Category: Media

  • Media Threads April 13, 2019

    What do cutting grass, memory, Facebook and Google have in common? Not a lot, but I’ll do my best to weave them together in this week’s media threads.

  • Media Threads April 6, 2019

    It’s 2019, we’re in the era of fake/false/outright lies news, and somehow major brands still think it’s cute to attempt an April Fools prank. I’m sure some people still like these pranks, otherwise why would brands waste time and money doing them? Still, it feels like the era of peak April Fools was at least […]

  • Media Threads, March 30, 2019

    Facebook algorithm flaws, Google local experiments project, Digiday’s Moguls and Publishing Summit and other thoughts on the media

  • Media Threads March 23, 2019

    In the world of digital media there are a few companies that stand above the rest. Facebook and YouTube instantly come to mind, and get most of the headlines. It seems like each week at least one of these three is involved in another controversy. And this week is no different. This week Facebook and […]

  • Actual Headline: Facebook says service hindered by lack of local news

    Actual Headline: Facebook says service hindered by lack of local news

    When I saw the headline, ‘Facebook says service hindered by lack of local news,’ yesterday, I thought it was a joke.