The ramifications of algorithms turning data into words rings warning bells for the news industry, writes Emily Bell.
Former <em>News of the World</em> editor, Colin Myler, has taken over at the <em>New York Daily News</em>.
Although some integrated news rooms and sales forces are effective, progress is often quicker where digital is kept apart.
It was an employee at the WPP advertising business who so succinctly categorised Google, the search engine, as a "frenemy". Nowhere is this ambiguous status more obvious than in the search engine’s relationship with newspapers. Google’s draining of the online ad market through the organisation of other people’s content infuriates the media, yet the power of the search engine to refer traffic to your website is undeniable.