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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The Sun and Mail Online believe they aren’t getting fair share of Google search traffic
The Sun and Mail Online both feel they are unfairly being downgraded by Google search rankings thus depriving them of…
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Google turned off advertising for Mail Online homepage in US over ‘perceived derogatory content’
Google reimbursed Mail Online after turning off advertising on its US homepage for several hours over the “perceived presence of…
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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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Reader comments, Google ad-blocking and the moderation dilemma for publishers
Google’s recent move to block advertising over reader comments below a Mail Online column should sound a warning to publishers.…
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Google appeals ‘disproportionate’ €500m fine over French publisher negotiations
Google is appealing the €500m (£429m) fine handed down by France in July. Sebastien Missoffe, head of Google France, said:…
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Google blocks ads on Piers Morgan’s Mail Online Simone Biles column over ‘racist comments’
Google has said it blocked advertising on a Piers Morgan Mail Online column slamming US gymnast Simone Biles for quitting…
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