Trends in the journalism business and content creation: Targeting texting and choice cuts (news roundup for March 6, 2016)

1. Your messaging apps are about to be invaded by the news ==> http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/03/with-purple-you-can-get-election-updates-and-political-info-via-text/ Purple ==> https://getpurple.io/ Quartz jumped on this train ==> http://www.wired.com/2016/02/with-quartzs-app-you-dont-read-the-news-you-chat-with-it/ And eventually bots analyzing data streams will provide your conversation partner ==> http://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-shows-xiaoice-chatbot-made-chinese-social-networks 2. Editorial strategy of reducing choice as a way to stand out ==> http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/03/this-cm-wants-to-deliver-the-only-links-youll-really-read-each-evening/ This.cm ==> https://this.cm/ Why does … Read more