Ofcom warns that secret tech giant algorithms may be bad for media plurality
Ofcom has agreed with the likes of Mail Online and The Sun that opaque algorithms from Google and Facebook may…
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Damian Collins MP on why Online Safety Bill can rebalance relationship between big tech and journalism
Damian Collins is the Conservative MP for Folkestone and Hythe, and Chair of the Joint Committee on the Draft Online…
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CEO interview: Business booms for Bloomberg Media thanks to ad ‘windfall’ and 350,000 subs
For the US media, 2021 was supposed to be a year when fortunes came crashing down to earth. The end…
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Comment: Why Australia’s dishonest News Media Code is a bad way to tax Google and Facebook
Hal Crawford is a media analyst and former news director based in Sydney. You can sign up to his substack…
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Google News Shh-owcase: Publishers break silence over secret deals behind $1bn scheme
It is one year this week since Google launched News Showcase, an aggregation service with a $1bn budget to spend…
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Facebook shares publisher dos and don’ts to avoid content demotion in user news feeds
Facebook has revealed for the first time how it decides what “problematic or low-quality” content should be demoted in its…
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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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