Media Voices: New Scientist's head of data science Kimberly Karman on paywalls and GDPR
The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices
February 12, 201838m 32sExplicit
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Show Notes
On this 50th episode of Media Voices, we hear from New Scientist’s head of data science Kimberly Karman about the practical application of data science to a business, to GDPR and how they continue to evolve their decade-old paywall.
In the news round-up, the team discuss VICE reportedly missing its revenue target, Trinity Mirror buying up Express Newspapers, and good news for the NYT and Twitter.
We're reading:
• 'Bikini slideshows and other click bait: Do paywalls usher in better content?' via Mollie Bryant - https://www.bigiftrue.org/2018/02/01/paywalls-journalism/
• ‘A Crazy Idea for Funding Local New: Charge People for It’ via NYT - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/07/technology/funding-local-news-charge-people-money.html
• 'How Facebook is killing comedy' via Splitsider - http://splitsider.com/2018/02/how-facebook-is-killing-comedy/