Is There a Better Check on Subscriber Numbers?

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A, i think there's a little more room on the other side than maybe some people appreciate. I don't think my concern is insulating the journalist from the subscriber numbers. My concern is insulation the journalists from that kind of a in insidious influence. Whereas i'm not theres any difference between journalis journalisticic objectivity and style of writing which is not letting an opinion come into it.

In this week’s episode we spend a good bit of time revisiting the native ads discussion, then dive into the different ways that Twitter and Facebook have handled the news this week. From there we discuss Twitter’s timeline changes, the realities of venture capital, and whether or not our entire economic system will survive the automation revolution. Yes, it gets deep quickly!

Links

Ben Thompson: Print, Chinese Walls, and “Objective” Journalism – Stratechery (members only)
Clay Shirky: Last Call – Medium
Jay Rosen: When Quoting Both Sides and Leaving it There is the Riskier Call – PressThink
Hamilton Nolan: Time Inc. Rates Writers on How “Beneficial” They Are to Advertisers – Gawker
Derek Willis: New Republican Leader Finds New Friends, and Quick Cash – New York Times
Marco Arment: I’ll Never Fly Amazon Again – Marco.org
Ben Thompson: Twitter is Great for Unprofitable News – Stratechery (members-only)
Mathew Ingram: Twitter vs. Facebook as a news source – GigaOm
Matt Buchanan: The Twitter of Tomorrow – New Yorker
Humans Need Not Apply – YouTube