Google Topics: A close look at search giant’s new plan to replace publisher cookies
Ad industry executives have described Google Topics, the tech giant’s new interest-based advertising proposal, as a “step in the right…
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Open web group calls on CMA to ‘freeze scene of the crime’ of Google cookie phase-out
Campaign group Movement for an Open Web has called on the Competition and Markets Authority “to impose a formal restraining…
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Why US publishers aren’t signing up to Google News Showcase
Google is struggling to persuade some of America’s largest publishers to sign up to its News Showcase aggregation scheme, an…
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New Zealand news industry battles for collective bargaining rights as Australian rivals benefit from big tech payouts
A group of New Zealand news publishers has applied to the island country’s competition regulator for the power to engage…
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Left-wing bias or SEO supremacy? Inside Mail Online’s struggle to compete with The Guardian on Google
Mail Online may be one of the biggest English language news websites in the world – but it believes “woke”…
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Canada’s news industry expects up to $150m annual windfall from Australia-style big tech crackdown
The news industry in Canada expects Google and Facebook to start paying publishers between CA$100-150m (up to £88m) a year…
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Why 18 Australian news minnows (and a billionaire’s charity) are clubbing together for big tech negotiations
When the Australian government introduced its news media bargaining code earlier this year, it represented a world-first opportunity for publishers…
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Search engine giant Google has offered new proposals on the way it uses customer data following an intervention by the…
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