This week, President Donald Trump announced that he would allow US chipmaker Nvidia to sell its advanced H200 chips to China, describing the move as overturning a failed Biden administration policy that he says “slowed innovation and hurt the American worker.” He continued, “That era is over.” The first notable thing about the decision is…
Across Venezuela, residents wonder how long they’ll be waiting. Venezuela has experienced a severe decade of economic and political crisis, led by Nicolás Maduro. Now, as the threat of US intervention looms, Venezuelans are going through a cycle of anxiety and uncertainty. How long will this standoff last? Who would replace Maduro? In the meantime,…
The Financial Times app is fast becoming one of the publisher’s most valuable retention tools. Nearly 70 percent of daily traffic from subscribers comes through the app. This can be attributed to mobile being the dominant way people consumer content these days. “If we want to retain subscribers, we have to meet them where they…
By Damian Radcliffe The narrative that local news is in crisis is a familiar one, often told through the well-worn story of shuttered newsrooms and shrinking budgets. But a recent gathering of European media leaders at WAN-IFRA’s inaugural Local Day painted a different picture; one of resilience, reinvention, and – dare I say it –…
The post-modern philosopher Jean Baudrillard infamously argued in 1991 that the Gulf War did not take place, by which he did not mean that no fighting had actually occurred, but that the real events were something entirely separate from the carefully choreographed presentation the world saw thanks to the novel phenomenon of 24-hour cable news….
This strategic consolidation is a direct and proactive response to the significant transformations reshaping the global media landscape. By uniting the world’s leading news and special interest media organisations, the merger addresses shared challenges head-on and establishes a powerful, unified platform for advocacy, innovation, and growth. It’s a statement that in a fragmented and challenging…
Two political scientists have proposed “neoroyalism” as a new framework to understand Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The idea is that the administration often behaves more like a royal family in medieval Europe than a modern nation-state Signs of neoroyalism are the degree to which the administration mixes private enterprise and diplomacy, Trump’s habit of handling…
America is out of the business of giving patronizing lectures to other governments about how to run their countries and trying to mold other societies in its own image… except for the countries of Western Europe. With little fanfare, the Trump administration released its long-awaited National Security Strategy Thursday night. The NSS is a periodically…
In the relentless churn of the 24/7 global news cycle, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Our social media feeds are a torrent of international crises, national politics, and viral moments, flooding us with information from every corner of the world. We are more connected than ever, yet often feel more detached from the world right…
On 25 November, the French media group EBRA organised a debate in which a panel of readers discussed disinformation, foreign interference, social media and media literacy. During the discussion, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke of an “information war” and the need to better equip the public. When asked about the fight against fake websites and…