News diary 27 July – 2 August: Apple and Meta results, Manchester mayor election and Commonwealth Games
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Mirror publisher to pay ‘substantial’ damages to model over alleged phone hacking
Model complained about hacking of voicemails relating to girlfriends Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz.
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The Hill subscriptions aimed at helping ‘superfans’ to ‘geek out’ with journalists
SVP of editorial content at US political site Bill Sammon on new subs offering.
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MI5 and police illegally grabbed journalist’s call records to find sources
Former BBC Northern Ireland journalist paid £20,000 in damages by MI5 and PSNI.
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Semafor wants to be ‘business outlet of record in the Gulf’
Gulf newsletter goes five days a week to capitalise on audience and commercial interest.
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New Internationalist crowdfunds magazine back from brink
Global affairs magazine raises more than £160,000 in fifth fundraising drive.
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Mike Soutar on what today’s media leaders can learn from Genghis Khan
Magazine industry titan shares lessons from history for dealing with big tech and AI challenges.
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Substack promotes human content with ‘scan for AI’ feature
Substack has partnered with AI plagiarism checker Pangram to introduce a new ‘scan for AI text’ feature. On any…
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Newsletter focus spells success for news digest brand The Knowledge
Newsletter brand started by The Week founder Jon Connell has 13,000 paying subscribers.
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Unreliable AI answers are ‘good enough’ for most users of platforms
Only one in four ChatGPT users say they click through to links.
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Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Latest from National Geographic, ESPN and Sherwood News
Press Gazette rolling updates on redundancies made in 2026.
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Reach moves away from ‘volume’ as traffic, revenue and share price plunge
Piers North reveals change of approach after disappointing H1 2026 results.
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Who’s suing AI and who’s signing: News Corp sues Brave, Microsoft signs Australian Copilot deal
Plus: New York Times and Chicago Tribune sue Perplexity and Google signs non-licensing AI deals.
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Edward Stourton: ‘Rolls Royce’ broadcaster with ‘minimal ego’
Renowned journalist sacked by BBC for being too ‘posh’ but then reinstated dies aged 68..
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Hearst starts with ‘why’ as journalists asked to produce fewer articles
Plus, why Telegraph cut down its newsletters in quality over quantity focus.
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Amol Rajan tops BBC table for news moonlighters with £115k+ in events fees
Full details of BBC journalist outside earnings for April 2025 to March 2026 revealed.
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Cultural resistance hampers use of AI in newsrooms, new global survey finds
New study charts attitudes to AI across newsrooms in 86 countries.
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Google search traffic to leading UK publishers set to halve by Q3 2027
New AOP study reveals impact of AI overviews on search at eight leading UK publishers.
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News diary 20-26 July: Burnham announces Cabinet appointments, Google results, Tour de France finale
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Playboy magazine is back – with ‘respectful and modern’ take on female nudity
Playboy Bunnies and Playmates have returned to print.
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Former Sunday Mirror editor Paul Connew: ‘The ultimate news man’
Connew worked widely as a commentator and broadcaster in his post-tabloid career.
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Newsletter platform Beehiiv adds community features and programmatic advertising
Creator platform adds ability for subscribers to interact with each other.
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US copyright law has been weaponised to silence reporting around the world
Google is removing thousands of articles from search due to spurious DMCA requests.
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Daily Mail and Metro to pay ‘substantial’ libel damages to Loose Women panellist and husband
Titles published “serious and damaging allegations” falsely suggesting hatred of Jews.
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Dale Vince wins damages on appeal over ‘unfair’ Daily Mail headline juxtaposition
Green energy industrialist awarded damages after taking case to Court of Appeal.
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First-party data mastery: Tips for publishers from Norway’s Schibsted Media
Schibsted Media has 1.25 million digital-only subscribers across its newsbrands.
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Future of Media Awards shortlists celebrate excellence in digital news
Awards in their fifth year celebrate editorial, commercial and product excellence.
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Top-paid BBC journalists 2025/26: Stephen Nolan and Laura Kuenssberg top list
Several major BBC journalists see pay drop following election year.
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‘Petulant’ Harry statement after Mail hacking trial was ‘beyond the pale’
Media lawyer condemns Harry statement, plus accused journalist ‘angry’ over ‘desperate’ case.
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Claude’s ability to remix ‘liquid content’ is ‘serious challenge for news media’
Digital News Report author Nic Newman explained how publishers should respond.
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Take a Break fiction magazine pauses commissions and starts using AI
Bauer brand tells writers it has “introduced the use of AI tools” for its in-house editorial team.
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News diary 13-19 July: World Cup final, Labour expected to confirm Burnham as PM, BBC Proms
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
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AI in journalism: Live tracker of scandals and mistakes
Round-up of the main cases where AI use in journalism has gone wrong.
