Maybe it’s also time to start calling fact-checking something else. (Anybody got any ideas?): The latest from Nieman Lab

[Nieman Lab: The Daily Digest] Friday, December 1, 2017 [Maybe it’s also time to start calling fact-checking something else. (Anybody got any ideas?)]( Plus: Fake news probably didn’t swing the election, political polarization is nothing new, and Kara Swisher’s kid. By Laura Hazard Owen. [Why don’t people trust the news and social media? A new report lets them explain in their own words]( “Rebuilding trust will a long-term process and will require the commitment of publishers, platforms, and consumers over many years.” By Ricardo Bilton. [The New York Times has halved its free monthly articles to 5, its most significant paywall change since 2012]( [Stratechery, but for jokes about Frasier: Mallory Ortberg tries the paid newsletter route]( What We’re Reading Poynter / Melody Kramer [It’s time for a paywall revolution →]( A proposal for news organizations to think beyond article count to consider time, location, and reader behavior when building their paywalls. Motherboard / Michael Byrne [New study finds that most reddit users don’t actually read the articles they vote on →]( Notre Dame researchers found that “73 percent of posts on Reddit are voted on by users that haven’t actually clicked through to view the content being rated.” Washington Post / WashPostPR [The Washington Post partners with Facebook in an experiment to help users identify breaking news stories →]( The Post is one of the first news organizations to confirm that it’s working with Facebook on the initiative. Axios / Jim VandeHei [Trump’s mind-numbing media manipulation machine →]( How news organizations — and everyone else — keep falling for Trump’s attention trap. Digiday / Max Willens [Publishers see traction in branded podcasts →]( And by “traction,” they mean money. Producing full season of a branded podcast often will likely come with a $500,000 price tag. “A million for a really well-produced one,” said one ad agency exec. Digiday / Lucia Moses [‘Not for the faint of heart’: Publishers scramble to make their annual sales numbers →]( The fourth quarter revenue scramble, long a fixture of media ad sales, has gotten more intense in digital. Digiday / Jessica Davies [Why German publishers aren’t worried about the GDPR →]( While the General Data Protection Regulation guidelines haven’t yet been enforced, publishers in Germany are already signing agreements as if they already are. [Nieman Lab]( / [Fuego]( / [Encyclo]( [Twitter]( / [Facebook]( [View email in browser]( [Unsubscribe]( You are receiving this daily newsletter because you signed up for for it at www.niemanlab.org. Nieman Journalism Lab Harvard University 1 Francis Ave.Cambridge, MA 02138 [Add us to your address book](//niemanlab.us1.list-manage.com/vcard?u=dc756b20ebb9521ec3ad95e4a&id=d68264fd5e)