We Love the Internet 2017/34: The If I ran a newspaper edition

Simon Kendrick
Aug 25, 2017 · 2 min read

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

· Silicon Valley siphons our data like oil. But the deepest drilling has just begun

· Disney’s choice

· Netflix is using the Defenders to understand its audience

· In the Land of Internet Subcultures, Try Not to Look Like a Tourist

· Why Personalization Projects Fail

Reference points

· Genius Steals presents Planning Tools & Processes

· Box Set Britain: UK’s TV and online habits revealed

Longer reads:

· If I Ran a Newspaper….

· Three days at the Microsoft Office world championships

· Yes, smartphones are destroying a generation, but not of kids

· Can Oath, the arranged media marriage of Yahoo and AOL, avoid a rough divorce?

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

· Fans Surprise John Cena

· Asia Beatbox Championship 2017 Solo Battle Wildcard

Things to look at/read:

· Steve Bannon believed in Trumpism. Donald Trump doesn’t.

· The agonizing, 8-page memo on how to chauffeur a congressman

· The Story of the DuckTales Theme, History’s Catchiest Single Minute of Music

Animal corner

· American Bulldog vs the dangerous Chihuahua

· take a little time out of your day to watch this

· Momma teaches her cub not to go near the water.

· solar eclipse (2017)

· A woman adopted 2 lion cubs but had to give them up to the local zoo Here’s what happened visiting them 7yrs later

Tweets of the week:

· Can’t believe Ronaldo has leaked the first six tracks on Morrissey’s new album

· The President and Vice President of the United States

· They saw an opportunity and they ran with it

· I just spent 99p for nothing from McDonald’s

· Fire golf, what could go wrong?

· guys i’ve cracked the code

· A photo caption written by someone who’s never played or even seen Pac-Man.

· I guess Peter Weller finally got his photo taken with the Greatest Shirt Of All Time

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads

· St Vincent’s cheeky, sexy rock

· This Is How Sexism Works in Silicon Valley

· Notes from a baby name obsessive

· Oprah Winfrey Is On a Roll (Again)

· The Fallout From Sportswriting’s Filthiest Fuck-Up

· Professional wrestler Booker T’s raw life

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