Google plans to update its AdSense program policies to prevent placement of its ads on sites distributing fake news.Facebook also said Monday it had updated the policy for its Audience Network, which places ads on websites and mobile apps, to explicitly clarify that it applies to fake news.“In accordance with the Audience Network Policy, we do not integrate or display ads in apps or sites containing content that is illegal, misleading or deceptive, which includes fake news,” Facebook said in a statement. The company said its team will continue to closely vet all prospective publishers and monitor existing ones to ensure compliance.False news stories have become a sore point after the U.S. presidential elections with critics blaming internet companies like Twitter and Facebook for having had an influence on the outcome of the elections as a result of the fake content.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'
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BookStats, an annual survey that tracks the American publishing industry, finds that, contrary to doomsday predictions, bookstores and paper-and-ink books are still in demand. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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QuadrantOne, an online ad platform created by a consortium of newspaper publishers, including Gannett, Hearst, the New York Times Co. and Tribune, is introducing three new ad management tools intended to improve targeting and measurement of online ad ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House has announced a multi-year extension of its sales and distribution partnership with Wizards of the Coast LLC, which began in 2005. Wizards of the Coast is the publisher of Dungeons & Dragons and other popular fantasy and sci-fi series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ingram has announced an agreement with Destiny Image Publishers to grow the reach of its Christian publishing program to more book buyers worldwide. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With the Web and social media at their fingertips, the style-minded need not wait for the fashion establishment to dispense its monthly advice. Increasingly, they’re taking matters into their own hands, blogging, creating collections on Pinterest and other social sharing sites, or, to use the... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News updates all day from Fast Company.One of the advantages that Google's Nexus 7 tablet may have over its Amazon rival the Kindle Fire is that Google wants to push it out internationally sooner, whereas Amazon is overly US-centric now. But it's emerged that when the Nexus hits British shores,... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch’s move to split News Corp. into entertainment and publishing businesses may unlock the value he seeks. But the big imponderable in that shift could be Murdoch himself and his tainted legacy, say Wharton management professors Lawrence Hrebiniak and John Kimberly. Continue reading at Knowledge@Wharton
[ Knowledge@Wharton | 2012-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing giants The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal firmed up exclusive deals with Flipboard and Pulse earlier in the week for exclusive content to go out to these third-party mobile apps, but as one Flipboard rival explains, this news c ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Critics of the company's dual-class share structure, which gives the Murdoch family 40 percent voting control, registered their concerns that nothing would change if the company split into entertainment and publishing businesses. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp. board backs splitting company's entertainment and publishing businesses Continue reading at MarketWatch.com
[ MarketWatch.com | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch outlined plans to split the media conglomerate's publishing and entertainment operations into two publicly traded companies, a decision he hailed as "the next transformative phase" in his empire's history. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp.'s board of directors voted late Wednesday night in favor of a proposal that would separate the media conglomerate's publishing assets from the rest of its entertainment holdings, according to a person familiar with the situation. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google took a cue from Amazon's Kindle Fire announcing the Nexus 7 tablet optimized for content from Google Play including books, games, TV shows, movies, apps, and magazines. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive, confirmed Thursday that the company was spinning off its publishing division. He defended his newspaper assets, vowing to "unleash their real potential.'' Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp has confirmed reports that the company will be split into separate publishing and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazines have embraced the iPad but generally dissed the Google Android OS. Google wants to change that will the opening of Magazines on Google Play. With scores of titles across many of the major publishing houses on tap for this launch, the sectio ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp. is considering a breakup that would put its 20th Century Fox film studio, Fox broadcast network and Fox News Channel in one company and its newspapers and book publishing assets in another.News Corp. is contemplating what once was unthinkable — splitting its entertainment and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Another big magazine company is looking to ad tech to make its online ad inventory more valuable. Six months after Conde Nast launched a private ad marketplace to increase the sell-through of its online ad space without opening it up to public ad e ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last week, Time magazine hosted its first Google+ "Hangout On Air,"a video chat that is streamed live to the public and shared via Google+, YouTube and Time.com. Hangouts On Air are an offshoot of Google+'s standard Hangouts Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shares in News Corporation rise 2.4% in Australia following reports that it may split its entertainment businesses from its publishing interests. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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