The Week That Was: IT and Media news week 10
European information and communication technology (ICT) spending will total $1.1 trillion in 2024 and will reach more than $1.3 trillion
Only 24% of top editors are women
Only 24% of the 174 top editors across 240 major online and offline news outlets are women despite that, on
AI, security and remote work driving European ICT spending
European information and communication technology (ICT) spending will total $1.1 trillion in 2024 and will reach more than $1.3 trillion
International Women’s Day: CEO gender parity will take another 90 years
It will take another 90 years to reach global chief executive gender parity and another 50 years to reach the
Streaming video subscription revenues overtaking pay TV
Revenues from streaming video subscription services, including digital pay TV, will next year overtake traditional pay TV subscriptions in the
Governments slow in offering GenAI services for citizens
Less than 25% of government organisations will have generative AI (GenAI) services for citizens by 2027. Fear of public failure
Spyware and emergency visas in European press freedom report
Stop spyware used against journalists and establish emergency, short-term or work visas for threatened journalists who have to leave their
Women needed for digital public infrastructures
Include women when creating, designing and implementing digital public infrastructures (DPI). DPI promise to boost public service delivery at scale
International Women’s Day investing in women
Women account for 29.4% of entry-level workers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) but only 12.4% of C-Suite executives. Women
Women directors underrepresented for the Oscars
There will be just one woman among the five nominated to get an Oscar for best director at the 96th