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    Media Metrics Roundup for August 16, 2017

    by Jason Alcorn
    August 16, 2017

    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.

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    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

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    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.

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