WEST PALM BEACH, FL - NewsGuard Technologies, Inc., which claims it is in the business of policing the Internet and protecting users from misinformation, is more than a web tool for its users. The service rates websites either positively or negatively and assigns “Nutrition Labels” to publications. Its negative ratings mostly score conservative websites poorly such as what has been assigned to Breitbart, Newsmax, One America News Network … [Read more...]
Google Moves for More Control of World’s News with Major Google Play Update
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Something remarkably interesting has been happening behind the scenes which very few have noticed, however, one firm who has not missed the quickly changing landscape, is information hoarder and narrative controller, Google. Over the last year or so, quietly brewing behind the scenes, has been Google’s loss of control of a growing percentage of the world’s news. Yes, you read that right. It's been a pretty-amazing transition. Here is how it works (or … [Read more...]
Small Independent Political News Website Sells On Flippa Marketplace for $50,000
PALM BEACH, FL - It was one of the busiest sales threads I have seen in a long time, SourcePolitics.com, which was just sold on Flippa.com for $50,002. A left leaning news publication which has found an interesting way of exploiting social media (96% of it traffic) to bring in enough traffic for the site to earn approximately $4k per month; quite an accomplishment, especially for a strictly news website. Believe me, if it were easy to make money on news there wouldn’t be so … [Read more...]
100 More Print Newspapers To Disappear Next Month, Along With Hundreds of Jobs
PALM BEACH, FL – More than 100 local and regional newspapers will disappear next month when News Corp Australia will cut publication and move many of its titles online, while others will cease to exist altogether. The news comes amid what the company said was a sharp decline in advertising revenue and a ‘double impact’ of COVID-19 and competition from tech platforms. According to the Sydney Morning Herald as many as 1000 jobs could be lost from just three titles, The … [Read more...]
Alternative “.News” Domain Name Gets Big Plug With Exclusive Trump Interview
PALM BEACH, FL – “Full Measure,” a news show that I had actually never heard of is sure to get a big spotlight on “.news” domain names as there was recently an interview with the President of the United States at the White House which took place last weekend. The interview was conducted by writer, journalist, and television correspondent Sharyl Attkisson, a five-time Emmy Award winning investigative correspondent, formally of CBS News. She also wrote a book titled … [Read more...]
First Amendment Under Fire as SCOTUS Rules Defamation Claim Can Proceed…
PALM BEACH, FL – A defamation case against a conservative news publisher will move forward after several appeals from the defendant, NationalReview.com, have been rejected by both the U.S. Supreme Court of Appeals as well as at least one local court, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Attorney’s for conservative news website the National Review sought for the case, brought by controversial climate scientist, Michael Mann, to be dismissed, citing several First … [Read more...]
Will Sale of Dead News Site “Examiner.com” Attract Authentic Bidders at GoDaddy?
PALM BEACH, FL – A domain name, that by itself, could potentially fool even one of the most complex computer algorithms such as Google's rankings technology, into trusting that a site is a “big brand”. There is probably not a lot of them out there that could easily be scooped up, however, that’s pretty much what’s for sale at GoDaddy auctions this week, with the bidding for the domain name previously used by the defunct news site “Examiner.com” reaching $69,666.00 - so … [Read more...]
CBS News Offers Readers ‘Bad Advice’ in 6 Best Practices for Choosing a Domain
NEW YORK, NY – Usually when you read an article in Google News, you expect it to give you some good advice, especially when it is a reputable news website. That’s not what happened today when Google News led me to question whether or not I was even on a real news website. Rather than focusing so much on cleaning up Facebook and Twitter, maybe Google should check their own inclusion practices. The article is on CBS News Detroit and it is called “6 Best Practices for Choosing … [Read more...]
False Narrative: The Never Ending Battle to Steal Your ‘Free and Open Internet’
NEW YORK - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is suggesting that Facebook pay news organizations for the stories posted on its platform. How typical. Rather than news organizations having to innovate to keep up and remain relevant, competitive and profitable, just steal from others innovation. There has been a lot of buzz lately about fake news stories being found on Facebook and Google and traditional media is passing the blame onto these websites for allowing people to share and … [Read more...]