Lauren Kern:
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After reading the New York Times piece on Apple News, Apple News’s Radical Approach: Humans Over Machines - The New York Times, I’ve been keeping an eye on the app. They do some nice things with their digests and big events, but I’ve struggled with the Today tab, although this could be due to my lack of usage.
With the Midterm Elections, they have a page set up, so I’m giving it a spin as my place to go for news tonight. Based on the NYT piece and the Letter from Editor included with the Midterms, Ive been impressed with Lauren Kern, Apple News Editor-in-Chief, and think it could become a go-to placed for big events like this.
I hope there’s more to come in terms of improvements to the Today tab and additional offerings with the purchase of Texture. But more importantly, I’m hoping for good news tonight with the Midterms.