Google has promised not to develop any new way of tracking individual users for adverts once it phases out its current method. The tech giant is one of the world’s largest advertising sellers and also owns the world’s most popular web browser, Chrome. But it is following other
The conference, with the theme ‘Digital revenue and technology,’ covered a range of news publishing topics, such as digital transformation, subscription stories, newsletters, ecommerce, and settling in with the ‘new COVID-19 normal’. Day 1 of the conference opened with a keynote address by Edward Roussel, Chief Innovation Officer, Dow Jones & The Wall Street Journal,
To say that the relationship between publishers and technology giants has intensified in the last few days, weeks or months is putting it lightly. Regardless of the way forward, the trends, developments and products pouring out of Silicon Valley should have publishers’ undivided attention, says Edward Roussel, Innovation Officer at Dow Jones and Wall Street Journal, USA.
Twitter is to ban users who repeatedly tweet harmful misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines. Under the scheme, members will face a lock being placed on their account. Its duration will be determined by how many times they have posted misleading information about the jabs. If they accrue “five strikes”, they face a permanent ban. Anti-disinformation campaigners
On the 16th anniversary of Monitor newspaper editor Elmar Huseynov’s murder in Baku, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to reinvestigate the case because new evidence of mistakes and obstruction in the original investigation has just been published. Well known for his in-depth investigative reporting and his scathing criticism of the
In the wake of a violent attack on 27 February in Reims, in northern France, against Christian Lantenois, a photographer with the L’Union-L’Ardennais regional newspaper, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has compiled a list of all the previous cases of violence against journalists in the past three years in France. None of the journalists on this […]
This snapshot, taken on 26 February by Myanmar Times’ photoreporter Sit Htet Aung, gives an insight into the police violence journalists are confronted with. Sit Htet Aung eventually managed to escape Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is dismayed by the sudden intensification of the ruling junta’s crackdown on journalists during the past three days, one month […]
Reporters without Borders (RSF) has filed a criminal complaint with the German Public Prosecutor General targeting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and other high-ranking Saudi officials responsible for crimes against humanity. The complaint reveals the widespread and systematic nature of the persecution of journalists in Saudi Arabia, in particular the arbitrary
As part of my masters’ thesis, I recently asked 355 participants between 18 and 34 years old from Europe, the United States and Mexico about their digital news preferences and how much they are willing to pay for a subscription. Elizabeth Benítez is an Event and Marketing Manager at WAN-IFRA. She recently completed her Master […]
Seventy-five percent of all page views on Amedia’s websites are identified to specific individuals. This is crucial to being able to personalise and have a data driven approach to everything from journalism to marketing activities, says Haakon Johansen, the company’s VP Consumer Market. Amedia owns 79 newspapers in Norway with a total of 2.4 million […]
