Fleet Street heavyweights chart fresh course for The New European
The paper s reason for existing was to keep Britain in the EU, but its new owners believe it can find a fresh purpose
Matt Kelly was facing an unpalatable prospect.
The private equity owners of regional publisher Archant were selling
The New European, the anti-Brexit newspaper he created shortly after the EU Referendum.
There was a risk Archant s chief content officer could be wrenched away from the best thing he has ever done in journalism - but he had a plan.
A scheme concocted with former Independent News & Media boss Gavin O Reilly at Piers Morgan s Christmas party two years previously would be fired up in earnest.
Facebook faces global reckoning after backing down in Australia
Canada, the UK and Europe may force Facebook to pay for news, a move that critics say might cause a splintering of the internet
23 February 2021 • 6:00am
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
It was a battle that gripped the world, pitting one of the world s most powerful men against an entire nation.
This morning, Mark Zuckerberg s stand-off with Australia ended after Facebook finally agreed to restore news content to its all users in the country.
It came after intense negotiations in which Australia agreed to amend world-first legislation forcing the tech giant and Google to pay local publishers for content.