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Published in:openDemocracyUKHow will we pay for news we can trust? I hope to find outThe British government has ordered a review into the sustainability of high-quality journalism. Its chair explains...
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Published in:openDemocracyUKGeorge Osborne’s Evening Standard delays controversial Uber, Google dealIn the wake of ‘cash for column inches’ scandal and calls for Osborne to resign, newspaper denies that £3 million...
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Published in:openDemocracyUKOsborne’s Evening Standard ‘cash for column inches’ denials ‘do not stack up’ – says Caroline LucasGreen Party leader calls on London paper to ‘come clean’ about its hidden commercial agendas – citing another...
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Published in:openDemocracyUKThe FBI’s flawed list and Fleet Street’s frenzyWe need part two of the Leveson inquiry to uncover past malpractices. One such issue is the festering scandal...
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Published in:HomeCommercial interference in the European mediaMany people feel journalists “are not really able to resist pressures from financial interests”. Jean-Paul Marthoz...
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Published in:HomeIs compromise compromising news?“News is something which somebody wants suppressed: all the rest is advertising.”
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOpinion: George Osborne’s real ‘Future London’ is a crass exercise that readers won’t swallowSomeone needs to tell Osborne that Londoners are not mugs. The rebrand of his controversial deal with Uber, Google...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGeorge Osborne’s London Evening Standard sells its editorial independence to Uber, Google and others – for £3 millionExclusive: Newspaper promised six commercial giants “money-can’t-buy” news coverage in a lucrative deal, leaving...
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Published in: HomeThe secrets of 'Black Ops' advertising. Who is paying for our news?"I think the public would resent knowing they are being tricked. So best not to always tell them."
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Published in: HomeHow a GM giant ‘bought control’ of what millions of Londoners readThe Evening Standard’s lucrative deal with Swiss chemical giant Syngenta shows how commercial giants pay for news –...
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Published in: HomeFake news didn’t start with Donald TrumpRemarkably, there is no positive correlation between democracy and public confidence in the media, which is often...
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Published in: HomeMiért indítjuk útjára az openMedia kezdeményezést?A „fake news”-jelenségnél sokkal nyugtalanítóbb a nagy hirdetők sajtószabadságra gyakorolt hatása. Mi így küzdünk ez...
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Published in: HomePerché stiamo lanciando openMediaDimenticatevi ‘notizie false’. I grossi capitali stanno distorcendo la libertà di stampa in modo molto più sinistro...
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Published in: HomeNeden openMedia (açıkMedya) Yayınına BaşlıyoruzYalan haberleri unutun! Büyük paralar, basın özgürlüğünü reklamlar ve satın alınmış sessizlik vasıtasıyla çok daha...
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Published in: HomeЗашто покрећемо пројекат ”отворениМедији” (openMedia)Заборавите лажне вести. Огроман новац нарушава слободу медија на далеко више узнемирујући начин - кроз рекламне...
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Published in: HomeWarum wir openMedia ins Leben gerufen habenVergisst Fake News. Big Money – das große Geld – beschneidet Pressefreiheit weit mehr: durch Advertorials und durch...
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Published in: HomeWaarom wij openMedia lancerenVergeet fake news. Groot geld vormt nog een veel groter gevaar voor de persvrijheid – door middel van advertorials,...
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Published in: HomePourquoi nous lançons openMediaTirez une croix sur la fausse information. En éditant des publireportages ou en achetant le silence, les gros...
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Published in: HomeThe Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: the new commercial masters of the ‘branded’ newsroomopenMedia pan-European survey throws up an early warning for the next generation of journalists.
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Published in: HomeWhy we're launching openMediaForget fake news. Money can distort media far more disturbingly – through advertorials, and through buying silence....
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Published in: HomeBought and paid for – how Romania’s media is pressured by corporate and political mastersJournalists in Romania failing to conform to pressure from private companies and advertisers face intimidation and...
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Published in: oDRVesti: Weapon or casualty in the information war?The search for Russian influence in Ukraine’s media is an important task. But when the mainstream makes little space...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWe’re having an election. George Osborne must put his Evening Standard job on hold until it’s overCan the former UK Chancellor, who masterminded the Tory victory in 2015, really deliver ‘straight facts and opinion’...
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Published in: HomeHow Facebook and the New York Times corporatised 'fake news'We often talk about far-right US publishers or Macedonia’s fake news industry plaguing our media landscape. But...
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Published in: HomeSponsored content is compromising media integrityIt used to be that advertising and editorial were kept separate. Today, brands are burrowing into media content,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRupert returns21st Century Fox – the Murdoch family’s entertainment conglomerate – is bidding for the 61% of satellite broadcaster...
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