Benjamin Toff is one of the leading experts on the rise of news avoidance and one of the authors of this recent book on this issue, based on survey data and interviews with people in Spain, the United Kingdom...
Yahoo News is bringing in a partner to help keep misinformation at bay.The news-distribution giant, the holder of one of the most-read sites on the Internet, has struck a pact with McAfee that will utilize the latter’s deepfake-image detection...
Monopolies and oligopolies don’t yield courteously to competition. That’s why there’s been some grumbling this fall from members of legacy news organizations as the presidential candidates hop from one podcast to another in an attempt to reach audiences critical...
TikTok announced on Wednesday that it’s bringing its STEM feed to all users in the United States, United Kingdom, and Ireland by default. Previously, the feed was only turned on by default for users under the age of 18.The...
Ireland’s media and internet watchdog, Coimisiún na Meán, has adopted and published an Online Safety Code that will apply to video-sharing platforms headquartered in the country from next month — including the likes of ByteDance’s TikTok, Google-owned YouTube, and...
News Corp‘s Dow Jones & Co., publisher of the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post have sued Perplexity, a startup that calls itself an “AI-powered Swiss Army Knife for information discovery and curiosity,” alleging copyright infringement.
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When Hamas militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 — killing 1,139 and kidnapping 251 hostages — it sparked a swift, brutal response from Israel. In retaliation, Israel launched a sustained bombing campaign that leveled much of Gaza, killing...
Soon, you’ll hear more audio ads on Amazon’s properties that were created with generative AI.Brands can now use generative AI to make audio ads—in addition to images and video—through Amazon Ads’ self-service tools. That was one of many advertising-...
The higher proportion of digital revenue, the greater growth in media companies’ total revenue and the greater operating profit margin in 2023, INMA research finds.The news business remains mostly funded by consumers and advertisers, as diversification efforts seem to have had...
Google will block election ads across all of its platforms after the last polls close on Nov. 5, according to a memo sent to its advertising partners Thursday and obtained by Axios.Why it matters: The policy, first introduced during...
