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Axel Springer ousts DMGT with deal to buy Telegraph for £575m

Axel Springer promises investment in The Telegraph to become leading centre-right publication globally.

By Charlotte Tobitt

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How The Atlantic won 'tortoise and hare' race versus digital news start-ups

How The Atlantic won ‘tortoise and hare’ race versus digital news start-ups

Charlotte Tobitt

The UK’s biggest news media companies: New top 50 ranking by revenue

Alice Brooker

News Corp CEO Robert Thomson warns AI companies scraping without paying: ‘We’re coming for you’

Charlotte Tobitt

Reach CEO Piers North says AI approach ‘mixture of courtship and courts’

Charlotte Tobitt

GB News grows revenue by two thirds to £26m as losses narrow

GB News grows revenue by two thirds to £26m as losses narrow

Dominic Ponsford

Staff journalists sacked and misleadingly replaced with AI writers

Rob Waugh

The Wire: Job moves | M&A | Rulings

Daily Mail amends electric car story after Yougov poll showed public could have been misled

Mistakes and Rulings

Yesterday 9:42 am

Daily Mail amends electric car story after Yougov poll showed public could have been misled

Charlotte Tobitt

Telegraph declines to tell regulator how fake banker story got published

Mistakes and Rulings

4 days ago

Telegraph declines to tell regulator how fake banker story got published

Charlotte Tobitt

Latest News

News diary 9-15 March: MPs vote on child social media limits, UN Security Council discusses Iran sanctions, Oscars

News diary 9-15 March: MPs vote on child social media limits, UN Security Council discusses Iran sanctions, Oscars

Foresight News

Who's suing AI and who's signing: News Corp signs $50m-a-year deal with Meta, Reach and Amazon agree usage deal, Danish publishers sue OpenAI

Who’s suing AI and who’s signing: News Corp signs $50m-a-year deal with Meta, Reach and Amazon agree usage deal, Danish publishers sue OpenAI

Charlotte Tobitt

Plunging Google Discover traffic hits Reach digital revenue

Plunging Google Discover traffic hits Reach digital revenue

Charlotte Tobitt

Perplexity claims News Corp tried to 'entrap' chatbot to make copyright case

Perplexity claims News Corp tried to ‘entrap’ chatbot to make copyright case

Charlotte Tobitt

Prince Harry Versus The Mail

'Hacked' Daily Mail Harry story came from press office, says royal editor

‘Hacked’ Daily Mail Harry story came from press office, says royal editor

Dominic Ponsford

Former Mail on Sunday exec says emails from phone hacker don't prove illegality

Former Mail on Sunday exec says emails from phone hacker don’t prove illegality

Dominic Ponsford

Stories came from lonely celebs and 'hangers on' says former Mail on Sunday editor

Stories came from lonely celebs and ‘hangers on’ says former Mail on Sunday editor

Dominic Ponsford

Senior former policeman casts doubt over key Prince Harry privacy case source

Senior former policeman casts doubt over key Prince Harry privacy case source

Dominic Ponsford

Editor's Picks

Regional Newspapers

Mediahuis trials use of AI agents to carry out ‘first-line’ news reporting

Charlotte Tobitt

Ads & Marketing

Future leverages high visibility on ChatGPT by offering GEO as a service

Dominic Ponsford

'Search isn't dead, it's fragmenting': How to manage Google traffic decline

‘Search isn’t dead, it’s fragmenting’: How to manage Google traffic decline

Charlotte Tobitt

California is a ‘news desert’ says Post editor-in-chief Keith Poole as new title launched

Charlotte Tobitt

Semafor plans investment and expansion after celebrating first profitable year

Charlotte Tobitt

The Hill is growing traffic in a declining market by investing in reporters

The Hill is growing traffic in a declining market by investing in reporters

Charlotte Tobitt

Partner Content

Stibo DX signs content technology deal with major Japanese publisher

Partner content

Stibo DX signs content technology deal with major Japanese publisher

Dominic Ponsford

PA Media goes ‘video-first’ to meet demand for live and social-ready content

Partner content

PA Media goes ‘video-first’ to meet demand for live and social-ready content

Freddy Mayhew

The tech stack powering TTG bid to capture 90% of UK travel market

Full Fat Things

The tech stack powering TTG bid to capture 90% of UK travel market

Freddy Mayhew

Journalist.net: The platform enabling any publisher to draw on global newsroom

Partner content

Journalist.net: The platform enabling any publisher to draw on global newsroom

Freddy Mayhew

Publishers

Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Washington Post announces biggest media layoffs of year so far

Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Washington Post announces biggest media layoffs of year so far

Charlotte Tobitt

Why audio and video is 'big part' of Politico growth strategy

Why audio and video is ‘big part’ of Politico growth strategy

Alice Brooker

UK news giants form 'NATO for news' group to control AI scraping

UK news giants form ‘NATO for news’ group to control AI scraping

Charlotte Tobitt

Chelsea Citizen banks campaign wins and local goodwill, but yet to turn profit

Chelsea Citizen banks campaign wins and local goodwill, but yet to turn profit

Alice Brooker

Tech Platforms

Google promises 'more focused deals' with news publishers as FT joins AI pilot

Google promises ‘more focused deals’ with news publishers as FT joins AI pilot

Charlotte Tobitt

How 'all you can read' app Readly is gearing up for growth after Cafeyn merger

How ‘all you can read’ app Readly is gearing up for growth after Cafeyn merger

Alice Brooker

AI answers cite 'narrow range' of top newsbrands led by BBC and Guardian

AI answers cite ‘narrow range’ of top newsbrands led by BBC and Guardian

Charlotte Tobitt

Google 'exploring updates' to let publishers opt out of AI Overviews

Google ‘exploring updates’ to let publishers opt out of AI Overviews

Charlotte Tobitt

Reality Wars

Faces of fakery: More fake and AI generated experts con their way into media

New Press Gazette research uncovers more PR-generated AI fakery in UK media.

By Rob Waugh and Dominic Ponsford

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PR bodies launch campaign against fake experts after Press Gazette investigation

PR bodies launch campaign against fake experts after Press Gazette investigation

Rob Waugh

Named: 50 ‘experts’ and linked brands publishers should treat with caution

Rob Waugh

Regional Newspapers

Photographer awarded compensation from news website whose owners cannot be found

Gabriel Kennedy

Regional Newspapers

London news website publishes misleading ‘AI-generated fiction’

Charlotte Tobitt

Cision investigates and MyJobQuote maintains silence over fake experts network

Cision investigates and MyJobQuote maintains silence over fake experts network

Rob Waugh

Digital Journalism

Dubious experts deployed by MyJobQuote published more than 600 times in UK press

Rob Waugh

Comment

Dan Kennedy

The US regional dailies proving news can pay despite Washington Post challenges

Carole Cadwalladr

A letter to the 300 axed Washington Post staffers from Carole Cadwalladr

Alastair McCapra

PRs need to stop being complicit in suppression of information via SLAPPs

Steven Wilson-Beales

SEO has changed: The new metrics publishers should focus on

Advertising and Marketing

Publisher advertising alliance teams up with Microsoft ad-buying platform

Dominic Ponsford

Why UK mag giants have teamed up to offer digital advertising at scale

Alice Brooker

Immediate launches 'experiential agency' to boost revenue from live events

Immediate launches ‘experiential agency’ to boost revenue from live events

Alice Brooker

Ladbible owner grows revenue thanks to direct deals with brands

Charlotte Tobitt

DMGT reports revenue dip as Google changes hit traffic for Mail publisher

Charlotte Tobitt

Rising Ballers grows 30-strong team in 'saturated' football space

Rising Ballers grows 30-strong team in ‘saturated’ football space

Alice Brooker

Media Data

50 biggest UK news websites in January: Six of top ten newsbrands report audience growth

Press Gazette’s monthly ranking of the top 50 news websites in the UK.

