Rupert Murdoch to Facebook, Google: Pay for news

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch — the executive chairman of News Corporation, and the big boss at Fox News, the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal — has a message to Silicon Valley's social media giants: Pay up. Murdoch's specific targets Monday were Facebook and Alphabet's Google, two companies that have significantly changed how news gets distributed. Though neither company spends resources creating news products, they both earn significant revenues by selling advertising against publishers'… Continue reading at 'Silicon Valley Business Journal'

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore News: May 15, 2017

Kickstarter-supported indie gets a location; ex-bookseller starts massive book tour; Oregon store celebrates a milestone; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are using Facebook video to drive commerce revenue

Facebook’s embrace of video hasn’t done much good for publishers' balance sheets, so some have looked to make it a commerce driver. The post Publishers are using Facebook video to drive commerce revenue appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British voters concerned about the impact of fake news on elections

With the UK's general election campaign now in full swing, a new study of 2,000 adults finds that 68 percent are concerned that fake news could influence the outcome. In addition, 26 percent are not confident in their ability to identify a fake story and a further 39 percent were unsure if they... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2017-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore News: May 11, 2017

New bookstores are coming to Tennessee and Colorado; a Boston bookstore becomes a publisher; a short documentary on indie bookstores hits YouTube; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore News: May 9, 2017

A new bookstore for Long Island City; New Orleans store to close; Indies celebrate 'Anne of Green Gables;' and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In 2011, Facebook's big crisis was about photo tagging. Today, that almost seems cute

In 2011 as Facebook inched ever closer to 1 billion active monthly users, it faced a vexing crisis: uproar about a facial recognition algorithm that tagged people in photos without their consent. Six years later, and as Facebook nears the 2-billion-user milestone, that complaint almost seems... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson shareholders overwhelmingly reject Fallon's £1.5m pay

Pearson shareholders have rejected chief executive John Fallon's £1.5m pay package at the company's a.g.m. today.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-06 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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Pearson: two-thirds of shareholders reject pay package

Two-thirds of investors in the loss-making education publisher vote against John Fallon's pay rise. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2017-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson shareholders reject chief executive's £1.5m pay package

Investors’ revolt against deal for John Fallon comes after educational publisher reports largest annual loss in its historyMore than six out of 10 Pearson shareholders have voted against the £1.5m pay package awarded to the embattled chief executive, John Fallon, after the educational publisher... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore News: May 4, 2017

ABA elects new president; new N.C. indie breaks ground; inside Paris's most cinematic bookstore; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's Dreaded Headwinds to Ad Growth Aren't Here Yet

Facebook's ad empire is facing worries including brand safety on the live video it carries and constraints on inventory growth, but it had a strong start to 2017 all the same.The social network said Wednesday that it took in $7.86 billion in ad revenue in the first quarter, a 51% jump from the... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2017-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Podcast: Bonnier’s Semande Agosa on the duopoly, ad blocking, fake news

We sit down with with Semande Agosa,Head of Programmatic and Strategic Partnerships at Bonnier Corporation to discuss some major trends in the media space. From the duopoly to fake news we tackled the trends that had mouths moving at the Digiday Publishing Summit. Sponsored content by GumGum The... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC buys debut from 'Peter and Jane' Facebook writer

HarperCollins has bought the début book from Gill Sims, the voice behind the hit Facebook blog "Peter and Jane". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK publisher on Facebook: ‘They hire nice people to placate us’

“They’re our competitors. They’re an existential threat.” The post UK publisher on Facebook: ‘They hire nice people to placate us’ appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘The audience there is huge’: A guide to the most popular publisher Facebook video hacks

Facebook wants video, but it's time-consuming and expensive, which is why, for better or for worse, publishers are turning to various hacks. The post ‘The audience there is huge’: A guide to the most popular publisher Facebook video hacks appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore News: May 2, 2017

Books Are Magic's first weekend; Oklahoma City pop-up goes permanent; Spanish-language bookseller on her inspiration; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NewFronts publishers see an opening with recent YouTube, Facebook ad crises

One theme of this year's NewFronts: publishers pitching themselves as the "brand-safe" alternatives to YouTube and Facebook. The post NewFronts publishers see an opening with recent YouTube, Facebook ad crises appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New report shows the number of requests for user data Facebook receives from global governments

Today Facebook publishes its Global Government Requests Report, revealing just how many data requests the social network has received from governments around the world. This time around, the report covers the second half of 2016, and it shows a mixed-bag of figures. While the number of items... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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United Airlines' policy changes include paying bumped passengers up to $10,000

United Airlines will offer up to $10,000 when a traveler voluntarily gives up a seat on an oversold flight, part of a policy overhaul following the passenger-yanking video seen around the world. The Chicago-based carrier is adopting 10 policy changes in response to the outcry over the April 9... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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