EU legislation offers chance for publishers ‘to extract a fairer settlement’ from platforms
Platforms have tried to justify their role as helpful traffic sources for publishers and taken aim at new European legislation…
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Google and Facebook should share how much money they ‘extract’ from news industry, says NMA
US tech giants Google and Facebook should reveal how much money they extract from the news industry, the News Media…
By UK competition watchdog launches study into ad market dominance of Google and Facebook
The UK competition watchdog has opened an investigation into the dominance of Facebook and Google in the digital advertising market…
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Youtube downs Bellingcat channel for four hours without warning
Youtube suspended investigative news outfit Bellingcat’s channel for a number of hours this morning without warning. Eliot Higgins, founder and…
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Mail Online search traffic halves after Google algorithm update
Mail Online has seen its traffic from Google halved after an algorithm change, according to its head of search engine…
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Full Fact wins Google grant to develop automated fact check tools
Fact-checking charity Full Fact has won funding from Google to develop online tools for use in the fight against so-called…
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Google+ social network closing ‘due to low usage’ with focus moving to businesses
Google is shutting down the consumer version of its social media network Google+ today, focusing instead on its application for…
By Regional publishers team up to develop local news podcasts backed by Google money
Two of the UK’s biggest regional news publishers have teamed up to develop local news podcasts and audio projects. Manchester…
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