(20 Jan 2021) Covid-19 research papers account for around 30 per cent of the Altmetric Top 100 list, released today. The annual Altmetric Top 100 highlights research and scholarly commentary published in 2020 that generated significant international online attention and discussion – from patents and public policy documents to mainstream media, blogs, Wikipedia and social…
(14 Jan 2021) Twitter last week permanently suspended the account of Sci-Hub, the website that has posted millions of freely accessible copies of scientific articles pirated from subscription journals. Twitter said Sci-Hub had violated its policy against promoting “counterfeit goods,” according to Sci-Hub’s founder, Alexandra Elbakyan. The notification came shortly after a 6 January court…
Changes proposed by the Wikimedia Foundation to diversify its community of editors raise existential questions for the online encyclopedia. (4 Jan 2021) In 2021 the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs the more than 300 different versions of Wikipedia, plans to finalize a uniform code of conduct that details unacceptable behavior among the project’s editors—including insults,…
(31 Dec 2020) 2020 has been a tough year for all. The pandemic has made learning and services delayed, remote access became more important than ever, and we all acquired new ways of communication. Take a look at the top posts from [email protected] in 2020, there’s no doubt that COVID-19 is the main theme throughout…
(18 Dec 2020) Kuke Music Holding, which provides classical music licensing, subscription, and education services in China, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise up to $50 million in an initial public offering. Powered by a diverse library of content offerings, Kuke was the largest classical music licensing service provider and the second…
(14 November 2020) Australia’s peak national library bodies want to see the federal government adopt a policy and strategy for combating misinformation and disinformation among individuals of all ages. The Australian Libraries and Information Association (ALIA), National and State Libraries Australia (NSLA) and National Archives of Australia all spoke of the looming threat of…
(17 Aug 2020) The leading American professional associations for authors, publishers, and booksellers write to the House Antitrust Subcommittee about what they call Amazon’s ‘scale of operation’ and ‘share of the market.’ In a letter provided to Publishing Perspectives this morning (August 17), three leading American publishing industry professional organizations tell the House of Representatives’ Antitrust…
The pandemic squeezed advertising for the web as well as print, but subscription growth was the best ever for a quarter. (5 Aug 2020) Over a three-month period dominated by the coronavirus pandemic and a slowdown in advertising, The New York Times Company for the first time reported quarterly revenue that owed more to digital products…
(25 Jun 2020) Google announced it will begin paying news publishers for “high-quality content” with the launch of a “new news experience” later this year. The move marks a major departure for Google, which has until now steadfastly refused to compensate news publishers for content. As news organizations’ digital advertising revenues have plunged, critics in the…
(22 Jun 2020) The ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ACCMSME) and The Asia Foundation have come together, to launch the Go Digital ASEAN initiative. Supported by a USD3.3m grant from Google.org, the initiative is designed to equip micro and small enterprises as well as underemployed youth, particularly those in rural and isolated…