Wednesday 6th May: How the virus could boomerang on the tech giants

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Google and Facebook have reported digital ad revenue down this week, but their smaller tech rivals and 'ad-dependent' media companies are in way worse shape. Huge numbers of real-word retailers may never open again. Politico says the looming economic imbalance might give antitrust hawks the fuel they need to stop the Duopoly and the other tech giants engaging in predatory acquisitions after the crisis clears.

New research has shown that almost three times as many male as female experts appeared on the UK’s leading TV and radio news programmes in March. The imbalance represents a three-year high (low) according to the Expert Women project (EWP).

I saw this story shared by Rafat Ali at Sift. The man in charge of the pioneering travel media business agrees with the idea that 'booth-fest' trade shows are the hardest events to transition online. This piece explains why and what it might take for them to catch up.

The Boston Globe's commitment to covering the coronavirus is clear, but they thought a 'bit of a diversion might also be welcome.” The newspaper published the first four chapters this week, with the remaining 18 coming out over the next two weeks.

Podcast:

This week we spoke to Prashant Rao about taking The Atlantic's voice to an international audience, what the global Atlantic angle on coronavirus looks like, and more.