The Fourth Estate is a term that refers to journalism, the idea being that it’s the fourth branch of a (democratic) government, which ours, in Lebanon, more or less, is. The three branches are the Executive (the president, prime minister, and Cabinet, since the Taef Accord), the Legislative (our Chamber of Deputies – Majles al […]
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The amount of online media with audience data attached is shrinking, thanks to Apple, which now blocks third-party cookies in Safari, and GDPR, which requires user consent to show personalized ads. But when advertising cookies are missing, marketers have limited, costly alternatives. Some demand-side platforms (DSPs) don’t offer any contextual buying. Or buyers must pay
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While effective website design has not died off, there are a lot of mistakes made even by professionals with honest intentions. As such, there are people wondering if effective web design is possible to achieve and maintain. It is, but it takes work. Your website is the one element that provides 24/7 advocacy for services,
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Google Plus is officially dead. The announcement generated a lot of news when Google released its declaration in October. And Google Plus made even more news when we found out about another data breach. However, Google Plus was really dead long before Google announced it. The death of Google Plus really shouldn’t have been a
Google just sent out an email that caused a stir among SEMs with clients whose accounts contain at least one GDN campaign. The gist? The long-running workaround for excluding mobile apps en masse—adding adsenseformobileapps.com as a placement exclusion—is being killed off in September. Case in point…here’s one reaction I saw on Linkedin: Like I said,
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It finally happened. The repeal of net neutrality laws by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took effect on Monday. According to the FCC, the repeal will put an end to the “unnecessary, heavy-handed regulations” implemented by the previous administration and move forward with “common-sense regulations that will promote investment and broadband deployment.” Net neutrality died
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Photo Credit: The World Affairs Council of Philadelphia Bill Cosby dead of an apparent suicide at the age of 80 is a celebrity death hoax. There is no truth to a report that the comedian and former TV star was found dead from a suicide. Cosby was recently found guilty on charges that he drugged
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Photo Credit: 20th Century Fox Scott Baio, actor and television director, killed in a freak accident is a celebrity death hoax. There is no truth to a report that Baio died in an accident. Rather, the actor and outspoken supporter for President Donald Trump is the subject of another death hoax months after a previous
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Photo Credit: Toglenn Pamela Anderson found dead at age 50 is a celebrity death hoax. There is no truth to a story that the former Playboy model And Baywatch television star had passed. Where did this celebrity death hoax originate? Abcnews-us.com published the fake news article on March 15, 2018, falsely claiming that the Los
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Think back to the late 1990s – Friends was the biggest TV show in America with between 15-20% of all households tuning in. Nothing comes close on a percentage basis now, not even Game of Thrones, one of the biggest hits in the past 10 years. Oprah, at her height, had 48 million viewers per week. Now,
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