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    Media Metrics Roundup for July 26, 2017

    by Jason Alcorn
    July 26, 2017

    Facebook Tries to Prove Instant Articles Beat Mobile Web

    Josh Constine / TechCrunch

    The new tool for publishers compares referral traffic.

    Bringing Measurement To Podcasts

    Charlie Kammerer and Jim Lehnhoff / Digital Content Next

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    Slate’s chief revenue officer brings the receipts when it comes to podcast advertising.

    The New Yardsticks Of Investigative Journalism

    Jeff Kelly Lowenstein / Columbia Journalism Review

    A few interesting nuggets about what’s coming buried in a story we already know.

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    Social Media Is For Branding and Engagement, Not Traffic or Revenue

    Alfred Lua / Buffer

    Falling referral traffic is the first reason.

    Amid an Array of Metrics, Gannett Seeks to Know the ‘Why’ of User Choices

    Tom Grubisch / Street Fight

    An interview about metrics with Gannett’s Jason Jedlinski.

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    Sell Ads On Engaged Time Metrics? Publishers Still Weighing Promise And Risk by Brent Merritt

    The Problem with Short-Sighted Metrics by Tim Cigelske

    Why Publishers Shouldn’t Push into Video Without a Solid Strategy – and Metrics by Allie VanNest

    4 Simple Steps to Leveraging Classroom Partnerships to Teach Analytics by Stephen W. Marshall and Melanie B. Richards

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    Jason Alcorn (@jasonalcorn) is the Metrics Editor for MediaShift. In addition to his work with MediaShift, he works as a consultant with non-profits and newsrooms.

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