Interview: CNN Digital’s Smolkin and Straight on Trump, misinformation and Twitter trolls
CNN this week announced two promotions at the top of its digital operation, which runs one of the world’s largest…
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Publishers joining the social media boycott led by English football to protest racist abuse and discrimination online include The Sun,…
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Instagram audience growth: Reach drives regional reader referrals up 500% in one year
The number of readers driven to Reach regional websites from Instagram grew by more than 500% in 2020. The UK’s…
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Call for journalists to receive ’emotional flak jackets’ against worsening online abuse
Journalists should be given “emotional flak jackets” to deal with ways their work could impact their mental health, such as…
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Competition watchdog to look at ‘subtle ways’ to rebalance publisher-platform relationship
The UK’s competition watchdog wants to create “greater incentives” for tech giants like Facebook and Google to bargain in good…
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The UK has launched a “tough” new online watchdog tasked with looking at how a code of conduct could govern…
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Daily Mash hit by Facebook anti-misinformation algorithms as publisher Digitalbox reduces losses
Satirical website The Daily Mash was hit by social media platforms changing their algorithms as they attempted to tackle misinformation…
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Reach in hot water with ASA after failing to use #ad on sponsored tweets
The UK’s advertising watchdog has found that several paid-for tweets posted by Reach’s regional titles were “likely” to be in…
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