Irish News ‘overstated’ audience plant allegations against Stephen Nolan show, says IPSO
Title breached Editors’ Code with investigation into BBC show.
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Google, Meta and Amazon took two thirds of £46bn UK 2025 adspend
Press Gazette analysis based on new AA/WARC data reveals extent three US tech giants dominate UK media.
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Five-star employee reviews for Pink News deleted after AI allegation
Pink News denies any involvement in the now-removed five-star reviews.
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Martin Lewis says Meta scam ads stealing his name are ‘worse than ever’
Lewis spoke about issue as it was announced he will receive BAFTA Special Award.
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Press Gazette Reality Wars investigation recognised by Paul Foot Awards
Reports on fake AI-generated PR content being widely published makes awards longlist.
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The Ankler ditches Substack to fly solo
B2B site for Hollywood switches to owned site and new subs platform Passport.
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Why Sky News is moving beyond ‘commoditised’ breaking news
Eyewitness journalism and analysis on Iran war have boosted online audience.
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UK top 50 news websites: Oxford Mail grows fastest as most sites lose reach
Press Gazette’s monthly ranking of the top 50 news websites in the UK.
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News booms on Youtube: BBC goes top as leading publishers grow 16%
Ranking of all English-language publishers on Youtube with more than one million subscribers.
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Australia to tax Meta if it doesn’t pay news publishers
News Bargaining Incentive to levy Google, Meta and Tiktok unless they sign commercial news deals.
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Future of Media Awards 2026 open for entries with four new categories
Publisher of the year, media innovator and best use of AI to be recognised.
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News diary 27 April – 3 May: Royal visit to US, Devil Wears Prada 2, World Press Freedom Day
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Press flak jackets have become targets in war zones warns Christina Lamb
Lamb calls for independent body to investigate crimes against journalists.
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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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Essex Police press statements were defamatory of Allison Pearson, judge says
Pearson suing over police press statements and commissioner’s LBC and Conservative Home appearances.
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Gabriel Pogrund to lead expanded Sunday Times investigations team
Expanded Insight team will start work in May.
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Sun merges features desk and Fabulous team
“We need to future-proof business” says editor Victoria Newton.
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STV journalists to strike over salary freeze as broadcaster profits drop
Revenue fell 6% to £176.9m in in full-year results for 2025.
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AI content marketplaces can’t come soon enough for news publishers
Five key challenges facing news publishers were debated at Press Gazette Future of Media Trends event.
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Winning design unveiled for first UK journalists’ memorial
Design revealed for On the Record installation being created for National Memorial Arboretum.
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UK publishers urge CMA to curb Google as search giant claims AI does them no harm
‘Fine-tuning’ one of several requests as CMA to give Google new conduct rules.
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Readly deluged with user complaints post Cafeyn merger
Readly-Cafeyn merger means app no longer carried by Amazon and Huawei devices.
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Five ways for publishers to attract and retain high-value audiences
How can different teams work together to reach the right audience?
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Judges body hits journalist with £14k costs bill for pursuing FOI request
Barnie Choudhury wrote 23 articles in his campaign against judicial secrecy.
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Food newsletter launches with eight staff and tech-style incentives
Co-founders of Puck have $2.5m funding for food newsbrand Caper.
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Sky News moves into paid online content with planned launch of defence app
Paid podcast is also in offing as broadcaster seeks financial sustainability.
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Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: BBC to cut up to 2,000 jobs
Press Gazette rolling updates on redundancies made in 2026.
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News diary 20-26 April: US-Iran ceasefire expires, tube strikes, London Marathon
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Bauer unveils major digital restructure hitting jobs in Germany and UK
Germany subsidiary of digital publishing arm to shut down with 160 affected.
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How one company built £14m business by buying up niche B2B titles
Datateam has 70 titles and launches new events while reducing print costs.
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Standard website transfers to Independent with more than 30 staff leaving
Press Gazette understands 23 Standard editorial staff transferring across.
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AI answer engine drives more effective advertising at Reach and Independent
Taboola is offering an ad-funded AI chatbot to publishers.
