Quartz created a bot that can break news — and wants to help other news orgs develop their own: The latest from Nieman Lab

[Nieman Lab: The Daily Digest] Tuesday, August 22, 2017 [Quartz created a bot that can break news — and wants to help other news orgs develop their own]( The news site plans to unveil a suite of Slack-based tools designed to simplify the process of creating bots to follow certain pages or data. By Ricardo Bilton. [The daily podcaster’s choice: Try to fit in listeners’ crowded mornings or tackle the evening commute?]( Plus: Radiotopia’s Millennial comes to a close, another podcast-to-TV adaptation, and reaching the growing audience of young, middle-class Latinos. By Nicholas Quah. [A year after Gawker’s death, here’s how people are remembering its complicated legacy]( What We’re Reading The Verge / Jacob Kastrenakes [Medium will now pay writers based on how many claps they get →]( A couple weeks ago, Medium replaced its “recommend” feature — a little heart button at the end of each article — with a “clap” button that you can click as many times as you want. Medium will then weight author payments toward whichever articles a subscriber gives the most claps to. Opennews / David Yanofsky [How news orgs helped audiences follow yesterday’s eclipse →]( “If you didn’t notice the deluge of news coverage, much of the US just experienced a solar eclipse. The majority of coverage was in words—per usual with the gaping maw of reader interest—but some publications were a little more ambitious, publishing custom-designed and interactive news items to help readers prepare for and understand the rare astrological phenomenon.” Poynter / Benjamin Mullin [After more than half a century, The Village Voice is closing its print edition →]( In a statement, Village Voice owner Peter Barbey said that The Village Voice’s website will remain intact and that The Voice “plans to maintain its iconic progressive brand with its digital platform and a variety of new editorial initiatives and a full slate of events that will include The Obie Awards and The Pride Awards.” Poynter / Benjamin Mullin [Facebook just made it easier for users to tell news organizations apart →]( Publishers can now upload multiple versions of their logos that will appear next to their content on Facebook. (See: people who come across a story on social media [have trouble remember who published it]( IAB [The IAB has released its first “Podcast Playbook” for advertisers →]( The guide “provides insights into audience demographics, listener behaviors, creative treatments, ad formats, delivery and targeting, and ad effectiveness measurement.” Adweek / Sami Main [BuzzFeed’s Tasty and Nifty brands are joining Snapchat Discover →]( “Tasty, where viewers can see trendy recipes presented in a short amount of time, has averaged a total of 2.3 billion views every month on every platform since its launch in 2015, and Nifty, which provides helpful how-to guides and DIY tips, has reached nearly 32 million people every month since its launch.” Axios / Sara Fischer [Coming soon: A standard for cross-platform video measurement →]( “The standard will provide more powerful metrics such as progress through the video ad coupled with in target audience performance.” Digiday / Max Willens [Post-redesign, HuffPost’s homepage traffic is up 23 percent year over year →]( “As much as a quarter of HuffPost’s audience come directly to its homepage. And like with other publications, those visitors are among its most valuable: Homepage visitors read six times more HuffPost stories every month — 30, on average — than those who visit through social media, according to internal analytics.” [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](