Comment: Why Australia’s dishonest News Media Code is a bad way to tax Google and Facebook
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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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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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