Only three media companies — Buzzfeed, Vice Media, and Vox Media — meet the definition of a “unicorn,” or a startup valued at more than $1 billion.
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Japanese media company Nikkei Inc. has acquired a 14.79% equity in Singapore-based AI startup DC Frontiers to support the product development of scoutAsia, a data and news service launched by Nikkei and the Financial Times last year.
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創刊24年的瑞典《都市日報》（Metro，或譯《地鐵報》）本週一（12日）正式宣佈停刊，解散整個編採團隊，作為全球免費報元祖，該報因財困倒下，是全球報業及傳媒行業另一個里程碑——或是另一個「紙媒寒冬」。
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科技能改變我們接收資訊的模式嗎？這不但是美國、英國近年的熱門話題，放在當下香港身上，一模一樣。而針對的對象，以壟斷香港家庭資訊的主流媒體最值得一談，箇中又以無綫新聞為代表。
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In the world of podcasting, the flywheel is spinning: new technologies including AirPods, connected cars, and smart speakers have made it much easier for consumers to listen to audio content, which in turn creates more revenue and financial opportunity for creators, which further encourages high-qua
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When news organizations think about competition from tech companies, it’s usually in terms of the audience’s attention and advertisers’ dollars. But if Amazon has its way, a new sort of competition may be coming from a mixture of surveillance, fear, and doorbells.
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Britons trust social media platforms less than any other major nation and favour stronger regulation of Silicon Valley’s technology companies, according to a survey of 23 countries.
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When Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post, a 115-year-old media organization with a storied history, was looking for a CEO a few years ago, Gary Liu didn’t immediately appear like an obvious choice for the role.
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尽管这次名字已升级改为“新知青年大会”，但还是有不少用户习惯性地把它称为“盐 Club”、“面基大会”。
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台灣有許多科普書籍都是由翻譯而來，翻譯就像是作者跟讀者之間的傳話筒，那麼要怎麼當一個好的傳話筒？這個作者到底在寫什麼，為什麼要這麼寫？我這樣寫，讀者看的懂嗎？寫得這麼簡明扼要，是可以的嗎？
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Here at Journalism.co.uk, we love a good newsletter. Those bite-sized summaries and tidbits to help ease into your day and bring you up to speed, whilst nursing your morning coffee.
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It took less than a day for Luminary to become enemy number one of the podcast industry. Last month, on the same day that it unveiled its subscription podcast service, the company tweeted a typed-out image of a bunny holding a sign: “Podcasts don’t need ads.
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What do strong local newspapers do? Well, past research has shown they increase voter turnout, reduce government corruption, make cities financially healthier, make citizens more knowledgable about politics and more likely to engage with local government, force local TV to raise its game, encourage
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Cool Japan Fund, a public-private fund under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, has invested $10 million in the Series C round of Singapore-based beauty and lifestyle media firm Clozette.
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Like climate change and the financial system, the answer to this question is both yes, and no.
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On Exponent, the weekly podcast I host with James Allworth, we discuss the question of YouTube, why it’s similar and different from Facebook, and why engagement is both alluring and a potential problem. Listen to it here.
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We tend not, however, to think about how AI can be used by community journalists.
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Executives have been burned by their previous dealings with big tech companies. But Apple’s promise of a billion devices worldwide was too good to pass up. Even for Rupert Murdoch.
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More than a year after announcing that Facebook would feature less news, Mark Zuckerberg says he has a new idea: He wants to create a new section of his social network that would be devoted to “high quality news”, and may pay publishers that share their stuff there.
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News Feed is always personalized to you — and starting today you’ll have even more information and control over your experience.
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As TV advertising sales season approaches, traditional East coast media companies are under pressure to hold on to precious content rights or create popular programming to keep users from ditching their cable packages.
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Automated content has been a topic for years but it is still quite rare to find examples of media organisations who are employing it successfully, with some notable exceptions.
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If there’s anything that’s clear from Apple’s event Monday, it’s that the maker of premium tech products is trying to sell people on its vision for the future of services—a seemingly effortless lifestyle filled with always-accessible media, exclusive videogames, and cash-back incentives fr
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Morning Brew gave its business a major jolt in 2018. It hopes to keep hopped up in 2019. On Thursday, Feb. 7, the newsletter publisher will announce that it has amassed 1 million subscribers since its launch in 2015.
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Today Techmeme has begun publishing Topic Leaderboards, which list the top authors and publications covering topic areas such as cloud computing, autonomous vehicles, and cryptocurrency, with additional topics to come.
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Career changes are tough. As adults, there are many factors that impact our decisions – family, finances, life partner, or the labor market. As you analyze and plan, it’s easy to fall victim to your own preconceived notions and jaded assumptions.
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Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 199, published March 12, 2019. A tipping point.
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成班BB何解如此大陣仗？又槍又鑽仲出埋木樁？原來BB們發現《蘋果動新聞》需要訂閱，相當激動，於是出動千軍萬馬，試圖破解訂閱之牆，到最後發現原來免費，只要登記成為壹會員，填妥簡單資料就OK。
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The Financial Times has bought a controlling stake in consumer publisher The Next Web, marking its first acquisition in continental Europe.
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