Red Rocket Media
Google has sparked a backlash with the announcement of planned changes to its terms and conditions for Google Plus. The company has announced plans to incorporate Google Plus users' comments to endorse advertisements. All Google Plus users have been notified of the planned changes, due to take place on 11th November 2013. In response to the announcement, which is attracting growing protests, some users have been changing their profile pictures to that of Google boss Eric Schmidt.
The Drum
Daily newspaper i has launched a campaign with Polpetto chef Florence Knight to urge people to give back to their old state schools. I has partnered with social enterprise charity Future First to instill support within the state school community, encouraging the public to reconnect with their old school networks.
Press Gazette
According to the figures, in April 2013 sales were just shy of 10,000 per day but by September they had jumped to an average of 14,937. Over in the Sunday edition of Mail Plus, sales have doubled from almost 6,000 an issue in April to 12,999 in September. Daily Mail Plus is a special tablet edition of the paper that works on devices such as the Apple iPad. The edition costs GBP9.99 per month or GBP2.99 per week. A single edition is 69p.
The Guardian
Chiles, 46, who had anchored ITV's coverage of England's World Cup qualifying 4-1 victory over Montenegro at Wembley was discussing Tuesday's final group game against Poland with the pundit and former England defender Lee Dixon. After Dixon said he was sure Poland fans would be 'crying at the end' of Tuesday's game Chiles said he hoped they would not be too upset as 'I am trying to get some building work done at the moment'.
The Drum
The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats have agreed on draft proposals on press regulation, ending months of negotiations. Politicians and commentators took to Twitter following the announcement to express their views.
Computer Business Review
Google shifted EUR8.8bn of revenues to Bermuda last year, up a quarter on 2011, sparking further debate over search engine's tax affairs. The tech giant has reduced its international tax rate to about 5% by legally directing profits from its global subsidiaries into Bermuda, as the country does not charge corporate income tax. Citing the latest filings by one of Google's Dutch units, the FT revealed that the amount of royalty payments also includes EUR233m from one of its subsidiaries in Singapore.
Journalism.co.uk
In recent months, the subject of comment moderation and how to build an environment which encourages a high-quality discussion has been particularly topical, as a number of news outlets began experimenting with new ways of integrating comments. And yesterday, a combined guide and study focused on the area of comment moderation was released by the World Editors' Forum, offering a comprehensive look at the different approaches being taken within newsrooms across the world.
M&M Global
Yahoo UK has been appointed as the sole sales representative for the world's second largest video platform, Dailymotion, to serve ads across its UK property. The exclusive deal, for both web and mobile advertising, follows a successful two-year partnership in Italy, which has seen Yahoo sell Dailymotion's Italian inventory on an exclusive basis.
Press Gazette
The Daily Mail today stepped up its attack on The Guardian over its publication of leaked information about UK spying activities describing it as "the paper which helps Britain's enemies" in a leader column. And it accused the BBC of ignoring comments made by the head of MI5 condemning leaks about the activities of GCHQ. Without naming The Guardian, MI5 chief Andrew Parker said on Tuesday night that "it causes enormous damage to make public the reach and limits of GCHQ techniques..."
Computer Business Review
About one in three UK Facebook admit they do not socialise with friends made through social networking site in real life, a new survey suggests. According to a recent survey by VoucherCodesPro, the majority of users are willing to spend time with only 10% of their Facebook friends. However, the survey respondents would not delete their Facebook friends from the list as they are worried of missing out on gossip.