- Microsoft Replaces Journalists, Editors With AI To Curate News Across Homepages
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Monday, June 1, 2020
Approximately 27 staffers employed by the U.K.'s PA Media are affected by the company's decision. ...
- National Broadcast TV Down 33.4% In April, Cable Networks 24.8% Lower
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 1, 2020
The broadcast and cable declines were for both inventory placed in the upfront and markets, with scatter dropping by 36% and upfront deals 24% lower. One smaller national TV platform ...
- Cops, Race And Rioting: Just Another TV Weekend In America
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Multiple feeds from cities across the country gave control-room directors plenty of action from which to choose. ...
- NBCU Said To Be Mulling Right-Wing Programming For CNBC
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, June 1, 2020
Is CEO Jeff Shell looking to offer an olive branch to Trump and his base? ...
- Google Provides Snapshot Of News Orgs Getting Emergency Relief Funds
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Friday, May 29, 2020
More than 5,300 small- and medium-sized local newsrooms worldwide will receive funding, ranging from $5,000 - $30,000. ...
- What's The Good News? Advertising, Said Paul Harvey
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, June 1, 2020
If the news portion of our radio and TV newscasts is all bad news, then where might we find some good news? ...
- Google To Help More Than 5,300 Local Newsrooms
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, May 29, 2020
"Press Gazette" is reporting that Google's efforts to help local news will see grants made to more than 5,300 newsrooms across the globe, including more than 100 in the ...
- 1 in 5 Brits Signs Up For Streaming During Lockdown
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, May 29, 2020
One in five Brits has signed up to a streaming service during lockdown and half of those new accounts have gone to Disney+, according to "BBC News." ...
- Fox News Defeats Lawsuit Over COVID-19 Comments
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Siding with Fox News, a judge in Washington state has thrown out a lawsuit accusing the cable channel of violating a consumer protection law by allegedly spreading false information about ...
- McClatchy Launches Local News Site In Longmont, Colorado
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Called 'The Longmont Leader,' the site is funded by Google News Initiative's Local Experiments Project, aimed at exploring sustainable business models for local publishers. ...
- Opinion Done Wrong: Researchers Find Fox News Hurts Stay-At-Home Compliance
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, May 27, 2020
While a variety of surveys and tracking studies have shown that the kind of people prone to watch Fox News Channel's coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic believe the mainstream media ...
- Email Flies: Engagement Rises By 200% During COVID-19 Pandemic
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Web traffic has declined overall, but aspirational travel has seen growth, Glance reports. ...
- Newsy Launches 'In The Loop,' Covers Online Living In Pandemic Era
Television News Daily, Fern Siegel - Friday, May 22, 2020
The show covers serious news, while mixing in the cultural trends and social buzz that have become a big part of our social-distanced lives. ...
- Cover Story: A Picture Worth A Hundred Thousand Names Of Agate Type
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Sunday, May 24, 2020
The tombstone gets its name from a type of newspaper ad that is unadorned text, similar to the text on a tombstone grave marker. ...
- Fake News Case 'Cannot Proceed In An American Court,' Fox Tells Judge
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 21, 2020
A lawsuit accusing the cable network of spreading false information about COVID-19 is barred by the First Amendment, Fox News told a Seattle judge at a hearing Thursday morning. ...
- If You Don't Like What News People Are Following, Create A Distraction
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Friday, May 22, 2020
The good news -- or, depending how you look at it, bad news -- for the Presidential campaign trail, is most Americans haven't exactly been paying attention to the 2020 ...
- It's Becoming A 4K TV World
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 22, 2020
Bloomberg Media, pay TV providers and new streamers are utilizing 4K options. Technology marches on. ...
- Puerto Rico Fake News Law Faces Challenge
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 20, 2020
A new Puerto Rico law criminalizing "fake news" about emergencies like COVID-19 is unconstitutional, two journalists say in a lawsuit brought Wednesday. ...
- Bloomberg TV+ Launches On Samsung TV Plus
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Bloomberg TV+, which launched in 2019, is the first channel to stream in 4K UHD on Samsung TV Plus. ...
- Schmidts Donate $4.7M To NPR To Create 2 Regional Newsrooms
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, May 19, 2020
The hubs will serve to boost local coverage and investigative journalism in California and the Midwest for public radio, national news programs and digital platforms. ...
- You Can Fool 16% Of The People All Of The Time
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, May 20, 2020
There are two revelations in a just-released Pew Research Center study of the sources and credibility of the sources of news Americans rely on. The first is that 16% of ...
- Fox News Presses Judge To Throw Out Claims Over COVID-19 Commentary
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, May 18, 2020
Fox News is slamming a Washington state nonprofit's "dangerous" and "frivolous" argument that it's entitled to proceed with a lawsuit accusing Fox of spreading false information about COVID-19. ...
- France Gives Social Sites Just An Hour To Take Down Offensive Content
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, May 15, 2020
A law just passed in France will give social media companies just one hour's notice to remove offending content, "BBC News" reports. ...
- One Quarter Of YouTube's Most-Viewed COVID Videos Push False Info, Conspiracy Theories
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, May 15, 2020
Twenty-eight percent of 69 videos checked against factual data repositories were found to include misinformation, and some came from national news sources. Factual videos from government and professional sources comprised ...
- Microsoft To Give Edge Browser Users Access To NewsGuard Tools
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Thursday, May 14, 2020
NewsGuard reviews and rate the credibility of websites and social media via trained journalists. Microsoft departments will also have access to the service. ...
- WSJ Identifies Thousands Of Links On Google That Vanished
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, May 15, 2020
A copyright claim citing a 1998 law led Google to make unfavorable articles vanish. ...
- NBCUniversal Signs Exclusive 5-Year Deal With Taboola Across Digital News Sites
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Tuesday, May 12, 2020
The move will place Taboola's feed on the websites of local news stations like NBC 4 NY, NBC 10 Boston across desktop, tablet and mobile, offering visitors a personalized selection ...
- White House Or Media: Americans Split Politically On Source Of 'Infodemic'
Marketing Politics Weekly, Joe Mandese - Monday, May 11, 2020
Nearly half of Americans believe the White House is the No. 1 source of false and/or misleading information about the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., while a third think it's ...
- Fox News Extends Its Own Work-From-Home Directive, Despite Some Hosts' On-Air Messaging
Marketing Politics Weekly, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, May 12, 2020
The hypocrisy continues, as several hosts continue to urge other businesses across America to reopen. ...
- Google News Initiative Taps Stringr To Provide COVID-19 Content
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, May 11, 2020
More than 100 content packages will be developed and made available between now and the end of May. ...
