ERIK SASS

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• Snapchat Ramps Up Content Deals in Social Media Insider on 01/03/2018
  

  While Facebook and Google battle each other for the affection, or at least grudging loyalty, of media companies and publishers, small but plucky contender Snapchat is steadily building its own relationships with content creators. It just revealed a new scripted content partnership with NBCUniversal, and is also ramping up its content deals with Hearst.

• A Parting Shot On Social Media, Fake News And Trump in Social Media Insider on 11/29/2017
  

  Blaming social media and fake news for Trump's election is dangerous because it shifts responsibility for all the various shortcomings of the American electorate - economic illiteracy, racism, xenophobia - onto unnamed foreigners bent on stirring up trouble.

• Scaramucci Threatens To Sue College Paper For Defamation in Publishing Insider on 11/28/2017
  

  Like a number of his political peers, Scaramucci is turning to the favored new tactic of legal threats to shut down press criticism - even when it's coming from the student newspaper of his alma mater. He's threatened to sue 'The Tufts Daily' if it doesn't retract statements in an op-ed.

• Another Large Scale Video Ad Bot Network Exposed in Publishing Insider on 11/24/2017
  

  The "Hyphbot" network was discovered in August. The criminals behind the bot scheme used over 34,000 domain names and a million distinct URLs, often carefully disguised to make it appear to advertisers that they were placing ads on high-profile, reputable publications, a practice known as "domain spoofing."

• Materialists View Facebook Friends As "Digital Objects" in Social Media Insider on 11/22/2017
  

  People who display materialistic characteristics in other areas of their lives are likely to view their digital connections on social media as objects, to be collected and curated.

• Coverage Of Roy Moore, Louis C.K. Scandals Attract Different Audiences in Publishing Insider on 11/22/2017
  

  Not all sexual harassment scandals are equal. So it happens that stories about them can also attract very different audiences, that skew by age and gender.

• 'NYT' Suspends Thrush Over Harassment Claims in Publishing Insider on 11/21/2017
  

  The alleged misconduct tended to follow a pattern, with Thrush, 50, using his position and reputation to form ostensibly mentoring relationships with younger female reporters, typically in their early 20s, whom he then sexually harassed.

• Celebrity Mags Mislead Readers On Fertility Chances in Publishing Insider on 11/20/2017
  

  Women's magazines that highlight "advanced maternal age" pregnancies, without mentioning the fact that many have used fertility treatments, are doing their readers a disservice.

• Ziff Davis Close To Buying 'Mashable' in Publishing Insider on 11/17/2017
  

  An acquisition by Ziff Davis would give Mashable access to more resources as it continues to negotiate its pivot to video, an often rocky transition that has the entire online publishing world scrambling.

• Moore Threatens To Sue Alabama Media, Too in Publishing Insider on 11/16/2017
  

  Roy Moore has attacked the publisher for reporting allegations of sexual misconduct. He claims the publisher is motivated by political consideration and a desire to profit from the "mob mentality."

Comments by Erik All comments by Erik

• How The World's Biggest Asshole Was Almost A 'Jabroni' by Joe Mandese (MAD on 06/25/2017)
  

  "Asshole" really sings

• Instagram Is Top Platform For Influencers, But YouTube Gains by Erik Sass (The Social Graf on 05/18/2017)
  

  Good point, I have updated it with a link!  Thanks!

• I, Bobot by Bob Garfield (Garfield at Large on 05/01/2017)
  

  It Bobot pronounced "Beau-bot" or "Bob-bot"?

• Dropping Anchor: Getting Rid Of Bill-O by (Mad Blog on 04/21/2017)
  

  That kind of personality takes a psychic toll on viewers and the public after a while. A reliably conservative friend (late Gen X) called O'Reilly a "boorish clown" which I thought was pretty apt, he can't stand him. 

• Berkeley Cancels Yiannopoulos, Trump Lashes Out by Erik Sass (The Daily Blog on 02/02/2017)
  

  Or perhaps on both the left and right simultaneously, like Putin's chief political technologist?

• Trump's 'Failing' News Outlets Are Booming by Erik Sass (The Daily Blog on 01/12/2017)
  

  Ha! Pretty sure he has bigger fish to fry/insult

• Man Buys A Thousand Newspapers To Hide DUI by Erik Sass (The Daily Blog on 01/09/2017)
  

  No worries David, everyone does it :-)

• Twitter Pulls Data Access Over Surveillance Concerns by Erik Sass (The Social Graf on 12/12/2016)
  

  There is an interactive mapping tool, available here:https://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/map-social-media-monitoring-police-departments-cities-and-countiesAnd a list of the actual procurement orders can be found here:https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/analysis/Purchase_Order_Records_for_Purchases_Social_Media_Monitoring_Software_State_Local_Govts.pdf

• Live From New York, Dave Chappelle Uses 'SNL' As A BS Pulpit by Tom Siebert (MediaDailyNews on 11/15/2016)
  

  Great comment, Tom!  Sad to see a great president wrongly villainized.  The portrayal of LBJ in 'Selma' was also unfair.

• Let's Send The Trivago Guy Packing by (Mad Blog on 10/28/2016)
  

  Ha! It gives the "with wi-fi!" a whole new feel.

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