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Facebook increasing as part of social traffic mix after algorithm change, data shows
Facebook traffic appears to be a growing chunk of social referral traffic again at three-quarters of the world’s biggest news ...
Cision closes journalism jobs board and sells expert enquiry service
Cision is closing its journalism jobs service and has sold its expert enquiry service which it rebranded and then shut down ...
UK ‘at risk of evolving into propaganda regime’ with unenforced FOI rules and official secrecy
An academic has warned the UK may evolve “into a propaganda regime” as compliance with Freedom of Information (FOI) rules ...
AI scraper violations and what we can do about them: New research reveals scale of problem
The significance of Story Protocol lies in its ability to bridge the gap between traditional copyright laws and the digital ...
‘Unsustainable status quo’: AI companies and publishers respond to Govt copyright consultation
The NMA, NUJ and BBC are among organisations to have so far published some form of response to a Government consultation on AI and copyright.
BBC study revealing scale of AI-generated news inaccuracies is ‘crucial checkpoint’ but we shouldn’t write the tech off
BBC study into AI news summaries - and inaccuracies - is a sobering reminder of the limitations of gen AI. What needs to ...
Global ad spend against news down by a third since pre-Covid
Global ad spend against news content is forecast to have fallen by a third in six years according to new WARC research.
Why UK’s contempt of court laws need reform for digital age
Contempt of court laws are said to be partly to blame for nationwide disorder after Southport stabbings in summer 2024.
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Digital publisher display revenues stabilise for first time in two years
Results from AOP and Deloitte’s Q4 2024 Digital Publishers Revenue Index (DPRI) are in, and our top-line finding is, unfortunately, that overall revenues were flat at -0.02% year on year (YoY).