Verizon’s SugarString Is Dead. Here’s What It Can Teach Us
Verizon's tech news site Sugarstring folded after only a few months. What should they have done differently?
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Content Catchup: The Art of Thought Leadership, Gigaom’s Native Ad Scandal, and More Must-Reads
Here's what you missed while debating whether "sexy chicken" is an appropriate costume for your company Halloween party...
Check Out This Bizarre Native Ad for the NSA on Gigaom
Remember The Atlantic‘s Scientology debacle? Well now the NSA is running a sponsored post on Gigaom, and we may have another controversy on our hands. Last week, we dissected Gigaom’s bizarre and inconsistent sponsored content: Some posts are high-quality analysis of industry issues; others are 100 words of product copy pasted into an article format. Now the…
‘Journalism is Effectively Being Criminalized’: Jill Abramson and Janine Gibson Analyze the Post-Snowden World
In a post-Snowden age, what rights do journalists have, and how can journalists protect their confidential sources?
The U.S. Government Has A Content Problem (and Your Brand May Too)
From Edward Snowden to Weev, it's clear that the U.S. government has a tenuous grasp on its long-term approach to dealing with digital content. Ellie Cachette argues that this is a big problem.