Participants have been pleasantly surprised at the program, which helped spread best practices for publishers trying to grow their subscriptions. The post ‘To sit down with them is valuable’: With $3m in grants and advice, Facebook finds favor from local newspapers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at 'Digiday'
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Facebook Inc. is under pressure to rid its site of hate speech and fake news but warned it can’t build a platform impervious to human nature. “This is not a fully solvable problem,” Carolyn Everson, a vice president responsible for marketing at the social media giant, said on a panel Tuesday at... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-18 20:37:03 UTC ]
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Sixty-seven percent of professional writers earned £10,000 or less in 2018, a Royal Society of Literature poll of more than 2,000 authors has found, with a room of one’s own still viewed as the most important requirement for a writing career 90 years on from Virginia Woolf’s seminal essay. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-18 18:49:13 UTC ]
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The vultures have begun to circle as cable companies eye assets Bellevue-based T-Mobile US Inc. plans to sell to win regulatory approval for its proposed $26.5 billion merger with Sprint Corp. The U.S. Department of Justice has lined up a short-list of favored bidders that could potentially... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-06-14 12:44:51 UTC ]
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The pilot killed when his helicopter of a Midtown skyscraper in rain and fog radioed that he was lost and trying to get back to the heliport but couldn't find it, an official briefed on the... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2019-06-12 11:09:48 UTC ]
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Facebook has apparently been busy designing new variants of its Portal video chatting devices. According to the company's Vice President of AR/VR, Andrew "Boz" Bosworth, Facebook plans to unveil new Portal models this fall. Bosworth has made the anno... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-06-11 05:27:00 UTC ]
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Ninety per cent of Canadians say they have fallen for fake news online, with many listing Facebook as the most common source of misleading reports, according to a new international public opinion poll. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2019-06-11 04:01:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is bringing its political advertising tools and rules to Canada in advance of that country's federal election Oct. 21. Anyone who wants to run ads about social issues, elections or politics in Canada must first confirm their identity and location and disclose who is paying for the ads,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-06-10 21:00:28 UTC ]
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The News Media Alliance today published findings from a new study that analyzes how Google uses and benefits from news. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-06-10 15:10:50 UTC ]
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Peer-to-peer aid groups have become a lifeline for those who can’t cover small expenses. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2019-06-10 12:36:21 UTC ]
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A New York man who fled to Ecuador after allegedly trying to defraud Mark Zuckerberg will not be extradited to the US, Reuters reports. Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-06-10 12:05:00 UTC ]
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More de-platforming? The great de-platforming of 2019 continues.Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company
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Facebook is rolling out its Canadian political ad registry today with a low-tech twist — a bid to prevent people based outside of Canada from running ads in the upcoming federal election. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2019-06-10 08:00:00 UTC ]
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Social network agrees to meet activists to consider 'going back to drawing board' on its nudity policy. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2019-06-10 07:31:57 UTC ]
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Facebook reportedly bans Huawei from installing its apps, including Instagram and WhatsApp, on new phones. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2019-06-07 19:07:09 UTC ]
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Facebook is urging a judge in Washington, D.C. to halt proceedings in a lawsuit brought by the attorney general Karl Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-06-07 15:14:55 UTC ]
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The block on pre-installed apps on Huawei smartphones will also apply to Instagram and Whatsapp. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2019-06-07 11:40:07 UTC ]
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They should be seen as communications infrastructure, and be made to serve the public interest. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2019-06-07 01:34:58 UTC ]
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Facebook knew as early as 2018 that its platform was being used to incite division and violence, a company official told MPs in Ottawa on Thursday. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2019-06-06 12:45:00 UTC ]
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Independent Facebook investors voted overwhelmingly to fire Mark Zuckerberg as chairman and scrap the firm’s share structure. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2019-06-04 21:05:33 UTC ]
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The row over a fake Nancy Pelosi video shows platforms are no longer disruptors, but incumbents, gatekeepers and publishersIn the first three months of 2019, Facebook removed about 2bn fake accounts from its servers. This is roughly equivalent to all the legitimate accounts the company has on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-06-02 13:00:38 UTC ]
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