Maria Ressa writing for The Atlantic
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‘Τhe Atlantic’ has secured the Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa as a contributing writer, the historic American magazine said in an announcement. “Maria will write for us about democracy, press
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Facebook fighting TikTok by expanding Reels
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Facebook is launching its TikTok-competitor Reels for iOS and Android in more than 150 countries. The launch comes around a year after it was introduced in the US. The company
Landmark €100 m financing agreement between French cinema players and Netflix
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The French legislators apparently do not support only the French publishers versus the tech platforms, but also inspire other media players to form strong and mutually beneficial alliances: the three
Founder of SBTV Jamal Edwards dies
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Jamal Edwards, founder of media platform SBTV that started as a YouTube channel where a number of new artists first performed, has died at the age of 31. Edwards has
Donald Trump launching his social media app
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Ex-president Donald Trump’s social media Truth Social has launched with the app available on Apples App Store. Trump had his accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc blocked after the Capitol
Murdoch’s competitors telling the story about the family’s power
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The Rupert Murdoch family is one of the world’s most influential media owners and now their competitors are making a documentary about them. CNN+ announced that it will premiere a new
Spotify acquiring advertising measurement and audience analytics companies
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Pursuing their podcast-heavy strategy, Spotify announced today the acquisition of two podcast technology companies, the advertising measurement service Podsights and the analytics platform Chartable, hoping to address two main issues
Thomson Reuters Foundation as a Secretariat for Media Freedom Coalition
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The Thomson Reuters Foundation has undertaken the Secretariat function of the Media Freedom Coalition (MFC), appointed by the U.K. government. The Media Freedom Coalition was formed in July 2019 as
AP expanding climate coverage supported by philanthropic organisations
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The Associated Press announced it is expanding the climate coverage, creating a standalone climate desk and hiring around 20 journalists based in Africa, Brazil, India and the US for covering
Are podcasts overestimated as platform for news?
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Podcasts seems to be a less important source for news than many have anticipated, a new survey from Pew Research Centre shows with only 7% of US adults saying they