Louise Mensch to launch rightwing site for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp

Publisher says US-focused site Heat Street will have no ‘safe spaces’Former Tory MP Louise Mensch is to launch a centre-right website for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.Mensch tweeted that under her leadership the libertarian website, Heat Street, will be a place where “disagreement will be encouraged”. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2016-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch wants Facebook to pay 'trusted' publishers for content

Facebook has plans to tweak its News Feed to include more posts from friends and family and less from news publishers in an attempt to fix some of the platform's problems. Now news magnate Rupert Murdoch thinks that the social network should adopt a... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch Tells Facebook to Pay 'Trusted' Publishers

Rupert Murdoch is calling on Facebook to pay "trusted" publishers if it wants to carry their news stories and videos, much like a cable company pays networks for their channels.The media mogul, who controls The Wall Street Journal and Fox News, has been among the most vocal of the old media... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch tells Facebook: pay 'trusted' publishers for their content

Amid policy changes at social network, media mogul criticizes it for failing to ‘adequately reward’ publishers that add value and integrityRupert Murdoch issued a new salvo in the row between Facebook and news publishers on Monday, calling on the social media company to pay publishers for their... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Never mind what Rupert Murdoch really thinks about Donald Trump | Jane Martinson

Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury is further proof that Murdoch never lets personal feelings get in the way of good businessThere are many reasons to want to go back to early 2016 – not least the fact that Rupert Murdoch was still tweeting his views of the world rather than leaving it to the minions... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp’s Robert Thomson: ‘The digital world is dysfunctional’

Robert Thomson, CEO of News Corp, says platforms need to change their ways to benefit publishers’ long-term business models -- but he doesn't let publishers off the hook, either. The post News Corp’s Robert Thomson: ‘The digital world is dysfunctional’ appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here isn't the news: Murdoch papers bow out of sales audit

With sales of the Australian at 95,000, News Corp says circulation is ‘no longer a representative measure’. Plus: Saturday Paper editor makes it into a movieWhen the sales of printed newspapers fell dangerously low this year, News Corp Australia made a monumental decision. Did they decide to... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How the Kremlin Tried to Pose as American News Sites on Twitter

The Kremlin-backed Russian Internet Research Agency operated dozens of Twitter accounts masquerading as local American news sources that collectively garnered more than half-a-million followers. More than 100 news outlets also published stories containing those handles in the run-up to the... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2017-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALA Launches ‘Policy Corps’ Initiative

The program will tap expertise from within the library community to work on policy initiatives that affect libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Murdoch’s News Group admits benefiting from hacking of army officer's emails

Publisher to pay damages to Ian Hurst after admitting ‘vicarious liability’ as Labour calls for case to be taken into account in assessing Murdoch bid to buy SkyRupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers, the publisher of the Sun and the now-closed News of the World, has apologised in court and... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Abuse of the marketplace': Rupert Murdoch lashes out against tech companies

Rupert Murdoch has stepped up his attack on tech companies such as Google and Facebook over their increasingly dominant market position, which is eating into the revenues of traditional publishers such as News Corp. and undermining their business model. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Is Pursuing a Subscription Tool for News Outlets on Its Site

Facebook’s Instant Articles product allows publishers to post news articles that can be read within Facebook rather than on the publisher’s website. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2017-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp. in Advanced Talks With Facebook on Subscriptions

News Corp., publisher of the Wall Street Journal and the Times of London, is holding "very advanced" discussions with Facebook about subscriptions to its content online, CEO Officer Robert Thomson said."I've been talking with Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, exchanging thoughts, on how important it... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2017-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp. Says `Enough Is Enough' on Phone-Hacking Evidence

News Corp.'s U.K. publishing unit asked a judge to put an end to excessive disclosure requests made by lawyers representing phone-hacking victims as regulators prepare to rule on the controversial takeover of Sky Plc.News Group Newspapers Ltd. is being sued by dozens of people who say their... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Promotes Michael Sebastian to Esquire.com Site Director, Kate Storey to News Director

A trio of promotions at Hearst moves Michael Sebastian up to site director of Esquire.com, Kate Storey to news director, Ben Boskovich to managing editor of Esquire.com and Megan Friedman to deputy news editor of the newsroom. Sebastian joined Hearst in 2015 from Ad Age as senior news editor at... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New fake news dilemma: sites publish real scoops amid mess of false reports

Louise Mensch is among a number of bloggers offering a mix of true and inaccurate stories, forcing readers to discern for truth for themselvesThe need for vigilance in distinguishing real journalism from “fake news” has become well established since Donald Trump was elected with help from bogus... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Trains AI to Identify False News Spam Sites

Facebook is taking another step to penalize the lowest quality websites by lowering their visibility on the social network.Facebook is using artificial intelligence to identify when a link leads to a website with the worst ad experiences, like sponsored content spam and other negative cues, and... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2017-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australia’s grand mufti wins defamation case over News Corp articles

Media group consents to judgment as part of settlement with Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, after paper said he had not condemned Paris attacksAustralia’s grand mufti has won a defamation case over News Corp articles depicting him as an “unwise” monkey and asserting he had failed to condemn the 2015... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp sales exec on the duopoly: ‘That threat is not going away’

News UK's chief commercial director, Dominic Carter, believes there is threat and opportunity in equal measure from the Facebook-Google duopoly for publishers. The post News Corp sales exec on the duopoly: ‘That threat is not going away’ appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judge gives News Corp a lesson in what confidential means in staff row

Supreme court justice criticises News Corp over tussle with rival. Plus the ABC’s misstep with chicken feet video, and the Daily Tele hits the dole queue againA supreme court justice has condemned the response of News Corp and Seven West Media to a female employee who quit News Life Media to... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp’s Domain pornography story is ‘gutter’ journalism, Fairfax says

Report in the Australian says property portal is buying ad space on pornographic and illegal download websites to inflate its audience figuresFairfax Media has accused News Corp of gutter journalism after the Australian claimed the company placed advertising for its property portal Domain on... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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