Journalism roundup: “The Cost of Being Late on Social Media…”News industry turning mobile…

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Facebook Media Venture to Include NBC, BuzzFeed and New York Times

nytimes.com – Vindu Goel – May 13 – MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook ‘s long-rumored plan to directly host articles from news organizations will start onWednesday, concluding months of delicate negotiations between the Internet giant and publishers that covet its huge audience

The Cost of Being Late on Social Media

All Facebook by Kimberlee Morrison

Speed is the name of the game when it comes to digital media.

While the instinct of any good journalist is to wait until they have all of the facts before going live with a story, publishing a story quickly can be a key factor in online publishing success.

“Quartz is an API”: The path ahead for the business site that’s reshaping digital news

Editor’s note: There are few more compelling digital journalism stories than the growth of Quartz, Atlantic Media’s business site. Though it was born with the advantage of a highly desirable target audience — the global business elite — it has still managed to do so much right: sharable content, visual distinction, global reach, smart advertising strategy, mobile-first design…all while maintaining high quality. It’s one of the few operations I recom

 Nieman Journalism Lab / by Zachary M. Seward /

Facebook’s Instant Articles are live: Either a shrewd mobile move by publishers — or feeding the Borg

…s within Facebook. John: So now you’re a news distributor? Chris: Yes. John: And you’re all in the journalism business? Chris: Yes, which is cool because we were never writing content. I mean the cool part about our relationship with journalism is that we very, very, very clearly never wanted to create content. We’ve always said we’re a medium. We don’t create content here. We’re in Silicon Valley. We build this connective tissue so that people can quickly distribute content to their friends. T

 Nieman Journalism Lab / by Joshua Benton

News industry turning mobile, US study shows

 EurActiv.com

SPECIAL REPORT / The news industry is struggling with a shift to mobile, getting scant revenues as more readers turn to smartphones and tablets for information, according to new research published in April.

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