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Matt Mullenweg was interviewed by The…

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Dan Knauss

Matt Mullenweg was interviewed by The New York Times on the subject of remote work and the story of how Automattic started down that path. There's nothing very new in this interview if you've heard Matt speak on this subject…

The New York Times did a…

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The New York Times did a brief interview with Matt Mullenweg that's focused on his plans for Tumblr. Matt said bringing RSS feeds back to Tumblr is "high on [his] list" of priorities.

The New York Times explains how…

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Brian Krogsgard
The New York Times explains how they built a proprietary "collaborative editing CMS" for their newsrooms. It's an impressive piece of software, but it's a shame how much cool engineering goes into closed systems. Would the Times sharing this effort…

Lindsay Rogers Cook explains how the…

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Lindsay Rogers Cook explains how the digital transition team at the New York Times created a program to help reporters "learn to love spreadsheets." If you want to encourage non-coders on your team how to be more fluent with data…

Many media organizations are devoting significant…

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Many media organizations are devoting significant resources to focus on privacy. For example, The New York Times is launching an ongoing examination of privacy that will unfold over several months. They already have some interesting takes on the ways information…

I enjoyed a post about how…

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Brian Krogsgard

I enjoyed a post about how The New York Times handled unprecedented traffic during the electron night in the US last year. The Times encountered an, "8,371 percent increase in the number of people visiting the site simultaneously." Today, they…

Scott Taylor talks about how is_ssl()…

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Scott Taylor talks about how is_ssl() is inadequate in load-balanced environments in a recent blog post. Scott touches on recent issues with the New York Times recent upgrade to HTTPS and shares some knowledge. I think the last sentence in…

A recent story by Farhad Manjoo…

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A recent story by Farhad Manjoo in the New York Times about MailChimp's non-Silicon Valley approach to creating a successful startup is an enlightening and inspiring read. Their revenue per employee roughly calculates to more than $700,000 per year, which…

Austin Smith has a great piece…

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Austin Smith has a great piece in an ongoing saga that involves the firing of Jotham Sederstrom at the New York Times (there are other links in the post if you aren't familiar with the drama). Austin correctly point out…

This New York Times article on…

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This New York Times article on media websites battling faltering ad revenue and traffic had one estimated figure that was depressing: "In the first quarter of 2016, 85 cents of every new dollar spent in online advertising will go to…

The role of blogs at The New York Times

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Brian Krogsgard

I really enjoyed a throwback piece on Nieman Lab today, where Joseph Lichterman reminisced with some New York Times folks about the earliest blogs at the Times (which have run on WordPress since their inception). Blogs have had a roller coaster…

Let’s finish with a couple of…

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Let's finish with a couple of publishing hot takes... Ben Thompson talks about how Grantland was a money pit for ESPN, but why it shouldn't have been. Text is a gateway drug, and Bill Simmons is already proving it with…
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