China initiates anti-monopoly investigation into Alibaba – News
In a first, China’s market regulator has announced an antitrust investigation into Alibaba, the country’s biggest tech company. Report: forbes.com
The Internet As A Media And a Medium
In a first, China’s market regulator has announced an antitrust investigation into Alibaba, the country’s biggest tech company. Report: forbes.com
In a first, Australia is close to bringing in a law that will force Internet companies like Facebook & Google to pay media outfits for News. Report: Reuters
Facebook will be paying mainstream news outfits in the UK millions of pounds to license their news reports for its upcoming FB News.
Google will pay publishers over US$1 billion over the next 3 years for high-quality journalism. Report: TechCrunch
This will make many sit up. A new study by Pew Research Center has shown a quarter of US adults have YouTube as their “news” source. Report: TechCrunch
Imgur has launched a subscription service on Android offering an ad-free browsing experience & community features like profile flair. Called “Emerald”, the desktop version was launched in May this year.