Bad Bunny still number one
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Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Bad Bunny is the year’s most-streamed artist in the world on Spotify—a spot he’s held since 2020. No other artist has ever accomplished the feat before, Spotify
People of Ukraine and its leaders get Sakharov freedom prize
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The people of Ukraine represented by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other leaders have been awarded the 2022 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, European Parliament’s President Roberta Metsola announced. Formally
BBC celebrating 100 years
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BBC’s first programme a hundred years ago was a short news bulletin about a robbery, a Shakespeare folio and fog. The British Broadcasting Company was officially launched on October 18,
Three finalists for Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
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Julian Assange, co-founder of WikiLeaks, The people of Ukraine and their representatives including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and The Truth Commission in Colombia are the three finalists for the European Parliament’s
Women dominating shortlist for non-fiction book award
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Women dominate the shortlist for an award for non-fiction books. Five out of six authors shortlisted for the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize are women. The winner gets GBP 50 000
A female icon is back. The return of Miss Marple
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Described as a female icon, Miss Marple is back. Agatha Christie’s legendary crime solver Miss Jane Marple returns after 45 years, this time in a collection simply called Marple with
IT and Media news update May 19
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Ups and downs for news sites Six of the ten biggest English language news sites in the world by number of visits saw fewer visits in April, compared to the
IT and Media news update May 18
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Spike in advertising fraud The number of advertising fraud schemes spiked by over 70% year-over-year from 2020 to 2021. This year, an unprecedented number of schemes targeted CTV and video,
‘Pursue your dreams all the way’, says France’s new Prime Minister
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Elisabeth Borne has been appointed as France’s new Prime Minister, the second woman to hold this position after Edith Cresson who was appointed to the prime ministerial post by President François
IT and Media news updates May 17
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Twitter deal “cannot move forward” Elon Musk has tweeted that his deal to buy Twitter “cannot move forward” unless Twitter proves its claims that less than 5% of accounts are