Over the last couple of years we have been witnessing a new chapter in the ever-changing relationship between platforms and publishers. While Google and Facebook offer generous support to many news ou...
Adrienne Fichter
Adrienne Fichter is a Zurich-based tech reporter, political scientist and editor for the Swiss online news magazine Republik.ch. Her work focuses on technology, politics and social media. In addition, she is a part-time lecturer for different Universities of Applied Sciences, mainly in St. Gallen and Zurich. From 2014 to 2017 she worked as the Social Editor-in-Chief at of one of the largest Swiss newspapers, Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ. She also wrote the book The Smartphone Democracy, published in 2017 by NZZ Libro.
Google and Facebook dominate online advertising and play a pivotal role in news distribution. But that is not the only way in which big tech companies influence journalism. Google, especially, has bee...
