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Longreads Is Joining Forces with The Atlantic
longreads: We have some big news to share today: Longreads is teaming up with The Atlantic, in a partnership that will allow us to expand our site and membership model—and continue to serve this community of readers, writers and publishers. When I first started the #longreads hashtag four years… Very excited about this. Thanks to…
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longreads: “The Ghost in the Machine.” Alex Pappademas, Playboy.
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CHRIS-TOF-CHUCK: Adding a “Saved Items” functionality to your site/blog with one line of code
akristofcak: TL;DR: Using one line of code (edit: two, if you need to add jQuery), you can add a “Saved Items” button to your site or blog to enable your readers to easily access articles that they have saved from your site to their Pocket account without leaving your site. Also, using a bookmarklet,… This…
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longreads: “The Weeklies.” —Monica Potts, American Prospect From our Top 5 Longreads of the Week.
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Why Longevity Matters
This graph, from the brand new Pocket for Publishers, is a great example. It’s the Pocket activity for “Bitter Pill,” Time magazine’s (incredible, go subscribe and read it) 25,000-word story on the secret costs of healthcare in America, written by Steven Brill. In green, you can see the daily “saves” to Pocket. In red, the…
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Longreads Member Pick: Jason Zengerle’s First Assignment for Might Magazine
longreads: This week, we’re thrilled to feature Jason Zengerle, a contributing editor for New York magazine and GQ who has been featured on Longreads many times. Our Member Pick is Jason’s 1997 story on Michael Moore for Might magazine: “Is This Man the Last, Best Hope for Popular Liberalism… Longreads Member Pick: Jason Zengerle’s First…
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Longreads: Longreads Member Pick: Baghdad Follies, by Janet Reitman
longreads: This week, we’re excited to feature Janet Reitman, a contributing editor for Rolling Stone and the author of Inside Scientology: The Story of America’s Most Secretive Religion. “Baghdad Follies” is Reitman’s 2004 story on what it was like to be a war correspondent in Iraq. As… Longreads: Longreads Member Pick: Baghdad Follies, by Janet…
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How Have You Devalued Professional Writing Today?
This week’s discussion about paying writers has led some to argue that publishers, by asking for free or cheap work, and writers, by accepting little to no wages, are devaluing the work of professional writers. What else is devaluing the work of professional writing on the web? 1. By having this debate, for free, on Twitter.com,…
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The Death of Everyblock and Why I Suddenly Care About Local*
I was saddened today to learn that NBC News is shutting down Everyblock, the Knight-funded local project created by Adrian Holovaty, Wilson Miner, Dan O’Neil and Paul Smith. It was an exciting attempt to help organize information and data for cities and neighborhoods—and it was inspiring to watch them attempt something both local and scalable,…
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ANDREW GOLIS: #podcastme
golis: In an attempt to catch up with the world of podcasting, I asked friends and followers on Twitter and Facebook what I should be listening to. The result was 50 different shows recommended by 35 people. Ten of the shows were recommended by more than one person. As unscientific as a Friday night… ANDREW…