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Promise of profits and growth vanishes for digital media publishers

Enterprises deemed Edgy and free-spirited are facing an existentialist moment

The nine best Netflix shows to watch in August

Ozark returns, plus a new animated sitcom from The Simpsons’s creator Matt Groening

Hearst pays $2.8bn for control of ratings agency Fitch

Move part of increased focus on financial information services

Grindr shared information about users’ HIV status with third parties

Company said sharing data with partners to optimise its platform was ‘industry practice’

Young guns find digital frontier is a hard place

The likes of BuzzFeed and Vice are finding the behemoths of Facebook and Google as much of a challenge as the old media players do

Facebook makes new bid for TV viewers with expanded video

Redesigned product, Watch, will be available initially to a limited group in the US

Why hackers may turn their attention to Angela Merkel

The goal? Manipulate media, strengthen extremist groups and fan anger over issues like migration

NBC Universal invested $500m in Snap as part of IPO

Shares jump 8.6% in early trading as NBC emerges as sole US media firm with a stake

Trump to skip White House correspondents’ dinner

Move to skip dinner traditionally addressed by US presidents comes amid row with media

Trump bans BBC, Guardian, New York Times from press briefing

US President bans several news organisations after speech attacking ‘fake news’

Can the education system heal our ‘post-truth’ society?

Media studies and philosophy could be crucial in tackling extremism and fake news

Trump’s intention is ‘never to lie to you’, says Sean Spicer

Media chief faces questions after denouncing correct reporting on Trump’s inauguration

Trump turns on media and spy agencies over Russia dossier

President-elect condemns leaking of unsubstantiated sexual allegations about him

JOE and Her drop the ‘ie’ in bid to pick up on growing TV market

Maximum Media to focus on video and audio content with a view to making €6m by April 2017

The Get Down: Netflix's latest series that cost $10m an episode

Baz Luhrmann breaks the bank with $10m an episode in Netflix’s hip-hop odyssey, while John Oliver has the last word

Web Log: on Facebook friends and family come first

The news feed was becoming a place to promote content as much as it was for catching up with friends and family

EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalists: Paul Quigley & Andrew Mullaney, NewsWhip

News monitoring service has over 320 clients, including BBC, Intel and Mastercard

BuzzFeed projection cut as 2015 target is missed

Company fails to hit $250m revenue projection after generating less than $170m

ATP rejects claims it sought to cover up match-fixing

Investigation into match-fixing is due to be aired on BBC Radio on Tuesday night

Buzzfeed deemed to have misled readers

Britain’s advertising watchdog rules that media group showed readers paid advertisements that looked like news stories

Publishers will not have to pay to have articles show web-based content

Google tests mobile instant publishing service to rival Facebook and Apple

Social media trackers whip up €1.5m funding

Associated Press among the new backers for Dublin-based tech company NewsWhip

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