Parse.ly Has Raised $6.8 Million And Reached Profitability. Here’s What It’s Doing With The Money.
Daniel Funke / Poynter
CEO Sachin Kamdar sees an industry more sophisticated than ever about metrics.
‘Raining Clicks’: Why We Need Better Thinking On Technology, Data And Journalism
Chris Moran / Medium
A Guardian editor responds to Franklin Foer’s broadside against metrics.
How Do You Set Metrics?
Julie Zhou / Medium
Facebook’s product design VP writes about counter-metrics and how not to get bogged down in semantics.
The Next Step in Buffer’s Social Media Journey
Joel Gascoigne / Buffer
The company is launching a new insights tool, Buffer Analyze.
Facebook Is Rolling Out A Trending News Section On Mobile, Now With Its Own Link
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch
Stories will be selected—in part—through engagement metrics.
From MetricShift
Can Ad Tech Use Engaged Time Metrics To Fix Publishing?
Brent Merritt
The Coral Project’s Guide to Community Metrics
The Coral Project
How Top Publishers Are Restoring Trust on Social
Gabriele Boland
What’s The Goal Of A News Site Homepage in 2017?
Jason Alcorn
How an Early Social Media Editor Moved Up to VP at Time Inc.’s The Foundry
Julia Haslanger
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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.