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Bloomberg’s digital chief: Journalists must ‘reclaim’ their audience from Facebook and Google

The news industry faces a Herculean challenge. With resources and attention spans dwindling, media organizations find themselves in a war with tech… Read More

Mozilla acquires bookmarking app Pocket, completing its first-ever acquisition

In its first-ever acquisition, Mozilla has purchased the save-it-later app Pocket to help grow its presence on mobile. Pocket will bring… Read More

Report: More than 40% of ads are too big and slowing down your site

Ad quality issues on web pages might be affecting publishers more than they realize. A new report released by Ad… Read More

Popular newsletter uses open-source techniques to cover ‘WTF’ is happening with Trump

On a Friday afternoon earlier this month, nearly a dozen news alerts were pushed to my phone announcing that a… Read More

After growing Starbucks’ digital news operation, veteran journalist Linda Thomas joins Amazon as director of ‘Amazon Stories’

After spending more than three years helping grow Starbucks’ digital news operation, Linda Thomas is shifting gears to do something similar at another Seattle-based corporate giant.… Read More

Twitter rant on aisle 7! Jeff Bezos slams NY Post report on automated Amazon grocery stores

As owner of The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos is clearly a fan of newspapers. But the Amazon CEO let it… Read More

White House press secretary says journalists will be able to Skype into briefings — and that’s a fact!

The first official White House press briefing was an extra-crowded affair on Monday, but Press Secretary Sean Spicer said some… Read More

In era of Trump and fake news, Rich Barton is not backing down from his ‘power to the people’ philosophy

NEW YORK — Seattle entrepreneur Rich Barton has long touted an investment philosophy grounded in a belief that great things… Read More

Shocked by Trump win, Seattle tech vets start news site ‘Presterity,’ using facts to foil new president

Jan Miksovsky admits, like many people, to being very surprised by November’s presidential election result. In the days after Nov.… Read More

Facebook Journalism Project aims to work with publishers and journalists, curb fake news

Facebook announced a new initiative Wednesday, the Facebook Journalism Project, designed to strengthen relationships with publishers and journalists and stop the… Read More

Media titan Barry Diller discusses fake news, the ‘nasty consequences’ of everyone being a publisher

LAS VEGAS — It didn’t take long for Barry Diller — the outspoken and charismatic chairman of IAC and Expedia… Read More

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s 3 problems with the Internet — and how to fix them

LAS VEGAS — Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt is ready for the Internet to “grow up.” It needs to happen, he told… Read More

NBC shutting down Breaking News, the online journalism startup it acquired in 2012

Breaking News, the 24-hour-a-day online news site, is being shut down by NBC News, five years after the network acquired the… Read More

Microsoft and newspaper publisher Pioneer launch citizen journalism app, give Windows 10 tablets to subscribers

The past two decades have been rough for the newspapers. In the digital age, most people expect to get their information… Read More

How theSkimm became the news cheat sheet of choice for millennial women

TheSkimm’s secret sauce is cleverly and playfully reframing the daily news in a way that resonates with its target demographic… Read More

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Seattle journalists launch ‘The Evergrey’ newsletter, seeking a stronger sense of place in a booming city

Seattle is growing — or perhaps a better term is exploding — at an almost startling rate. An average of 263 people are moving… Read More

Red Ventures acquires Seattle’s Soda.com, operator of The Simple Dollar and Reviews.com

Soda.com, a Seattle media company that operates consumer sites like The Simple Dollar and Reviews.com, has sold to Red Ventures.… Read More

Rivals.com founder James Heckman emerges with new media company theMaven, plans ‘bold’ move to go public

James Heckman is getting the band back together. The Rivals.com founder and former Yahoo executive today announced the formation of… Read More

The Martha Stewart of pot? Seattle entrepreneur JJ McKay launches cannabis lifestyle brand ‘The Fresh Toast’

JJ McKay and an impressive suite of investors believe there’s serious demand for a cannabis lifestyle brand that’s decidedly more Martha… Read More

The New York Times ran a 1-word story to offer email etiquette advice

“All the News That’s Fit to Print” doesn’t need a ton of space when it’s limited to one word. The… Read More

Emails: Journalist who wrote Inc. cover story on Dan Price sought book gig from “70k CEO”

The journalist who wrote an Inc. Magazine cover story about Dan Price — the Gravity Payments CEO known for raising… Read More

Expedia CEO says Facebook will become a competitor in online travel

Could Facebook emerge as the next big player in travel? Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he expects to see competition… Read More

The New Yorker’s new AR cover illustration comes to life when viewed through app

You can dive a little deeper into this week’s issue of The New Yorker magazine thanks to an augmented reality… Read More

Seven months later, Allrecipes’ millennial-focused redesign attracts new users — and critics

Allrecipes spent most of 2015 cooking up what it calls “Dot Next,” a redesign with an emphasis on social features,… Read More

Twitter at 10: Jack Dorsey speaks out about augmenting reality, shifting priorities, and facing challenges

Ten years ago, to the day, Jack Dorsey launched a platform that would facilitate social movements, spark a new form of… Read More

Generation App: Twitter and the changing news media landscape

It may be hard to believe, but Twitter is nearly a decade old. The platform has seen its ups and… Read More

Alibaba founder Jack Ma looking to increase holdings in media sector, reportedly seeks stake in magazine Caixin

Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, is in talks to buy an undisclosed stake in… Read More

Are you DTH? Seattle startup launches app for making plans with friends

This past weekend, nearly 100 people wandered around Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood looking for a unicorn. No, not one of the… Read More

Yahoo shutting down several digital magazines, but Tech site will survive

Yahoo announced Wednesday that it was phasing out a number of its digital magazines in an effort to refocus its… Read More