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The Publisher’s Patron: How Google’s News Initiative Is Re-Defining Journalism |European Journalism Observatory - EJO
▻https://en.ejo.ch/digital-news/the-publishers-patron

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We found that a large part of Google’s money goes to the media establishment.

Our data helps to shine a light on what ‘innovation’ means in the world of Google. Four in ten projects funded by the DNI deal with automation and data journalism. For example, Google money helped a joint project between the Press Association, a UK news agency, and the media start-up Urbs Media with 706,000 euro to start a project on automation in local news.

The funding Google gives to media institutions and publishers bring it such soft power. It also helps Google to safeguard its long-term interests. Increasingly, the company is shifting from being a mere search engine to becoming a central node for the production and distribution of news. Its role will soon be indispensable for the news industry.

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Brexit is Only the Latest Proof of the Insularity and Failure of Western Establishment Institutions
▻https://theintercept.com/2016/06/25/brexit-is-only-the-latest-proof-of-the-insularity-and-failure-of-weste

The decision by UK voters to leave the EU is such a glaring repudiation of the wisdom and relevance of elite political and media institutions that – for once – their failures have become a prominent part of the storyline. Media reaction to the Brexit vote falls into two general categories: (1) earnest, candid attempts to understand what motivated voters to make this choice, even if that means indicting one’s own establishment circles, and (2) petulant, self-serving, simple-minded attacks on disobedient pro-leave voters for being primitive, xenophobic bigots (and stupid to boot), all to evade any reckoning with their own responsibility. Virtually every reaction that falls into the former category emphasizes the profound failures of western establishment factions; these institutions have spawned pervasive misery and inequality, only to spew condescending scorn at their victims when they object.

Remixing Remix Culture « Kabnotes’ Blog
►http://kabnotes.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/remixing-remix-culture

As O’Brien & Fitzgerald mentioned, “the challenge for creativity and the economy of digital content production is the extent to which mashup and remix artists should be allowed to borrow – in a seamless manner – from the past to create the future?” (O’Brien & Fitzgerald, 2006, 1). Despite remix culture initially appearing to be at odds with older media institutions and practices today, this form of media production may be accepted as the norm of new creative expression tomorrow. However, while the power of the media monopolies still reigns, let’s not hold our collective breath.