‘Media Men’ List Creator Outs Herself, Fearing She Would Be Named
New York Times–Jan. 10, 2018
And by Wednesday night, after hours of debate about the matter on social media, there was a surprising turn: The woman whose identity the campaign had sought to protect revealed herself in a first-person essay on New York magazine’s web vertical The Cut. At issue was an article Harper’s had scheduled …
Social Media Is Making Us Dumber. Here’s Exhibit A.
New York Times–Jan. 11, 2018
… highly intelligent people who gravitate to the alt-right” and calling them “internet savvy” and “media savvy.” The clip went viral. The right celebrated; the left fumed. The neo-Nazi Daily Stormer website ran an article headlined, in part, “Harvard Jew Professor Admits the Alt-Right Is Right About Everything.
How women in media won some pay equality in the 1970s, and why …
The Conversation AU–16 hours ago
Marama Whyte does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has … However, as my research on legal action over pay gaps by media women in 1970s America shows, we’ve been here before, with mixed results.
The End of the Social News Era? Journalists Brace for Facebook’s …
New York Times–Jan. 12, 2018
Media companies are bracing for the changes coming to Facebook’s News Feed — the column that appears when the site or app is opened — that will favor posts by …. Once the change is rolled out, people will still see articles shared by their friends — but posts from publisher pages will be less visible.
What You Can Learn From These 3 Celebrity Women on Using …
Entrepreneur–Jan. 5, 2018
For instance, if you head to any of GDIGM’s social networks, you will find thoughtfully curated content related to women in media — from articles about Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman, to articles about Eva Longoria developing a new family drama about immigrant mothers and statistics showing that women …
Facebook’s news feed change won’t help social media addiction
The Guardian–26 minutes ago
… explained that this new direction was arrived at through research into social media. The findings say that when we use Facebook to communicate with people in our network we feel connected, and this can lead to long-term happiness. But when we passively scroll through a feed full of articles and videos, …
World media struggle to translate Trump’s Africa insult
Asahi Shimbun–Jan. 13, 2018
NAIROBI–President Donald Trump’s vulgar insult of Africa was a puzzle for many foreign media organizations, which didn’t have a ready translation of his epithet for their readers or listeners. Their answers ranged from “dirty” to, well, dirtier. While meeting with senators on immigration, Trump questioned …
Peru Ex-President Fujimori Hospitalized With Heart Problems: Media
U.S. News & World Report–14 hours ago
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori accompanied by his son Kenji Fujimori leaves Centenario hospital in Lima, Peru, January 4, 2018. Eddy Ramos/Agencia Andina Handout via REUTERS Reuters. LIMA (Reuters) – Alberto Fujimori, Peru’s former authoritarian president who was freed from a …
China Central Government-Owned Enterprises’ 2017 Profit 15.2 …
U.S. News & World Report–32 minutes ago
FILE PHOTO: A Chinese national flag flutters at the headquarters of a commercial bank on a financial street in central Beijing, China November 24, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Reuters. BEIJING (Reuters) – Total profit of the enterprises owned by China’s central government rose by 15.2 …
Egypt Opens Criminal Inquiry Over New York Times Article
New York Times–Jan. 10, 2018
The article “undermines Egypt’s security and public peace, and harms the country’s public interest,” the prosecutor, Nabil Sadek, said in a statement. The investigation comes after a torrent of furious commentary in Egypt’s pro-government media and in Parliament, where lawmakers denounced the article, …
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