Geographic.
Digital Newspapers Grows 15% In Australia During 2014
Australians have begun to adopt digital newspapers in record numbers as advertising campaigns from the leading national publications appear to be paying off.

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