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Top 50 English-language news sites in the world: Indian news sites see biggest declines in June
Press Gazette’s analysis of the 50 biggest English-language news websites in the world, updated monthly.
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Top 50 US news websites: Traffic decline at 90% of newsbrands in June
Press Gazette’s monthly ranking of the top 50 news websites in the US, using Similarweb data.
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Print magazine boosts revenue for Youtube newsbrand TLDR
Print and merch cut share of TLDR’s revenue made on Youtube from 80% to 45% in two years.
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Journalist fired by Clickout Media saw robot reporter take over their byline
AI-generated ‘ghost’ reporter revealed as tactic of ‘parasite SEO’ specialists.
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‘Travesty’ if publishers don’t take up chance to opt out of Google AI Overviews
New Google deals mean publishers can’t opt out of AI indexing.
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The 53 Mail articles vindicated by Prince Harry privacy judgment
Articles dating from 1997 to 2015 formed the basis for 97 allegations of unlawful newsgathering.
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Paul Dacre: Prince Harry privacy case ‘conspiracy to destroy paper’
Case was funded by ‘orgy-loving racist’ Max Mosley and actor Hugh Grant, says Dacre.
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Prince Harry privacy trial judgment: ‘Overwhelming victory’ for Daily Mail
Judgment in publisher’s favour follows 11-week trial.
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ITV News to remain distinct from Sky News up to ‘at least’ 2030 following merger
Sky takes ownership of ITV national and regional TV news.
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News diary 6-12 July: Prince Harry vs Mail judgement, Labour leadership nominations, World Cup quarterfinals
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Video monetisation mastery: Tips for publishers from JWX
Leading website publishers are seeing up to one third of ad revenue come from video.
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How Le Monde is ‘fiercely defending’ journalism from bad bots
French title has licensing deals with three major LLMs.
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The Canary halts daily print edition after two weeks as it is ‘debanked’
Left-wing publisher unable to pay all staff as it is “left with barely any funds”.
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Google AI Overviews give ‘incredibly worrying’ prominence to suicide method
Google urged to look at how AI summaries handle sensitive subjects.
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CMA targets Apple and Google app stores: ‘Good news for publishers’
CMA’s mobile app requirements allow developers to steer users away from platform-controlled payments.
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Daily Mail sued over ‘systematic’ lifting of social media images
US copyright claim says Mail liabilities could run to $10m per year.
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Substack reveals newsletters with most paying subscribers in UK
News publications including London Centric, Democracy for Sale and Will Hayward Newsletter appear in top 50.
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Spurious copyright claim sees second Press Gazette story removed from Google search
Claim filed under US law seeks to hide Press Gazette reporting about Clickout Media.
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Guardian to create 55 jobs in digital and global push
Guardian transformation project focused on becoming ‘more visual, digital, global and experimental’.
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Court sets precedent on source protection in Westgaph-Mill Media case
County Court claim left Mill Media with more than £75,000 incurred costs.
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Axel Springer promises ‘AI-powered transformation’ as it completes Telegraph deal
Politico and Business Insider publisher ends three years of ownership limbo for Telegraph.
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‘Timidity is the thing that kills you’: Ian Hislop on 40 years editing Private Eye
Private Eye print circulation continues to buck rest of magazine market.
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Iconic Media (formerly National World) stays in profit post Media Concierge buyout
Integration of National World into Media Concierge deemed ‘very successful’.
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Confusion and anger as publisher moves journalists to pay-per-click contracts
Journalists on The Gamer paid $8 per thousand clicks.
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Google accepts need for ‘new value exchange’ with publishers
Tech giant is piloting ‘novel ways’ to partner with sites according to policy paper.
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Google AI changes could deal further blow to publisher Discover traffic
SEO experts outline challenges and opportunities for publishers in latest Google changes.
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News diary 29 June – 5 July: Andy Burnham to set out economic vision, Wimbledon, Tour de France
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Sun pays damages to Coronation Street actor over false Islamic extremism story
The Sun falsely said Qasim Akhtar trained with guns in Pakistan.
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B2B tech title The Stack boosts newsletter audience with acquisition
Founder Ed Targett says focus on Linkedin and sponsored content has fueled growth.
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50 biggest news websites in UK: Newsquest’s Herald Scotland and Oxford Mail lead growth in May
Press Gazette’s monthly ranking of the top 50 news websites in the UK.
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Time and Axios turn AI prominence into advertising revenue
Key insights from Press Gazette’s News Yacht event at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity.
