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Israel Israel shape,shape, if ifnot not control, control, the the dialogue dialogue a sign of mounting impa- BreedsBreeds aTerror aTerror By TAMAR LEWIN PREGNANCYPREGNANCY FOR FOR PAY PAY moremore thanoped than $100,000a $100,000 sophisticated for for services services infrastruc- andand Hamas Hamas seem seem to to be be dug dug in in this this By TAMAR LEWIN inin key key races races and and therefore therefore na- na- tience, urged Prime Minister CrossingCrossing a Bordera Border oftenoften turnture, turn to to thean an American consequences American agency agency are al- time,time, with with Israeli Israeli officials officials appear- appear- CANCÚN,CANCÚN, Mexico Mexico — — Rudy Rudy tionally,”tionally,” said said Sheila Sheila Krumholz, Krumholz, Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel SAMUEL ARANDA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMESinin a astate readystate where where becoming surrogacy surrogacy apparent: is isle- le- a ing dismissive of Mr. Kerry’s OfOf Physicians Physicians Rupak, the founder of Planet the executive director for the to embrace an “immediate,ing dismissive un- of Mr. Kerry’s Rupak, the founder of Planet galgal and andharshly fairly fairly negative widely widely tone practiced. practiced. dictated bythe executive director for the push for a weeklongDoctors Without cease-fire Borders in workers disinfecting equipment thisHospital, month a inmedical Teldou, tourism Guinea, com- that had been contaminated with Ebola. 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THE NEW YORK TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 28, 2014 N B5 Can Reddit Grow Up Without Selling Out? Netflix Bolsters Offerings

From First Business Page In Documentary Genre strategy and site design ended in a mass exodus of its users. By EMILY STEEL more of the genre. Trying to avoid that fate, Red- Netflix is picking up exclusive Of particular interest are dit is moving slowly. The compa- rights to the documentary “Vi- cause-related documentaries ny already hosts a gift exchange, runga” as part of a broader push with messages that will resonate for instance, in which Reddit by the company to include more globally, said Lisa Nishimura, takes a cut of purchases made cause-related documentaries in vice president of original docu- through participating vendors. its growing original program- mentary and comedy program- There is also Reddit Gold, a pre- ming lineup. ming at Netflix. mium membership program that The film, about the battle to In addition to “Virunga,” Net- users can purchase and award to protect a national park in the flix has picked up “E-Team,” one another. Democratic Republic of Congo, about human rights workers, and “If we’re thinking this hard will make its debut on Netflix this “Mission Blue,” about the ocean- about the user experience, why year. It follows a team of park ographer Sylvia Earle. Terms of can’t we try a little harder about rangers at Virunga National Park the deals were not disclosed. the monetization?” said Alexis that includes a former child sol- “We are really free from the Ohanian, a Reddit founder and a dier, a caretaker for orphan goril- constraints that other platforms member of its three-person las and a Belgian conservationist. board. The group fights to save the The main focus, though, is ad- Unesco world heritage site from vertising, a small but growing ef- armed militia, poachers and oth- More cause-related fort. Four months ago, the com- ers as a rebellion breaks out pany added staff to its sales across the country. fare, anchored by team, which now has seven peo- “Virunga” premiered at the ple. Tribeca Film Festival in April, a Tribeca contender. It has also hired Ellen Pao, a where it was nominated for the former partner at the venture Ellen Pao and Jena Donlin, Best Documentary Feature prize. capital firm Kleiner Perkins Cau- above, lead Reddit’s quest to Netflix is pouring $3 billion into field & Byers, to head up business have,” Ms. Nishimura said. “How monetize without alienating content this year and is steadily strategy. many people in the world really its 114 million monthly users. expanding its roster of original “We’re not monetizing to the get to go to Sundance?” Left, the Reddit offices. programing to lure subscribers. full extent that we could,” said Filmmakers say part of Net- At the same time, Netflix is chart- Ms. Pao, who made headlines two flix’s appeal is that it promotes ing an international expansion as years ago when she sued Kleiner Nast, its former parent company, the stories to its base of more its streaming business in the Perkins in a sexual harassment to expand and maintain its busi- than 50 million global members United States matures. case. “Our business comes from ness, say people familiar with the all at once. (Traditional distribu- wanting to be able to continue to internal workings of Reddit, who While the company has re- tion models generally require serve as a place where people declined to be named because of ceived much attention for its that filmmakers strike deals mar- build awesome communities.” continuing ties to the company. scripted programs, including ket by market and place huge That community is potentially In 2011, Reddit was spun out as “House of Cards” and “Orange Is emphasis on exclusive festivals a big prize for advertisers. Links an independent company; Condé the New Black,” it has also and opening weekends.) that grow popular on the site Nast remains a majority share- picked up a series of documenta- Instant global distribution is often drive a surge of traffic else- holder. A Condé Nast spokes- ries. Those include “Mitt,” about important to filmmakers with an where online. The activity has woman said Reddit currently op- Mitt Romney’s presidential aspi- urgent message, said Joanna caught the attention of brands ea- erates independently by design. rations, and “The Square,” about Natasegara, the producer of “Vi- ger to