Everyone complains about how social media is full of hoaxes and inaccuracies in the aftermath of a breaking-news event like the shooting down of Malaysian Flight MH17, but we all have… Read more »
The BBC is the latest broadcaster to sign a partnership deal with Twitter that will allow the British media entity to embed video clips — complete with pre-roll ads — in… Read more »
Twitter’s love affair with television seems to know no bounds — two recent deals with BBC America and Comedy Central will bring video clips inside users’ streams, and more such deals… Read more »
There have been calls for a restructuring of the British public broadcaster in the wake of scandals involving sexual-abuse charges against prominent British citizens. But does the BBC just need to… Read more »
The public editor for the New York Times has provided some fairly dramatic evidence of her independence by questioning whether the newspaper should still be naming former BBC director general Mark… Read more »
An editor at the Guardian argues that newspapers should be funded by a tax on internet service providers, because public journalism needs to be supported. But there are a host of… Read more »
The New York Times has chosen former BBC director Mark Thompson to be its new CEO. But is a man who has spent his entire career with a government-funded broadcaster the… Read more »
The BBC has issued a new directive to its journalists telling them they must post updates to editors first rather than breaking news on Twitter, another example of how traditional media… Read more »
A young editor for Sky News puts his finger on some of the changes that are disrupting the media industry when he describes in a blog post how his job now… Read more »
Four out of five adults surveyed in more than 26 countries around the world said they believe that Internet access as “a fundamental right,” according to a new survey sponsored by… Read more »