Facebook and Google news should be regulated, report says

10 months ago

A regulator should oversee tech giants like Google and Facebook to ensure their news content is trustworthy, a government-backed report has suggested. The Cairncross Review into the future of UK news

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When newspapers close, voters become more partisan

10 months ago

In our new study, we show that the loss of local news leads to political polarization, making governing more difficult locally and nationally. We began with a hunch: If people are reading more nationa

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Tencent invests in Reddit as its global battle with Bytedance escalates

10 months ago

Min read. Chinese tech giant Tencent is rumored to have contributed $150 million to US social news and discussion platform Reddit's $300 million Series D, leading to heated discussions over the possib

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Tencent invests in Reddit as its global battle with Bytedance escalates

10 months ago

Min read. Chinese tech giant Tencent is rumored to have contributed $150 million to US social news and discussion platform Reddit's $300 million Series D, leading to heated discussions over the possib

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How Jeff Bezos Sees the Press: An Interview with the Journalist Brad Stone

10 months ago

Now federal prosecutors are reportedly reviewing Bezos's claims; if Bezos is correct, then A.M.I. may have broken the law, violated its agreement, and once again acted to defend Trump, who is decidedl

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Journalism Isn't Dying. It's Returning to Its Roots

10 months ago

The past few weeks have brought bad news to the hardworking scribes of the news business. If the most savvy and avant-garde of the new digital journalists can't make a living, what hope is there for o

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In Japan, a content-sharing platform for publishers aims to even the playing field between big and small

10 months ago

Social media remains a dominant source of news for consumers in many countries, outpacing newspapers in 2018 in the U.S., where 45 percent of people get news from Facebook. News providers need any edg

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Happy birthday, Facebook! These are the 10 most important moments in your not-so-great ...

10 months ago

So with Facebook celebrating a big day today, I thought it might be useful to look back at the 15 most important dates in Facebook's history for news publishers. The Instagram buy showed publishers th

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Advertisers Suing Facebook Allege It May Have Committed Fraud on Video Ad Metrics

2 months ago

A group of advertisers suing social-media giant Facebook in California over ... In a blog post the next month, Facebook vice president David Fischer ...

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