By Press Gazette

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Ten out of 131 ABC-audited magazines grew sales in 2025

Ten out of 131 ABC-audited magazines grew sales in 2025

Dominic Ponsford

Women’s interest magazine sales 2025: Harper’s Bazaar grows in print and digital

Alice Brooker

All you can read sales and auditing changes boost digital mag ABC figures

Charlotte Tobitt

New subs technology helps Spectator reach 198-year sales high

Most national newspaper sales figures now secret as Reach takes auditing private

National Newspapers

Most national newspaper sales figures now secret as Reach takes auditing private

Charlotte Tobitt

Top 50 English-language news sites in the world: Substack leads YoY growth for seventh months as most down in January

Press Gazette

Future of Media US

CEO sets out the case for Beehiiv versus Substack

Creators on Beehiiv making $5m per month from paid subs and pre-sold ads.

By Charlotte Tobitt

Photo of CEO sets out the case for Beehiiv versus Substack

Top 50 US news websites: Minnesota Star Tribune traffic boosted by ICE coverage

Top 50 US news websites: Minnesota Star Tribune traffic boosted by ICE coverage

Press Gazette

Cost of online news rises 3% as Telegraph and Mail+ Editions lead on discounts

Cost of online news rises 3% as Telegraph and Mail+ Editions lead on discounts

Charlotte Tobitt

Will Lewis out as Washington Post CEO days after mass layoffs

Will Lewis out as Washington Post CEO days after mass layoffs

Dominic Ponsford

Amid WaPo woes five US news giants show how industry can grow

Amid WaPo woes five US news giants show how industry can grow

Charlotte Tobitt

Latest Podcasts

Reporting Andrew arrest, robot reporters at Mediahuis and Dom's verdict on Prince Harry trial

Reporting Andrew arrest, robot reporters at Mediahuis and Dom’s verdict on Prince Harry trial

Press Gazette

Quality not discounts: How The Atlantic is powering subscriber growth

Quality not discounts: How The Atlantic is powering subscriber growth

Press Gazette

Prince Harry versus tabloids: The final showdown

Prince Harry versus tabloids: The final showdown

Press Gazette

Manchester Evening News editor 'fed up of playing algorithmic games'

Manchester Evening News editor ‘fed up of playing algorithmic games’

Charlotte Tobitt

The Big Interview

How Liz Cookman went from school dropout to award-winning war correspondent

How Liz Cookman went from school dropout to award-winning war correspondent

Dominic Ponsford

Sun grows video audience to 1bn+ monthly views with 25 new shows

Sun grows video audience to 1bn+ monthly views with 25 new shows

Charlotte Tobitt

Irish Times journalism now fully funded by subscribers

Irish Times journalism now fully funded by subscribers

Charlotte Tobitt

How Democracy for Sale is making investigative journalism pay on Substack

How Democracy for Sale is making investigative journalism pay on Substack

Charlotte Tobitt

Observer growth 'on plan' says co-CEO nine months after Tortoise takeover

Observer growth ‘on plan’ says co-CEO nine months after Tortoise takeover

Charlotte Tobitt

Interview: How Forbes CEO Sherry Phillips is responding to Google challenge

Interview: How Forbes CEO Sherry Phillips is responding to Google challenge

Charlotte Tobitt

Footballco gears up for World Cup in 2026 with Youtube and affiliate revenue drivers

Footballco gears up for World Cup in 2026 with Youtube and affiliate revenue drivers

Charlotte Tobitt

Country Life editor Mark Hedges crosses 1,000 issues: We're 'the great print triumph'

Country Life editor Mark Hedges crosses 1,000 issues: We’re ‘the great print triumph’

Charlotte Tobitt

Media Law

Post Leveson chill in police-press relations thaws after 15 years with new rulebook

Dominic Ponsford

Prince Andrew arrest: How story broke and why he was named by media

Dominic Ponsford

Mail says there is 'no evidence' it obtained call records of Kylie ex

Mail says there is ‘no evidence’ it obtained call records of Kylie ex

Dominic Ponsford

Doreen Lawrence accuses Mail of ‘pretending to be her friend’ while stealing her private information

Charlotte Tobitt and PA Media

Digital Journalism

Mill Media journalist faces £10,000 county court bill after exposé

Charlotte Tobitt

Former MP denies paying Prince Harry privacy witnesses for testimony

Former MP denies paying Prince Harry privacy witnesses for testimony

PA Media

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