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[Nieman Lab: The Daily Digest] Monday, February 13, 2017 [The New York Times’ latest VR project is an adaptation of George Saunders’ new novel]( “In terms of mass distribution at this point, newspapers are the only ones that have the muscle.” By Joseph Lichterman. [An Ann Arbor magazine created a daily newsletter to help fill gaps in the city’s local news coverage]( The Ann is working with 17 groups — from student newspapers to the local public library — to share local news and information. By Joseph Lichterman. [Newsonomics: The new Knight-Lenfest initiative gives a kick in the pants to America’s metro newspapers]( “We have so valued the fact that we are still standing. ‘Look we’re still standing!’ But standing is not enough…you gotta run.” By Ken Doctor. What We’re Reading BuzzFeed / Alex Kantrowitz [Here’s how much traffic a Trump tweet drives →]( Trump uses the public version of Bitly, so his tweet analytics are publicly available. Politico / Joe Pompeo and Hadas Gold [Gerry Baker to staff: Criticism of Wall Street Journal’s Trump coverage is ‘fake news’ →]( The Wall Street Journal editor said “there’s been ‘a lot of nonsense appearing in the media about how unreliable our reporting is, that we’re being soft on Donald Trump. I have an obligation to respond to that and point out that I think that is completely unfair,’ according to the source.” Bloomberg.com / Kyle Chayka [How Condé Nast learned to love tangling with Trump →]( “As journalists of all stripes struggle to figure out how to cover the early days of a new and unusual presidency—do you treat the tweets and vague policy pronouncements differently than executive orders?—the magazines of Condé Nast have staked out a notably aggressive stance for what is largely a luxury lifestyle publisher. Defining that post-election voice has won several of the titles owned by parent company Advanced Publications Inc. a larger share of audiences hungry for politics, reflected in web traffic and subscription statistics provided by company representatives.” Washington Post [The Washington Post joins Snapchat Discover, with daily editions focused on breaking news →]( The Post plans to provide multiple news updates throughout the day on the platform, seven days a week. The edition will be live in the U.S., Canada, and UK. The Telegraph / Allister Heath [Fake news is ‘killing people’s minds,’ says Apple CEO Tim Cook →]( “We are going through this period of time right here where unfortunately some of the people that are winning are the people that spend their time trying to get the most clicks, not tell the most truth,” he said in an interview with The Daily Telegraph. “It’s killing people’s minds in a way.” Washington Post / Margaret Sullivan [‘Drop dead, media!’ Trump fans yelled — then bought the local papers →]( In a dozen interviews here last week, Luzerne residents indicated their satisfaction with their main news sources: WNEP Channel 16, the ABC affiliate in Wilkes-Barre; and the two competing Wilkes-Barre daily papers: the Citizens’ Voice (endorsed Clinton) and the Times Leader (no endorsement). (In Luzerne County, where the voter registration is about three-to-two Democratic, Barack Obama won twice — and Trump crushed Hillary Clinton in November.) Digiday / Yuyu Chen [More than 60 percent of Snapchat users skip ads on the platform →]( “New stats from customer acquisition firm Fluent show that 69 percent of the 3,327 American adults surveyed online skip ads on Snapchat “always” or “often,” and that number goes up to 80 percent among 18- to 24-year-olds. The survey also reveals that 61 percent don’t follow any news organizations on Discover.” Poynter / Benjamin Mullin [Poynter is dedicating one of its reporters to covering local and regional journalism full-time →]( As part of her new beat, Kristen Hare will also be launching a weekly newsletter devoted to the future of local news called [Local Edition](. [Nieman Lab]( / [Fuego]( / [Encyclo]( [Twitter]( / [Facebook]( [View email in browser]( [Unsubscribe]( You are receiving this daily newsletter because you signed up for for it at www.niemanlab.org. Nieman Journalism Lab Harvard University 1 Francis Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138 [Add us to your address book](