‘Interrumpimos esta clase para darte noticias de tu ex’

En mi papel de profesor, me pregunto frecuentemente qué impacto tienen mis clases en las mentes de los alumnos. Honestamente, ¿cómo es posible que cualquiera persona preste atención a una clase al cien por cien durante 45 minutos? ¿Es posible que a veces se distraiga? Mientras explico la teoría de las externalidades del mercado, todas […]

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How quality content can win in the long run

Digital advertising is broken for many publications. Back in the days when my job was persuading advertisers to spend money with our business publication, I would talk about the importance of a client’s ad appearing next to credible, high-quality content. Editorial environment matters, was the argument. Google, Facebook, and Yahoo pretty much destroyed that business […]

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Hacia una mejor comprensión del fenómeno de las noticias falsas

Los medios tradicionales hicieron un pacto con el diablo cuando recurrieron a las redes sociales y a la optimización de los motores de búsqueda para conseguir audiencias e ingresos digitales. Contrataron a “community managers” para elevar su perfil en Facebook, Twitter, Instagram y otras redes similares. Etiquetaron sus artículos para que encabezaran los resultados de los buscadores. […]

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Why fake news is beating traditional news

Traditional news organizations made a deal with the devil when they turned to social media and search-engine optimization to gain digital audience and revenue. They recruited “community managers” to raise their profile on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and the like. They tagged their articles to raise them in search results. The devilish side of the deal […]

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Media value lies in relationships, not scale

Amid all the news about how Facebook and Google are devouring the world, I would like to sound a note of optimism for digital news media. But first, let’s acknowledge the bad news. It is true that the munch munch munch you are hearing is the sound of the Internet giants biting off big slices of […]

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