StorytellerBeta — your reading companion across the network
One proposition. Mid-article = contextual pick. End-article = personal continuation. Queue is the relationship. Visible intelligence is the differentiator. Anti-Taboola by design.
StorytellerBeta is your reading companion across the OCM network — not a recommendation widget
The widget knows you (silent OEID, no login). It remembers what you queued, read, reacted to. It travels with you across iefimerida → in.gr → enikos as one continuous session. Sponsored content is honest, not stealth. Recommendations are transparent — every "why" is visible. The queue is the relationship — a thing you own that no recommendation widget can replicate.
Today's storyteller v2
- Auto-advancing carousel
- Sticky-dependent for ads
- One slot per page
- No identity, no continuity
- No queue, no memory
- Generic story list
StorytellerBeta
- "Your reading session"
- Silent OEID identity, no login
- Honest sponsored, never disguised
- Visible "why" tags everywhere
- Queue persists across publishers
- Quality over quantity (publisher RSS only)
The full proposition — mid + end as one system
Same widget code, two slots, one continuous story. Mid catches you with one perfect contextual pick. End is your personal continuation dashboard with three sections.
Why this beats Taboola: they show you 12 things, half of which are clickbait. We show you ONE thing, and we tell you why we chose it.
— end of article —
Related — host-article context. The thing the user just read, more of it.
Your queue — the user owns this. Persists across iefimerida, in.gr, enikos. Source of returns and habit.
For you — every card has a "why" tag. "You read sports" / "For you" (Lotame) / "🆕 Just in" / "From your Facebook visit." Visible intelligence, transparent algorithm.
Final highlight — local ("most read on iefimerida.gr"), specific (24K reads, 5 days running), single CTA. Not generic "trending" cardistry.
Why this beats Taboola: Taboola has 12 cards of clickbait you'll forget. We have 3 sections, each with a clear reason for being there, queue you own, intelligence you can see. Premium feel, not a content marketplace.
The full proposition in one paragraph
On every article across the OCM network, the user gets one contextual pick mid-article (a related story OR a video ad — both honest, both visible-why, both with big tap targets) and a personal continuation dashboard at the end with three sections: more about this story, your queue (persistent across publishers), and "for you" with transparent reasons. The widget knows them silently via OEID; the queue is the relationship; the visible "why" tags are the differentiator. It is not a recommendation widget. It is your reading session, made portable.