Investigative journalism nonprofit The Markup, founded by two of the field’s most celebrated professionals, has won a $20 million from seasoned backers including Craigslist’s Craig Newmark. The brand, launched by ProPublica investigative…
DEVCON CEO Maggie Louie: “Too Many Ad-Theft Companies are Fear Mongers”
For an industry as brittle as publishing, advertising fraud can be fatal. According to Marketing Dive, an analyst, publishers lose $1.27 billion each year to ad fraudsters, whose activity rises yearly. Losses…
On International Literacy Day, Three Gadgets that Changed How We Read Forever
The written word has come a long, long way since Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in the 16th century – from Shakespeare folios, through Gothic horror, feminist samizdat, modern journalism and,…
Media Startup Quartz Bought by Japan’s Uzabase
New York news portal Quartz is being sold to a Japanese media company in a deal worth up to $110 million, as the latter seeks to expand its international footprint. Uzabase, a…
Is Elon Musk a Danger to the Free Press?
Elon Musk is at it again. The multi-billionaire Tesla and SpaceX chief has cleaved Twitter by suggesting that the mainstream media needs a fact-checker – and he wants to run it. Musk’s…
The Top 5 Apps for Journalists
Privacy, fake news, failing print media sales, terrorism, violent governments: it has rarely been more difficult a time to be a journalist than it is now. Thankfully there is a smorgasbord of…
Storyful CCO Lisa McDonald: “Tech-Alone is Not Enough”
You may well have heard of Storyful, a social media intelligence firm headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Since its foundation in 2009, by award-winning broadcast journalist Mark Little, the company has become a…
Factmata Wins $1m More for its Fight Against Fake News
UK-based fact-checking startup Factmata has won a $1 million funding round. The company, whose 25-year-old founder Dhruv Ghulati drew headlines last year having successfully blind-pitched Mark Cuban, was given its latest round…
Las Vegas Shooting: Social Media Has Failed America Again
As information about Sunday’s massacre in Las Vegas emerges, the United States has reverted to its usual polarized self, forcing voices on either side of the gun control debate into ever-decreasing circles…