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Climate scientists say news coverage ignores cause of UK heatwave
Connection between greenhouse emissions and extreme heat in UK ‘indisputable’.
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UK news industry backs law to stop deceptive AI scraping
Follows New York state bid to stop deceptive bots which fuel ‘$1bn’ content trading market.
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Liz Murdoch part of $27m fundraising round for Piers Morgan media company
Investment set to help Uncensored become ‘truly global media platform’.
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News publishers could be made prominent at top of Youtube and social feeds
Consultation to examine how ‘trustworthy’ news publishers should be categorised.
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Creative industries to get new monthly print tabloid mag
The Static wants to fill gap for ‘underserved’ media, advertising and design industries.
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Newsletter market in 2026: $10 per month is default price but not ceiling
Beehiiv report says average newsletter pricing has not changed since 2024.
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Biggest UK local newsbrands: Reach sites worst hit after Google algorithm changes
Just 16 of the 75 biggest local news sites increased their audience year on year in April.
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News diary 22-28 June: Burnham returns to Westminster, heat warning and Middle East talks
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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AI reporters churn out error-strewn stories for football websites
Reputable online football brands have been taken over by ‘parasite SEO’ firm Clickout Media.
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How slow journalism is paying off for The Lever under Trump Two
US investigative site expanding to largest-ever team despite slowing output.
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DMG Media becomes Daily Mail with Vere Harmsworth as exec chairman
Organisational shake-up sees Metro moved into Harmsworth Media.
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Premium video has boosted subscriber retention for The Economist
Subscriber perk Economist Insider helping to lower churn.
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Publishers versus bots: How Trusted Reviews is fighting back against LLMs
Candr Media is one of the first publishers to adopt search-only contracts in website terms and conditions.
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World Tonight set for axe, Today presenters cut, local audio producers slashed
BBC sets out cuts to news output on TV and radio in shift to online.
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CMA says Google rankings must be fairer and more transparent
UK regulator strikes second blow against Google abuse of dominant market position.
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Biggest UK website owners: Meta, Alphabet and Bytedance increase dominance
Top 25 ranking of website owners shows UK online media is US and China dominated.
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Wired launching forum-style app as added subscriber benefit
Conde Nast brand now has more than 500,000 paying subscribers.
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World of Fine Spirits launches as sister title to established wine brand
Edited by Alex Martin, title includes searchable library of tasting notes.
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Publishing trends for 2026: Tech platforms overtake publishers as global news source
Key insights from the 2026 Digital News Report on UK and global publishing trends.
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Survey reveals gap between climate change concern and actual news coverage
Some 89% of journalists surveyed agreed climate reporting needs new approach.
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Mirror launches online paywall for premium content
Mirror becomes fourth Reach national title to launch online subscription.
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Publishers to bill AI firms for unwanted scraping – and take them to court if they don’t pay
Search-only contracts added to website terms open up new front in war with AI companies.
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News diary 15-21 June: G7 Summit, Andy Burnham stands in Makerfield by-election, Russell Brand in court
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
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SPUR publishes ‘common language’ for tracking AI use of publisher content
Publisher coalition invites feedback on framework which could drive AI payments for content.
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El Pais has gone from zero to 442,000 digital subs in six years
Spanish national newsbrand is now targeting international expansion.
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Times close to ‘cresting the hill’ as digital revenue set to overtake print
Publisher Chris Longcroft says returns from digital investment are increasing.
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Newsletter mastery: Tips for publishers from Edinburgh Minute
Michael MacLeod on how he built a sustainable local newsletter business.
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Nottingham Trent University ditches two journalism postgrad courses
Broadcast and Magazine postgraduate degrees to merge into one journalism MA.
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Mehdi Hasan launches Zeteo in UK with line-up of star left-wing writers
Zeteo aims to be profitable in the UK within a year.
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World’s biggest news websites ranking: Traffic decline is global issue
New ranking of the biggest news websites in the world in any language.
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US publishers tell Common Crawl to stop scraping and delete archive
Common Crawl Foundation database underpins many AI models.
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Tony Livesey facing questions over time as Daily Sport editor amid allegations against former boss David Sullivan
Livesey stepping back from presenting radio show ‘for a short period’.
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Simon Calder: The Jack Reacher of travel journalism
The Telegraph’s new travel correspondent on travelling light and paying his own way.
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Independent appoints new president of North America for ‘next phase of growth’
Chris Anthony joins from role as chief revenue officer at social-led publisher Gallery Media Group.
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FOI tribunal throws out £14k costs claim against journalist Barnie Choudhury
Reporter faced cost claim after threatening Judicial Appointments Committee with contempt of court.
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News diary 8-14 June: London Tech Week, World Cup begins, Trooping the Colour
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
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