Digital First Media ends Project Thunderdome; Gawker bans internet slang; and NPR's April Fool's Day prank tells us what we already knew about internet commenters.
Is viral content killing fact-checking? What time does the Facebook algorithm change start? And why one editor wants you to stop glorifying "long-form."
Media news you may have missed this week.
The AP to introduce sponsored content; BuzzFeed hires ex-Village Voice reporter to lead investigative team; and the state of tablet magazine apps three years after the introduction of the iPad.
Patch takes the "local" out of hyperlocal.
Twitter's push into notifications; Sports Illustrated's paywall experiment; and Talking Points Memo opts out.
BuzzFeed plans to launch a LGBT vertical; Business Insider invests big in long-form journalism; and AOL adds insult to injury for local Patch editors.
Popular Science turns off comments; Twitter's "very big deal" of an acquisition; and BuzzFeed kills the internet's favorite horse.
Reuters ends its expensive digital news project; Upworthy puts clickbait to good use; and a warning about native advertising from the creator of the original web banner ad.
Twitter's quiet transformation into an advertising machine; the NAA stops releasing quarterly ad revenue figures; and the long wait ahead for Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett.
