The Ledger
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Guglielmo: Algorithmic distribution requires modern news outlets to actively sell content
“Because of technology and because of all these new ways of distribution, news has to be sold. Which in the past it wasn't. People had magazines, they had publications, readers came to a brand. Who decided what news was, right? Who decided what news was and wha…”
Guglielmo: Advertising pressures prevent newsrooms from measuring influence instead of traffic
“I don't think a lot of news organizations, though, think about it in those ways, because they're dealing with the pressures of Selling advertising and making their revenue numbers.”
Guglielmo: Startups must distill their pitch into a 63-character headline
“Now the onus is on the company to already figure out For me, what that 63 character headline is when they pitch their story, because it's not about a pitch, it's about that they've figured out and distilled it down to that point.”