Journalism Groups Join Coalition To Save Local News by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, January 27, 2023 Rebuild Local News, a coalition group, proposed a dramatic tax-based solution to the problem of disappearing local journalism, which is having significant social and political consequences, according to Near Media co-founder Greg Sterling. Turns out the art of news is dwindling. Since 2004, 2,100 … Continue reading Journalism Groups Join Coalition To Save Local News
Yahoo News Debuts Interactive Climate Change Map by Ray Schultz , December 29, 2022 Yahoo News is offering a series about climate change, titled “Finding Safe Haven.” It features an interactive climate change map and individual write-ups on how climate change will affect different communities. This depends on a dizzying number of factors, says David … Continue reading Yahoo News Debuts Interactive Climate Change Map
Google News Initiative Works With American Journalism Project To Fund, Advance Online News Startups by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, December 14, 2022 The Google News Initiative is working with the American Journalism Project to find U.S.-based founders with innovative ideas that can advance local news online. The latest 18-month venture launched by the Google News Initiative … Continue reading Google News Initiative Works With American Journalism Project To Fund, Advance Online News Startups
Australian Parliament passes law that requires Google, Facebook to pay for newsOfficials approved the changes that came from their negotiations with Facebook. M. Moon @mariella_moon The Australian law that makes it mandatory for companies like Google and Facebook to pay for news they use is ready to be enforced. Australia’s Parliament has passed the … Continue reading Meta threatens to block news content in Canada over media revenue-sharing legislation
By Samar Marwan August 31, 2022 Some may discredit Gen Z and millennials for being oblivious to current events when the reality is that 79% consume news daily, and a third pay out-of-pocket for news subscriptions. A New Media Insight Project survey looked at the media consumption habits of 16- to 40-year-olds and found … Continue reading Gen Z and millennials get their news from the paper, and Nextdoor
Analysts Have More Somber News For Online Advertising Industry by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 29, 2022 Raymond James analysts hosted an online advertising conference call earlier this month with an industry expert who has visibility into about $2 billion in ad spending across Fortune 1,000 advertisers. The expert expects about 25% year-over-year growth in 2022 … Continue reading Analysts Have More Somber News For Online Advertising Industry
By Sam Becker May 13, 2022 It was a week to forget for many investors, especially those with portfolios heavy on the tech side. Earlier this week, big tech companies combined to lose more than $1 trillion in value in just three days, according to CNBC—a list that includes Microsoft, Tesla, Amazon, Alphabet, Nvidia, … Continue reading It’s not all bad news: These 5 tech stocks are rallying at the end of a punishing week
Google Updates Search, News To Help Users Evaluate Sources’ Credibility by Karlene Lukovitz @KLmarketdaily, April 1, 2022 Google announced two new features designed to help U.S.-based and all English-language searchers evaluate the credibility of news sources and their claims. One is a new “highly cited label” that will soon appear in Top Stories in Google … Continue reading Google Updates Search, News To Help Users Evaluate Sources’ Credibility
Google Brazil Opposes ‘Fake’ News Bill That Could Help To ‘Bypass Our Systems’ by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, March 15, 2022 Google Brazil President Fabio Coelho has published an open letter about proposed legislation aimed at preventing the spread of false information in the country. He argues that the bill, as written, could bring negative … Continue reading Google Brazil Opposes ‘Fake’ News Bill That Could Help To ‘Bypass Our Systems’
News Veracity Ratings Service NewsGuard Diversifies Into PR, Public Affairs by Joe Mandese @mp_joemandese, February 23, 2022 News veracity ratings service NewsGuard is diversifying into reputation management, unveiling a deal this morning to integrate its data on the trustworthiness of news sources with Pulsar, a platform analyzing social media conversations and sharing, news, search … Continue reading News Veracity Ratings Service NewsGuard Diversifies Into PR, Public Affairs