show ads to large, enthusi- PHOTOGRAPHS BY JASON HENRY FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES At the moment, others may the Egyptian revolution. runga.” In addition, the titles will astic audiences. monetize Reddit’s content even The documentary push at Net- be available on the service in per- cording to this person, while a these brands want to have a real At the same time, Reddit’s dis- better than Reddit. Staff mem- flix comes as a range of outlets, petuity, allowing audiences to good-size single ad sale is around relationship with their custom- tinctive culture may be a hard bers at the website Buzzfeed rou- including Time Warner’s CNN grow over time. $20,000. ers,” said Brian Blau, an Internet sell. tinely mine Reddit for popular and Amazon, also increase their “I can be talking about this film The advertising strategy relies analyst with Gartner Research. Comment threads are often photos and memes, then repack- offerings in the category. for the next couple of years, and on leveraging the site’s overall “Can Reddit deliver that over tough for the casual browser to age that content into so-called lis- Netflix does not release spe- boom, there it is,” said Fisher Ste- design. Users are able to create time?” understand. Many conversations ticles that go viral. Buzzfeed cific audience figures, but execu- vens, director of “Mission Blue.” different subsections, or “sub- Others say Reddit’s game plan are interrupted by in-jokes boasts more than 130 million tives said the documentaries gen- “It is just getting more and more Reddits,” focused on specific top- known only to longtime reddi- is not where the advertising mar- monthly visitors — more than erated “good sized” audiences, subscribers and more and more tors, as users call themselves. ics of discussion. There are over ket is going. Many big brands are Reddit. Last year, Disney consid- leading the company to seek out eyes on it every day.” 7,000 active sub-Reddits, with Also, the content can range experimenting with buying ads ered acquiring Buzzfeed for near- anywhere from a quaint series of hundreds more created daily. through automated auction plat- ly $1 billion. animal photos to an intense dis- “Makeupaddiction,” for exam- forms, like those offered by Goo- For Reddit, the effort to make cussion about bitcoin to graphic ple, is a section dedicated en- gle and Facebook. These compa- money is part of other changes pornography, all in a single tirely to beauty products and tips. nies build profiles of users — age, happening at the company. It has thread. That could spook brands Users post hundreds of conversa- web browsing habits, sex — and slowly started to introduce new that do not want their ads dis- tion threads daily, often recom- use those demographics to de- features, like “trending sub-Red- played alongside not-safe-for- mending different types of prod- liver better, more targeted ads. dits,” to make the site easier to work material. ucts to one another. This is diametrically opposed navigate. It also has plans to Ms. Pao and other Reddit offi- This is exactly where a brand to Reddit’s refusal to collect us- eventually release its own smart- cials declined to give specifics on wants to be, Reddit says. If a ers’ personal data. phone apps. how the push to gain ad dollars is company like Estée Lauder “Reddit is a 1998 product, try- “All things change,” and Reddit going or to share any of the pri- bought an ad unit — a so-called ing to have a 1998 business mod- is “powerless like the pebbles be- vate company’s revenue num- “native ad” that looks similar to el,” said Gina Bianchini, chief ex- ing swept up in the fast-moving bers. But last year, the company other Reddit conversation ecutive of Mightybell, a social river,” wrote Yishan Wong, the decided to continue spending on threads — at the top of the Make- networking start-up. “How big is company’s chief executive, in a expansion while remaining un- upaddiction sub-Reddit, users in the market for interest-based ad- recent Reddit post. (Mr. Wong profitable, according to a person the thread would treat it less like vertising when the biggest cus- declined to be interviewed for familiar with Reddit’s finances, an ad and more like content. tomers are moving to program- this article.) “Our goal is to make But some analysts say adver- matic buying?” who declined to be named be- it change that you like, like when ORLANDO VON EINSIEDEL/NETFLIX cause of continuing ties to the tisers may be skeptical of Red- Reddit has struggled with ad- you go back to a mall you really company. For Reddit, a large dit’s approach to user identity. vertising from the start. For liked when you were a kid and A scene from “Virunga,” which follows a team of park rangers campaign from an advertiser “People on Reddit want to be years Reddit tried, and failed, to find that it’s become really awe- at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. runs in the $100,000 range, ac- anonymous, and at some point get more resources out of Condé some.” War Horror at Your Fingertips, Fast and From the Gut

Tyler Hicks, a longtime photog- From Page A1 news narrative. A message may be rapheronly 140 for Thecharacters, Times, was but at a we all know a layed by the limits of television hotel in Gaza City across from the technology at the time. CNN put beachpicture where is worththe four many, Palestinian many words. all viewers on a kind of war foot- boys died.Often, He tweetedit is a the single news image that ing, with its live broadcasts from immediately,comes to represent took a photo thatbig, complicated was hard to glance at and then the first gulf war in 1991. events. The children fleeing napalm in But in the current news eco- wrote about what it was like to be system, we don’t have to wait for standingVietnam, there. an incinerated soldier along the stentorian anchor to arrive a He“highway said that he of felt death” horrified, during the gulf and set up shop. 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