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Amy Schumer is back on TV — and, oh, how we’ve missed her. On the season four premiere of Schumer’s Comedy Central show “Inside Amy Schumer,” the comedian is at her annual pap smear when she discovers that her gynecologist has been replaced with four congressmen from the (fake) House Committee on Women’s Health. When Schumer…
Ever wish that visiting a museum was more like watching reality TV and simultaneously browsing TMZ, all while a few wine coolers deep? You’re in luck. Curators Matt Harkins and Viviana Olen — the duo behind the Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan Museum that cropped up in Brooklyn last year — are back with a…
When Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp expressed frustration with his company’s performance on Apple News last week, his complaints apparently were just the tip of the iceberg. Other publishing execs are unhappy about everything from the traffic they’re getting from the two-month-old news aggregation app to the user experience to the data Apple’s giving them….
Publishers, especially B2B publishers, find that reaching readers via the new digital platforms is too much of a crapshoot to be a sustainable business model for them to investment in There is no shortage of digital distribution platforms that want content from publishers. Whether it is Facebook’s Instant Articles or Apple News, Flipboard or the digital…
Photo: AP Maybe he’s the ego-buster journalism students need. About a month ago, a parody account called “Guy at your J-school” began tweeting insights into life, with posts that range from delusional to chokingly smug. No doubt, “Guy at your J-school” hits notes that can make any jaded reporter sneer. The caricature might even cause…
Rarely a day goes by where I don’t hear some politician or pundit claim that the American Dream has become unattainable for too many. It’s also a common theme in my Facebook feed. Sometimes the culprit is student debt. Sometimes it’s static wages, or the disappearance of pensions and manufacturing jobs. Sometimes it’s how predatory…
Last week, Facebook opened its Instant Articles format to all publishers. Using Instant Articles, they can now show readers using Facebook mobile a fast-loading version of their posts, while still also displaying some of their ads and measuring pageviews. Previously, Instant Articles was only available to a select number of official publisher partners. “Only now Instant…
Bless Fallout 4 players who are truly making the most out of the Wasteland Workshop DLC. The screenshot above comes to us via Twitter user Pipbois, a Fallout 4 player desperate for Nick Valentine’s attention. As you might already know, the Wasteland Workshop DLC lets players make neon signs, and it’s leading to all sorts…
The mobile web is getting faster thanks to Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages scheme, and it’s about to get faster still. AMP articles now appears within Google News, giving media companies another high-traffic channel for speedier content delivery. But publisher complaints about slow loading ads have yet to be resolved. Legacy publishers like The Washington Post, The New York Times…
As part of the landmark $100 million settlement agreed to last night, Uber says drivers will now be allowed to ask for tips. Which means everyone, even you, will now have to tip their drivers. Forever. Probably in cash, since there’s no way to do it in the app. extended entry your rating as a rider…