Sachini Kavindya

How a German news publisher doubled its digital subscribers in a year

2021-10-29. As reader revenue becomes vital to news publishers around the world, the value of addressing specific audiences rather than general ones is increasingly clear. Two key questions for publishers, then, become: which audiences should they address and how should they go about it? During the past year, Germany’s Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (KStA) began answering these questions for […]

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Respect the right to cover the environment, RSF and journalists tell COP26

On the eve of the United Nations COP26 climate change conference that is due to begin in Glasgow, Scotland, on 1 November, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and more than 60 environmental journalists of 34 different nationalities are appealing for respect for the right to cover environmental issues. These journalists – who are from every part

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Combined jail terms of five Vietnamese journalists total nearly 15 years

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deplores the sentences of up to four and a half years in prison that a court in the city of Can Tho, in southern Vietnam, has just passed on five journalists who produced an online newspaper specialising in coverage of corruption and related issues. The authorities have stepped up their persecution

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Tech giants try distancing themselves from Facebook

TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube are the latest technology giants to have been quizzed by US senators over concerns about their youngest users’ safety. During nearly four hours of questioning, on Monday, they tried to differentiate themselves from Facebook, which has faced increasing scrutiny from politicians in recent months. But they were told: “Being different from

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Venezuelan journalist completes 12 months in arbitrary detention

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reiterates its call for the immediate release of Roland Carreño, a Venezuelan newspaper and TV journalist who today completes a year in detention in Caracas on totally absurd, trumped-up charges. A former reporter for the El Nacional daily newspaper who also collaborated with three TV channels – Venevisión, Globovisión and Televén – Roland Carreño was arrested near his Caracas home

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RSF visits Guinea to promote press freedom during transition

Less than two months after President Alpha Condé’s removal by military coup d’état on 5 September, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has just completed a two-day visit to Guinea to consult with journalists and others and to provide the new authorities with a list of ten recommendations for safeguarding and promoting press freedom during the decisive

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Whistleblower: Facebook’s response to child abuse ‘inadequate’

A former Facebook employee has told US authorities the company’s efforts to remove child abuse material from the platform were “inadequate” and “under-resourced”. The allegations are contained in documents seen by BBC News and submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) two weeks ago. The anonymous whistleblower says moderators are “not sufficiently trained

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France’s Rossel La Voix maximises reader revenue with a better subscription management system

2021-10-28. Groupe Rossel La Voix, one of France’s leading media groups, took the strategic decision in 2021 to unify their subscription management system into a single one. | Sponsored ContentThe group publishes 22 titles and manages more than 500,000 subscribers daily. Subscriptions account for 80 percent of Rossel La Voix’s revenue, so the group was

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UK High Court set to hear US appeal in the Assange extradition case

From 27 to 28 October, the UK High Court will consider the US government’s appeal against the court decision opposing the extradition of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange. Despite continued barriers to access, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) will again be attempting to monitor the proceedings, and calls again for the case to be closed and Assange

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