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Maidenhead Advertiser Runs PM’s Christmas Card Competition

Theresa May picked the winners of the Maidenhead Advertiser’s annual competition for youngsters to design the Prime Minister’s official Christmas card at a judging session at the newspaper’s headquarters. Hundreds of children in Mrs May’s Maidenhead and Twyford...

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David Pemsel: Facebook Prioritises Virality Over Quality

Speaking on a Media Masters podcast, David Pemsel discussed his concerns around Facebook responsibilities for the content on its platform, and the need for a reciprocal business model for publishers and social media platforms and aggregators. In a wide-ranging interview...

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Lords Reject Attack on Creative Industries  

Peers have comprehensively rejected a series of proposals which would cripple investigative journalism and seriously harm a wide range of other creative endeavours such as broadcasting, academic research, film-making and book publishing. Speaking in a debate on the Data Protection...

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Newsworks: Nationals Attract 33m Browsers Daily

The official ABC figures for November 2017 show that the UK national newspaper market saw a 7.6 per cent year on year uplift across digital platforms, with 32.9 million browsers daily, Newsworks analysis of today’s ABCs shows. In the month...

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LMW Calls On Government To Use Power of Local Media

Government media planners were told about power of local media in print and digital to deliver real results for Government ad campaigns in a presentation by Local Media Works at Number 10 Downing Street. Justin Fenton, head of marketing for...

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Government ‘Supportive’ of Publisher’s Right Proposal

The Government has indicated that it is “supportive” of proposals for a publisher’s right which is designed to help publishers protect their investment in journalism in the online environment.  In October, Lord Black, chair of the News Media Association’s legal...

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Australian Authorities Commence Inquiry Into Digital Platforms

Competition authorities in Australia have launched an inquiry to examine the effect that digital content aggregation platforms such as Facebook and Google are having on competition in media and advertising services markets. The Federal Government has formally directed the Australian...

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