Friends, foes or frenemies. What are big tech companies for journalism?
(WorldNews Turkey)

Over the years big tech platforms have revolutionized the media industry by becoming a major source for distribution of news. While this has enabled access to a wider audience, media organizations have yet to figure out their relationship with the big tech companies. `During the last five years newsrooms and big tech have become close,` Emily Bell, Director of Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University said. `Maybe they are our friends, but they suck at it at the moment, and they are all about control of the news environment.` Bell was speaking during an expert panel discussion entitled `Journalism navigating the platforms`,...