BBC chairman calls for new UK laws to control Facebook and curb Covid-19 ‘infodemic’
BBC chairman Richard Sharp has called for new regulation to help end the Covid-19 “infodemic”. Sharp, a former Goldman Sachs…
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GB News says it is seeing ‘incredible trajectory’ online as 3.7m tuned in over first month
GB News reached about 3.7m viewers on linear TV in its first month on air – just over a quarter…
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Express & Star editor-in-chief reflects on success of Facebook Community News Project
In 2019 Facebook launched a £4.5m project to pay for 82 reporters to cover under-served communities in the UK. Here…
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Quintopoly? Five tech companies now earn 46% of global ad revenues as news media left behind
Five tech companies today account for nearly half of the world’s advertising revenue, a report has found. Google, Facebook, Alibaba,…
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Facebook community reporters helped keep local groups informed during pandemic
Facebook’s cohort of community reporters have continued working during the Covid-19 pandemic, helping to keep local groups connected during the…
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Facebook is social media site where readers are most likely to see news (and misinformation)
Efforts of journalists and news organisations to develop a Twitter presence are paying off as people pay more attention to…
By Facebook and Google both say they will give news media more support in next five years
Facebook and Google are both going to provide more active support to the news media over the next five years,…
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Ofcom: Britons now spend 30-times longer online with Google/Facebook than BBC
Google and Facebook dominate the time British people spend online, a new report has revealed. UK broadcast regulator Ofcom found…
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