Blockchain, podcasts and paid memberships

Apologies for the lateness, hacks and hackers! A scheduling mixup caused this issue of the newsletter to be delivered to some of you on Monday evening - and to some of you, in the middle of the night.

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On to the Hacks/Hackers news:

The week ahead:

• Montreal is discussing blockchain and journalism
• Singapore is contemplating viz for social good
• Miami and IRE are holding their regular open labs

Worth a read:

• A bunch of American radio and podcast giants just bought an Australian podcast app (NiemanLab)
• What is "measurable journalism", MediaShift wants to know, and will it help or harm journalism as a whole adapt to the digital environment? (MediaShift)
• Medium suddenly yanked their paid membership option for publications, closing yet another experiment in the roller coaster of digital journalism monetization (CJR)

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