Rescuing journalism in an age of lies
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“The pandemic and the rise of authoritarian leaders around the world have shown that journalism is necessary. In the middle of a health disaster and an avalanche of disinformation, accurate
Read all the latest news on the media industry, communications and top publishers, summarized by Moonshot News.
Websites outage: how did news publishers keep reporting?
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Tuesday’s internet outage was very thoroughly reported, as it took down most of the world’s biggest websites. Everybody hates it when their website is down, no matter the business model.
Study shows around 50% online read news and visit porn sites
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Most of us have spent more time online during the pandemic than before the lockdowns were imposed. A UK study shows that Brits last year spent an average of 3:37
Survey shows majority willing to pay for online content
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Six in ten in the UK are willing to pay for online content with 10% saying they would pay to read online news articles, according to a YouGov survey commissioned
These are the 10 biggest European news websites
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The world’s biggest news websites are English speaking but Moonshot News has compiled a list of the biggest non-English European news websites. Not surprisingly the biggest are found in Germany
Twitter and Nigeria blocking each other
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Nigeria announced the suspension of Twitter’s activities in the country, as a reaction to the company removing a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari referring to the punishment of regional secessionists.
Trump’s Facebook account closed for at least two years
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Facebook announced the US ex-president Donald Trump’s account is suspended at least until January 2023 which means he will be without his Facebook account over the national midterm elections in
Spotify pledges to further support indie artists
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For independent artists, sometimes all it takes is having a song in the right place at the right time for new fans to discover their music. Spotify claims to be
EU Commission issues copyright guidelines
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The European Commission has issued a statement noting that June 7 is deadline for member states to introduce the new European copyright directive in national law. At the same time
German competition authority investigating Google News Showcase
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Germany’s competition authority Bundeskartellamt has launched an investigation of Google news showcase, a platform with news from publishers. The authority said it must be ensured that not some publishers are