TV news needs more equality – but we also need to tackle abuse

Research shows that progress has stalled, with men still dominating flagship bulletinsAre women more likely than men to go to bed early? It seems worth asking after it emerged last week that while broadcast news programmes have improved their gender balance, men still dominate the flagship nightly bulletins.Research published by City University showed that there were three men for every one woman appearing on the BBC 10pm bulletin and 2.5 men on ITV’s News at Ten. This comes despite a 20% rise in the number of female experts used in all six flagship news programmes studied since April 2016. Much of the lack of improvement in the past year – just 3.8% – was due to the 10pm bulletins, with the BBC show going backwards by 13%. Related: Could this be the end of Facebook controlling news? Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2018-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Instant Articles: BBC News and Guardian sign up to initiative

New initiative, which also involves BuzzFeed and the New York Times, speeds the process of loading news articles on the social networkBBC News and the Guardian are the first UK media companies to sign up to a new Facebook initiative that will transform the way users read news articles.Facebook... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dana Perino's 'And the Good News Is...' becomes a top seller

Former press secretary Perino's memoir is currently near the top of multiple bestseller lists. It was released this past April. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Begins Testing Instant Articles From News Publishers

Facebook’s long-rumored plan to directly host articles from news organizations will start on Wednesday, concluding months of delicate negotiations between the Internet giant and publishers that covet its huge audience but fear its growing p ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Short Takes: Spirituality & Religion Publishing News Briefs, May 13, 2015

Another high-profile Christian-themed movie; a change in Bible rights management; an IVP author on tour; awards and honors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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All the News That’s Fit to Like

When Facebook entered the news business in 2006, it set out to cover its own users. Facebook had launched as a static collection of profiles, but now, every time a user uploaded a new photo or changed her favorite quote, the development surfaced in a rolling stream of updates that Facebook... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2015-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Briefs: Week of May 11, 2015

Macmillan to offer audiobooks to libraries via Hoopla and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp profits halve after weak newspaper ad sales

Rupert Murdoch group, which publishes Sun, Times and Wall Street Journal, partly blames currency fluctuations, as book publishing division reports growthRupert Murdoch’s News Corp has seen a 52% year-on-year fall in its third-quarter profits as its newspaper advertising revenue continued to... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury buys book tackling racism 'head on'

Bloomsbury has bought world English rights to a book about racism in the UK by 25-year-old activist and freelance journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge. Commissioning editor Alexa von Hirschberg acquired Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race from Rupert Heath of Rupert Heath Literary... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Times, Bloomberg News, and the Richest Man in China

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[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Netflix and Ellen are making a 'Green Eggs and Ham' TV show

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[ Engadget | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ AdWeek | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Short Takes: News in Spirituality and Religion Publishing

More on the Family Christian bankruptcy; the newest awards season lists; the Dalai Lama gets a book for his 80th birthday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ AdWeek | 2015-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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