News Corp agrees deal with Google over payments for journalism News Corp will receive ‘significant payments’ to feature news outlets in Google’s News Showcase Robert Thomson, CEO of News Corp, thanked Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, for his commitment to journalism. Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP Google and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp have signed a multi-year partnership that will […]
Price of dogecoin rises by 50% following Elon Musk tweet ‘Dogecoin is the people’s crypto’, tweeted Musk on 4 February. Photograph: Joe Skipper/Reuters Thanks to boosts from the world’s richest man, the cryptocurrency has skyrocketed in value, along with bitcoin The price of dogecoin, a cryptocurrency, has soared after Elon Musk underlined his power as a market tipster […]
Covid leaves 6m UK small businesses and 16m jobs in ‘precarious position’ Survey finds nearly two-thirds of entrepreneurs believe their business may not survive pandemic A shop in the City of London. One survey of 1,500 small businesses found a large majority expected trade to get worse. Photograph: Peter Summers/Getty Images An estimated 6m small businesses in […]
What do writers gain – and lose – when they eschew social media? You won’t find Maggie O’Farrell, Women’s Prize winner, on Twitter. Perhaps she’s on to something Author Maggie O’Farrell is a social media refusenik who has the confidence to let her work speak for itself. Photograph: Martina Bocchio/Awakening/Alamy Stock Photo last week, when […]
Disney, king of the box office, now primed to do battle with Netflix A scene from Disney’s The Lion King. Photograph: null/AP World’s biggest entertainment company reports its results this week Disney’s domination at the global box office and its plans to take on Netflix will be center stage when it reports its latest results this week, […]
