Facebook cuts back on news to give you more time with advertisers
Tom Felle, City, University of London Dear friends, it’s not us, it’s you. You are the problem. You’ve stopped sharing every intimate detail of your lives and we can’t monetise […]
Tag Archives: newspapers
Can paywalls save journalism?
The following is an article I wrote for The Conversation about newsonomics and the future of payment models for digital news. See the original article here Journalism is in an […]
Did newspapers ever really influence elections?
There was a time when the first reviews of a play in a newspaper made or broke a touring company; when the exclusive first pictures were only available to newspapers and magazines; and when political coverage by the news media shaped public opinion. Or at least, we think it did. But did newspapers ever really influence elections?
JP looks set to exit Irish market
IN THE mid-2000s, the brash and bullish Johnston Press thought buying into Irish regional newspaper market was a licence to print money. It spent more than €200m building up its […]
Former Times editor Brady calls for Google to fund newspapers
IT SEEMS it is not only the current crop of newspaper editors that are worried about their papers. Two former The Irish Times editors have now also taken a stand […]
Trust the big issue as mistakes mount for US networks
Politico’s ‘On Media’ team discuss a difficult week for the US media, particularly for CNN. As mistakes take their toll on the credability of the news media, trust is becoming […]
AP pulls Twitter account after hackers claim White House attacked
Earlier this evening the Associated Press deactivated its Twitter account after a bogus tweet claimed there had been two explosions at the White House, injuring President Barack Obama. The “news” […]
