News Corp, Rupert Murdoch's media behemoth, is the latest source of criticism of Google. Robert Thomson, the chief executive of the company -- responsible for the Times and the Sun in the UK as well the book publisher HarperCollins -- has written to the European Commission to complain that the search giant is "a platform for piracy". Thomson pulls no punches as he lays into Google, saying that the company was in the hands of a "cynical management" and was "willing to exploit its dominant market position to stifle competition". The letter, addressed to Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia, is bitter… [Continue Reading] Continue reading at 'Betanews'
[ Betanews | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst announced today that Michael Sacks has been named publisher of the San Antonio Express-News. He succeeds Susan Pape, who will Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-07-31 20:28:38 UTC ]
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Cambridge University Press is launching an early and open content platform to publish research outputs such as preprint papers, abstracts, conference proceedings and open data. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-30 08:03:04 UTC ]
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Earlier this year, Google outlined upcoming changes to its marketing-leading Chrome browser that are likely to prompt seismic changes for digital media trading with the company's leading privacy executive tipping the privacy overhaul for a 2019 launch. Speaking last week at Adweek's inaugural... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-07-29 18:27:32 UTC ]
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The numbers for Norah O’Donnell’s historic first week as the anchor of “CBS Evening News” are in, and despite leaving no stone unturned on the promotional front, the new-look newscast didn’t make any progress on the ratings front. According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, the first five... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-07-24 19:58:59 UTC ]
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Three months ago, Tiger Woods clawed out his first major championship win in 11 years, and in so doing, seemed to have put an end to a decade marked by frustration, failure and grievous injury. His triumph in Augusta was an assurance that more Sunday victories would come, and in defying the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-07-19 19:26:04 UTC ]
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Croatia’s largest news publisher was an old-school newspaper organisation where “mad men” pulled all the decision strings, relying on “senior Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-07-18 18:30:52 UTC ]
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F&W Media International is acquiring the UK books business of parent firm F+W Media Inc in a management buyout, forming a new company called David and Charles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-18 01:11:47 UTC ]
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Lotta Edling is proud of her company’s journalistic excellence, as well as its growth in reach and digital subscription numbers Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-07-12 18:30:41 UTC ]
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As with antitrust violations or copyright law and data infringements, 2019 is seeing European regulators getting more feisty when it comes to cracking down on hate speech. The post What to know about Europe’s fight on platform hate speech appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-07-12 04:00:09 UTC ]
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If you see advertisements for a mall that look like they came straight out of the '80s on today's print edition of The New York Times, fire up Google Lens. Those neon-colored ads are most likely for Starcourt, the fictional Hawkins, Indiana mall that... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-07-11 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Condé Nast Pulls Investment From FarFetch [caption id="attachment_161701" align="alignright" width="150"] José Neves[/caption] Condé Nast pulled its nearly $300 million investment in the London-based luxury fashion retail marketplace FarFetch, following concerns about the management of the... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-07-09 18:18:07 UTC ]
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Three top executives are out at ALM Media in what the company is describing as a change to its organizational structure. Chief marketing officer Carol Eversen, media division president Jay Kirsch and intelligence division president Andrew Neblett—all of whom joined ALM in 2016, around the time... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-07-03 17:40:40 UTC ]
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The former White House press secretary was taunted with suggested titles for her reported upcoming book about working for Donald Trump. Continue reading at HuffPost
[ HuffPost | 2019-07-02 10:41:02 UTC ]
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Literary agent alerts (this one with Peter Rubie of FinePrint Literary Management) are golden opportunities for new writers because each one is a literary agent who is likely building his or her client list. The post Agent Alert: Peter Rubie of FinePrint Literary Management by Robert Lee Brewer... Continue reading at Writer's Digest
[ Writer's Digest | 2019-07-02 08:00:29 UTC ]
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A project started by two former University of Nebraska football teammates to help a fellow Cornhusker who made it to the National Football League has evolved into a robust athlete social-marketing platform that has raised $9.5 million since being established in 2012. Opendorse recently closed a... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-06-27 14:00:59 UTC ]
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Local businesses will be able to beef up their profile in Search and Maps with photos, offers, and more. 150 million businesses have taken advantage of Google’s My Business, which lets retailers, restaurants, and other local businesses enter information about themselves that shows up in Search... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-06-20 12:00:45 UTC ]
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An astonishing 91% of right-leaning Americans have lost faith in the media, according to a study from the Reuters Institute of Digital News and the University of Oxford. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism explained some of the key findings of the report,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-06-20 11:00:53 UTC ]
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We can argue about the merits and flaws of Chromebooks all day long, but one thing is clear: They've found a strong foothold in the education market. Indeed, today Google is announcing that more than 30 million Chromebooks are in use by students arou... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-06-19 13:30:00 UTC ]
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The site’s journalists took part in an IRL protest after a series of tweets criticized the company’s refusal to recognize their affiliation with the News Guild. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-06-18 22:31:39 UTC ]
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