Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Photo Credit Illustration by Jessica Svendsen Every so often, an idea comes along that mesmerizes Silicon Valley and convinces the most powerful people there that this innovation will irrevocably alter the course of humankind. Outsize proclamations are made, lavish events are held and millions of dollars in venture money are funneled into young, unproven companies….
At The Washington Post, we constantly strive to provide our readers with the best possible site and reading experience. One way we do this is through PageBuilder, an in-house product for our news editors to easily tweak, enhance or add content live on the site. We can take this a step further and add the ability for…
6:00 AM PDT 4/22/2016 by Marisa Guthrie Marisa Guthrie ABC News executives have long coveted a third hour for ‘Good Morning America’ Kelly Ripa is losing her Live with Kelly and Michael co-host Michael Strahan this summer. But will she also lose her show’s prime 9 a.m. time slot at some point as well? ABC…
By almost any measure, Scott Scherr makes a lot of money. As chief executive officer of Ultimate Software Group Inc., Scherr’s pay tripled to $38.3 million last year, a filing showed this month. That’s far higher than his rivals and more than the company earned itself. It even tops the compensation of Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, who…
AD UNIT 1 /AD UNIT 1 This morning in Palm Desert, Calif., the IAB is kicking off its annual leadership conference, an event which epitomizes its irrelevance to consumers. For those keeping score, in 2015 ad tech’s greatest existential challenge took form: the tremendous surge of ad blocking into mainstream consciousness. The IAB’s response to…
Adblock PlusBen Williams, operations and communications manager at Adblock Plus.Popular ad blocker Adblock Plus claims that it was uninvited from the US Interactive Advertising Bureau’s big conference. The IAB represents the biggest names in the digital-advertising industry: Google, Facebook, Twitter, online publishers, and ad-tech companies. Each year it holds its annual leadership meeting in Palm Desert,…
Adblock PlusBen Williams, operations and communications manager at AdBlock Plus.President and CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Randall Rothenberg used the opening keynote speech at the IAB summit to accuse Adblock Plus of being an “unethical, immoral, mendacious coven of techie wannabes” and an “old-fashioned extortion racket.” The vitriol came after Adblock Plus complained…
The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is a non-profit organization that empowers journalists and engages citizens with new technologies and best practices. ICFJ’s networks of reporters and media entrepreneurs are transforming the field. We believe that better journalism leads to better lives. A newly created position, ICFJ’s Director of Technology will put in place new…
But as a woman, to enter this privileged position in the first place I had to face a lot of difficult situations(And no, none of those situations involved a wrestle with my “victim complex”). The experience has left me with more than a few opinions about my father’s views on this subject (which are exceptionally…
Fusion is no longer a fusion. Univision announced on Thursday that it had purchased Disney’s piece of Fusion, a company founded as a joint venture in October 2013 with the vision of making a media organization that could capture the attention of a growing young latino audience. As part of the deal, Univision is reorganizing some…