Conan O’Brien looks content as he heads out on a light grocery run with wife Liza

It was recently announced that he would be ending his iconic late-night show in 2021, after 28 years on the air. And Conan O’Brien looked content as he embarked on a light grocery run with his wife Liza, 50, in Santa Barbara on Saturday. Adhering to COVID-19 protocols, the comedian, 57, and his longtime love each donned … Read more

Online tech giants should pay news providers for using their content, peers say

Online tech giants should pay news providers for using their content under a ‘mandatory’ code, peers have demanded in a landmark new report. It paints a worrying picture of a ‘fundamental imbalance of power’ between news publishers and platforms. This comes as Government announced plans for a new competition regime designed to rein in the … Read more

Facebook puts AI in charge of its moderation queue to better prioritize ‘harmful’ content

Facebook is putting machine learning to work to help speed up and prioritize content moderation. Previously, human reviewers dealt with most flagged posts chronologically, with AI relegated to spam and other low-priority jobs. Now, the social media giant’s AI systems are prioritizing possibly objectionable content by virality and threat level. Messages, photos and videos relating … Read more

Netflix tests linear TV-style pre-programmed content feed in France

Netflix has launched a linear service with a pre-programmed feed of TV shows, movies and other programming that is similar to an old-fashioned broadcast network. Called Direct, the option is aimed at Netflix users who are ‘lacking inspiration,’ the company said. Currently it’s only being offered in France, Netflix’s fifth largest market after the US, … Read more

Twitter won’t remove hacked content after outrage over blocking links to Biden-Ukraine stories

Twitter will no longer block and remove hacked content and will instead label tweets after Republicans said they threatened to subpoena CEO Jack Dorsey for shutting down President Trump’s campaign account and blocking links to Biden Ukraine stories. The company’s Legal, Policy and Trust & Safety Lead announced the policy changes on Thursday, saying the … Read more

French court backs media in landmark case against Google as they demand compensation for content

French court backs news companies in landmark case against Google as they demand compensation from the billion dollar Silicon Valley giant for the copyrighted content it uses Paris appeals court ruled against Google and backed competition regulator  Google had argued that it drives lucrative clicks to news sites it lists in searches  But French press … Read more

Noni Hazlehurst: TV networks are using COVID-19 to slash local content

Veteran actress Noni Hazlehurst blasts TV networks for ‘taking advantage’ of the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to slash local content quotas By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:14 BST, 30 September 2020 | Updated: 05:14 BST, 30 September 2020 Noni Hazlehurst’s television career spans more than four decades.  And the 67-year-old actress … Read more

Selena Gomez shares her private message to Mark Zuckerberg about hateful content on Facebook

Selena Gomez brought attention to racist content and misinformation on Facebook in a private message to Facebook executives shared on her Instagram Friday night. The 28-year-old Rainy Day In New York star shared a screenshot of her message to Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, the company’s chief operating officer, in her … Read more

Fresh fears that local content quota changes could spell death for long running soap Neighbours

Is this the end of Neighbours? Fears that local content quota changes could spell death for the residents of Ramsay Street after 35 years By Kylie Walters For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:24 BST, 3 September 2020 | Updated: 03:24 BST, 3 September 2020 It’s the family favourite series which has graced the screens for … Read more

Stan lands landmark deal with NBC Universal as they enter multi-year exclusive content partnership

Stan secures landmark deal with NBC Universal as they enter multi-year exclusive content partnership By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:55 BST, 25 August 2020 | Updated: 23:57 BST, 25 August 2020 Australian streaming platform Stan has secured a new content deal with global entertainment giant NBC Universal. The multi-year partnership, announced on Wednesday, will … Read more