2007 News On Digital Media & The AOP
Belgians win suit over Google News
Copiepresse, the copyright protection group representing 17 mostly French-language newspapers, last week won its lawsuit against Google Inc. The Belgian newspapers had demanded Go ...more
PCC’s remit to include audio-visual material
The Press Standards Board of Finance Ltd (PressBoF) has announced that following industry-wide consultation it has agreed to extend the remit of the Press Complaints Commission (PC ...more
Lords oppose new media directive
The UK's thriving new media industry is under threat from proposed European Commission rules designed to protect the business of television broadcasters against new competition, ac ...more
PCC’s remit to include audio-visual material
The Press Standards Board of Finance Ltd (PressBoF) has announced that following industry-wide consultation it has agreed to extend the remit of the Press Complaints Commission (PC ...more
ACAP trial partners revealed
The taskforce behind the ACAP (Automated Content Access Protocol) search engine initiative has announced the list of publishers participating in the pilot project, which commenced ...more
Ofcom proposes new Public Sector Publisher
Ofcom this week released a consultation asking for stakeholder responses to a proposal for a Public Service Provider (PSP) of online content. It argues that there is a gap to be ...more
Ignore Web 2.0 at your peril
research conducted by management consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton has found that 41 per cent of UK internet users currently access Web 2.0 sites such as YouTube, MySpace and Faceboo ...more
Positive result for media lobby on defamation
A positive outcome has been achieved for the UK media lobby, with the European Parliament adopting a media- friendly final position on the Rome II Regulation - the law applicable t ...more
Communities drawn to good content
Digital publishers should not lose sight of the fact that professional editorial (or ‘head’ content) remains their “centre of gravity” more
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