UK launches Digital Markets Unit watchdog for Google and Facebook with warning over Australia-style payments regime
The UK has launched a “tough” new online watchdog tasked with looking at how a code of conduct could govern…
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Death of cookies: Publishers urged to embrace non-profit alternative to Google Privacy Sandbox
A group of tech and legal experts have come together to create a non-profit alternative to Google’s Privacy Sandbox following…
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Top 50 largest news websites in the world: Sputnik, Drudge and Fox see biggest traffic falls in February
Traffic to the world’s 50 most popular news websites fell by almost a quarter (24%) between January and February, according…
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Spanish daily El Pais tops 90,000 digital subscribers nine months after pandemic paywall launch
Spain’s biggest newspaper, El Pais, launched a paywall strategy at the start of May, having delayed it by two months…
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Competition watchdog to investigate Google’s plans to build cookie-less web after publisher revolt
The UK’s competition watchdog has opened an investigation into Google’s plan to remove third party cookies from its Chrome browser…
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Media in developing countries helped to diversify after ad revenue ‘destruction’ of up to 85%
Reputable media organisations outside the G20 are being offered support to transition to a subscription-based business model after the potential…
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Treasury fast-tracks VAT cut for digital publications and pledges £35m print media ad spend
The Treasury has brought forward a cut to VAT for digital publications and pledged a further £35m in advertising spend…
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News websites will have to ask readers to declare age or comply with new code, watchdog confirms
News websites will have to ask readers to verify their age or comply with a new 15-point code from the…
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