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Apple News revenue helped BBC Science Focus double size of team
All-you-can-read mags subscriptions are delivering serious revenue to science title.
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Forbes expands into retail with Wine Club launch
Wine seen as opportunity to build community in move away from scale.
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Google changes hit revenue at The Sun as losses grow to £53m
Prince Harry legal action prompted major hit to profits.
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Mark Allen Group posts pre-tax loss and writes off £5m from Bonhill purchase
Company doesn’t expect profit growth to return until 2027.
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Axel Springer given UK government approval for Telegraph takeover
Deal expected to complete in Q2 after three years of “damaging uncertainty”.
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WSJ legal victory over Trump means his $10bn BBC lawsuit likely to fail
Florida court upholds principle that US libel claimants must prove malice.
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Politico says merger of energy teams has boosted Iran war coverage
Politico now has 73 reporters covering energy and environment.
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Ex-Birmingham Post editor ‘who left lasting impression’ dies aged 85
Peter Saunders was at helm of Birmingham Post as it changed ownership.
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Ex-Times environment editor launches legal claim against Government
Ben Webster is crowdfunding his legal fees.
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Publishers urged to embrace future where bot readers provide majority of revenue
Founders of bot monetisation platform Tollbit say AI future for news could be bright.
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Top 50 US news websites: Double-digit YoY declines at more than half despite Iran war
Press Gazette’s monthly ranking of the top 50 news websites in the US, using Similarweb data.
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Banker Crispin Odey drops £79m Financial Times libel case
Editor Roula Khalaf says it’s a “vindication for investigative journalism”.
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News diary 13-19 April: Southport Inquiry findings, European football fixtures and UK housing protest
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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March Google core update brings modest gains for news websites
Most search visibility changes fall within normal levels of fluctuations.
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Top 50 English-language news sites in the world in March: Al Jazeera traffic surges amid Iran war
Press Gazette’s analysis of the 50 biggest English-language news websites in the world, updated monthly.
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Daily newsletter is Telegraph’s ‘biggest source of subscribers’ one year after launch
Telegraph says newsletter is read by 850,000 people every day.
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Daily Beast makes subscriptions ‘core focus’ of revenue growth
‘Highbrow tabloid’ has more than 100,000 paying subscribers plus thousands on Substack and Youtube.
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Wall Street Journal video team recentres around ‘journalism that’s worth paying for’
Head of video Maral Usefi explains six pillars of video strategy implemented in past six months.
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Le Monde CEO urges publishers to sign AI partnerships to stay competitive
Boss of French newsbrand says deals with OpenAI, Perplexity and Meta are paying off.
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Times ‘fewer, better stories’ strategy leads to run of audience growth
‘Paper of record’ has seen page views go up as total story count went down.
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News diary 6-12 April: Artemis II returns to Earth, EU Entry/Exit System goes live, the Masters
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Cafeyn finalises Readly merger to become ‘largest buyer of publishing content in Europe’
Cafeyn now owns and operates Readly in the UK, Germany, Australia and Switzerland.
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Which journalists and news outlets are most cited by AI answer engines?
Generative AI answers often cite less well known B2B and specialist titles.
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Wired pulls plug on UK print edition as it focuses on global subscriber growth
Editorial director Katie Drummond explains how UK newsroom fits into global strategy.
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AI tools for journalists, and how to avoid ‘brain death’
A range of AI tools are making journalists more efficient, but they come with dangers attached.
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WSJ editor Emma Tucker on how title grew digital subs by a third to 4.3m
Tucker has made some tough choices and shaken up newsroom since 2023.
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Who are the UK’s political editors? From broadcast to print
Political editors are a vital part of any media outlet. Here are the main ones across print and broadcast.
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Reddit says publisher post views up 46% after Pro Tools rollout
Reddit’s publisher tools launched in September 2025 and now available to all.
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Ex-National World boss buys Scottish newsbrands and B2B conference
Hero Media & Entertainment launches with portfolio of predominantly Scottish business newsbrands.
