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Young Americans are more likely to understand how news works on Google and Facebook

Joshua BentonFebruary 23, 2021

Facebook got everything it wanted out of Australia by being willing to do what the other guy wouldn’t

“One cannot be betrayed if one has no people.”

Joshua BentonFebruary 18, 2021

In Australia, Facebook’s ban on sharing news stories has sent publishers’ traffic tumbling

Audience declines of 20 percent or more have followed Facebook taking its traffic ball and going home.

The U.S. asks Australia to reconsider a plan to make Google and Facebook pay for news

Joshua BentonNovember 18, 2020

Apple is reducing the cut it takes from most news publishers’ subscriptions

Instead of taking 30% of new subscribers’ payments, it’ll take 15%. The money’s welcome, but it’s also a reminder of how little control publishers have over the terms they get from tech giants.

Sarah ScireOctober 27, 2020

Google releases new tools for journalists — and shares insider insight on what’s trending on the search platform

Pinpoint, which uses AI and machine learning to help reporters sift through investigative materials, is part of the recently-released Journalist Studio.

Joshua BentonOctober 13, 2020

The new iPhone has 5G data, which will accelerate its impact on the media business

Faster speeds will enable new levels of video, AR, VR, and other _Rs that haven’t even been invented yet. But news products are unlikely to benefit as much as all the other apps competing for audiences’ attention.

Joshua BentonOctober 1, 2020

Google is giving $1 billion to news publishers — to help convince governments not to take a whole lot more than that

The money, spread over three years and the entire globe, is welcome — but this is PR, not a product.

Hal CrawfordSeptember 21, 2020

Digital-only newsrooms are in the firing line as Australian news law grinds toward reality

Lifestyle and youth publishers that source the majority of their traffic from Facebook face closure, while traditional media players that campaigned for the laws look set to be the relative winners.

Joshua BentonSeptember 9, 2020

Should the government use Section 230 to force the tech giants into paying for the news?

A new paper argues that the “26 words that created the internet” should remain in force — but only for companies that agree to certain new regulations and restrictions.

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