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I want to say that the future of news tech will be micro services b/c I want that, but lets be honest, it won't be.Permalink On twitter.com
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Newsrooms mostly don't have the expertise to maintain a single system, you really think they're going to maintain dozens?On twitter.com
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Nah, newsrooms might be driven by microservices, but they'll all be services by the same provider, so *shrugz*Permalink On twitter.com
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I always hope that newsrooms are going to be vaunted innovators, but in reality it is mostly following fads developed by leading news orgs.Permalink On twitter.com
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Which is why leading news orgs will end up being service providers & the followers will end up either dependent, open source, or out of bizPermalink On twitter.com
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Vox is basically proof: if you staff new media cos w/traditional leaders you're just recreating old media companies w/smaller bank accounts.Permalink On twitter.com
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The New Media Startup Revolution was killed in its crib because the investors and management are all old people with old media ideas.Permalink On twitter.com
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Honestly, with the exception of BuzzFeed, I doubt a single one of that generation of news startups is going to stand the test of time.Permalink On twitter.com
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Which is sad, b/c smart people work there and have smart ideas. But there's no defeating institutional incompetence without a serious joltPermalink On twitter.com
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Which is why WaPo is doing well. They were basically two legs and an arm in the grave and got bailed out, like organizational electroshock.Permalink On twitter.com
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New media orgs don't have the bank to make it to that turning point. They just have bad VC with bad KPIs and bad expectations.Permalink On twitter.com
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Best case, someone will buy them for their talent. Disruption: what a scam. Chronotope/813775440590635008Permalink On twitter.com
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(PS: When I say old people, I don't mean age per-se, I mean people who act like news industry is still in the 1970s, you can be 20 and that)Permalink On twitter.com
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(Go to some journalism masters programs and you will indeed find people in their 20s who don't realize the internet is a thing that matters)Permalink On twitter.com
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(STILL)Permalink On twitter.com
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