Post on 12-Aug-2015
Out of ControlEmily Bell, Director Tow Center for Digital Journalism.
Columbia Journalism SchoolNew York.
For the first time in 200 years news publishers are not in control of how news is
created and distributed.
….2015 is the year social media companies became publishers:
- Snapchat launches ‘Discover’- Facebook launches ‘Instant articles’- Google launches Digital News Initiative +
Google News Labs investment- Apple announces launch of own News App
with IOS9 + hires ‘editors’.- Twitter hires for ‘Project Lightening’.