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Ofcom has today announced that Jonathan Oxley, Group Director for Competition and Board member, has decided to step down.
Jonathan joined Ofcom in November 2014 and has overseen Ofcom’s important work to improve competition in the UK communications s

'Facebook is announcing a handful of new features that will allow users to show their support for small businesses and get the latest updates as those businesses deal with the fallout — economic and otherwise — of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The social ne

'The European Commission is to contract a study on the gatekeeping, or market-dominating, power of digital platforms in a bid to gather evidence which could feed into the upcoming Digital Services Act, documents seen by EURACTIV reveal.
A recent call

TechCrunch checked in a variety of top VCs about the new landscape, where they’re investing and what kind of advice they’re giving their portfolio companies.

'Not all of them invest directly in what (paraphrasing Betaworks’ Matt Hartman) we might cal

'VAT on digital publications will be scrapped today (Friday 1st May) after Chancellor fast-tracked the plan, saying it would help readers and publishers during the coronavirus pandemic.
Rishi Sunak first announced the policy in his March Budget, anno

BBC Global News announcement: 'We're thrilled to announce that #AroundTheWorld by BBC News has launched on Quibi. Watch new episodes presented daily by Ben Bland, all designed for your phone. Download the Quibi app and get 90 days for free, only unti

'Google today launched an update to its Duo video chat app (which you definitely shouldn’t confuse with Hangouts or Google Meet, Google’s other video, audio and text chat apps).
There are plenty of jokes to be made about Google’s plethora of chat opt

'Doctors around the world - including in Europe - have demanded social media tech giants step up their fight against disinformation, amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
In an open letter addressed to Facebook, Twitter, and Google, the global health expe

'The European Commission is mulling over plans to introduce ‘new and innovative financial solutions’ to support the sustainability of the EU’s media sector amid the current health crisis.
Speaking in front of MEPs in the Parliament’s Culture Committe

The European Commission will not look into the possibility of revising the bloc’s competition rules until at least 2021, despite recent pressure from a group of EU member states.
The executive’s industrial strategy, published on 10 March, aims to bol

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'New York Times Co. reported its biggest quarterly increase in digital subscriptions ever, pushing revenue up slightly, despite a steep slide in advertising revenue that is expected to accelerate in the second quarter.'

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'Groundbreaking study shines light on need for reform.
A call for far-reaching reform of the programmatic advertising supply chain has been made today, with the publication of a groundbreaking study by the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers

'No cookie consent walls — and no, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU data protection body

You can’t make access to your website’s content dependent on a visitor agreeing that you can process their data — aka a ‘consent cookie wall’. Not if you need to

'The Supreme Court for the first time in its history will host a live broadcast of its oral arguments today. In fact, it’s going on right now if you happen to read this post just as I am publishing it. 

Best of all, it’s free, although whether the Su

Whilst most the world is struggling with the impacts of COVID19, the big tech giants continue to thrive.

Over the past few days results from Alphabet, which owns Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon (the 'GAFA' group) show how well they've all been doin

'Digiday analyzed the most-recent earnings updates from the top 10 ad spenders in the world (according to RECMA data from 2018) to see how they are adapting their marketing strategies to the ongoing crisis. Procter & Gamble: Increased spend and plans

'A leading news organisation is calling for a digital “kitemarking” system online to distinguish between quality journalism and fake content – with internet companies facing penalties if they publish inaccurate information.
ITN, the maker of news for

Apple have seen growth for the past three months this year due to the demand for streaming services during the COVID19 lockdown.

Eventhough device sales in China were falling, demand for the streaming services have counteracted losses.

Sales move up to