Digital Media Brief January 12, 2018

Published: Jan. 12, 2018, 5:49 p.m.

In the news this week, the anonymous creator of the “Shitty Men in Media” list was afraid she’d be identified in a story in Harper’s magazine, so she revealed herself instead, saying she had lost friends and her job over the list. The Washington Post’s publisher revealed that the Post has been profitable over the past two years, with digital subscriptions tripling in the last year. Facebook is testing a new section on its mobile app dedicated to local news and information, but will people find it and use it?