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Spectator made £6.6m loss in year Paul Marshall paid £100m for title
Fifteen-month sale process also impacted advertising and events revenue.
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Agency faces ‘£100,000’ legal costs from Mail and Telegraph over £200 pictures claim
Publishers say Leidig claims baseless because he does not own copyright.
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Harry privacy trial part of Hacked Off ‘political campaign’ says Mail
Closing arguments and round-up after epic 11-week High Court trial.
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Future share price plummets after warning Google traffic loss has worsened
Company is now worth just £267m despite spending £1.6bn on acquisitions.
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Prospect CEO Mark Beard leaving to join Ireland’s Business Post
Beard credited with leading transformation of Prospect into “modern multi-media company”.
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Daily Star became a hit on MSN by tailoring content to robot editor
Daily Star content on MSN sometimes surpasses on-site traffic.
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Press Gazette exposé of parasite SEO firm removed from Google results
Story removed from Google index after bogus copyright complaint.
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Publishers warn reduced FOI cost limit would put public-interest information ‘beyond scrutiny’
Government reportedly exploring reduced cost ceiling for processing FOI requests.
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Guardian’s first Substack experiment is republishing food newsletter
Weekly Feast newsletter to be cross-posted to Substack in bid for new audience.
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News diary 30 March – 5 April: Tim Davie exits BBC, Apple turns 50, Easter Sunday
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Reach website rapped over ‘significantly misleading’ pensions headline
Fourth Birmingham Live headline ruled by IPSO to be misleading in just over a year.
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Tindle Newspapers sold to Iliffe joint venture
Tindle boss says titles will benefit from “scale, expertise and resources” of new owner.
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Guardian source messaging tech bringing in ‘much higher quality’ of tips
‘I am Spartacus’: Everyone who downloads Guardian app helps protect sources.
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Hyperlocal newsletters find revenue covering Kent coastal towns
Profitable hyperlocal newsletter aims to expand into more coastal towns.
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The SEO parasites buying, exploiting and ultimately killing online newsbrands
An investigation into Clickout Media, the SEO company killing websites with AI content.
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Canny marketing has powered growing revenue at London Review of Books
Circulation has been level in recent years at around 70,000 per fortnight.
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Social media overtakes newsbrands as primary news source for UK MPs
Guardian overtakes Times to be most-read newspaper brand among MPs.
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Judge said Helena World and Emmerich Newspapers could not prove harm.
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Who’s suing AI and who’s signing: Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue OpenAI following Perplexity lawsuit
Plus: New York Times and Chicago Tribune sue Perplexity and Google signs non-licensing AI deals.
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Publishers don’t just need more traffic, they need a loyalty system
As search, social, and AI reshape discovery, publishers need to move beyond acquisition and design an audience engagement strategy…
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US newspaper circulations 2025: Washington Post print declines 21% in a year
Some 24 out of top 25 US newspapers saw print circulation decline in 2025.
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News agency bosses at Reuters and PA explain differing ‘red line’ on use of AI
Insights shared by Alessandra Gallioni of Reuters, Jack Lefley of PA Media and other senior editors.
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Signature on crucial Prince Harry privacy case statement ‘forged’, says key witness
Gavin Burrows claims there has been a “theatre built around me that I can easily prove wrong”.
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Four journalists face redundancy as Pink News moves away from ‘reporter led’ newsroom
Brand to deliver news, pop culture and entertainment content without reporters.
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News diary 23-29 March: One month of Iran war, Nottingham attacks inquiry hears victims’ families, BST begins
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Publishers hit back at report claiming it is ‘open season’ on Muslims in press
Right-wing titles found to carry more negative stories about Muslims and Islam.
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AI is ‘direct contributor’ to increase profitability at The Daily Beast
And how Fast Company publisher is holding out for what it’s worth in AI licensing talks.
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Why ADWEEK’s tech team was happy to be bored during the Super Bowl
Media newsbrand’s chief strategy officer Mike Beyman talks about digital transformation.
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US publishers see traffic boost for breaking news from Google Discover
Organic search traffic to 64 publishers dropped 42% since AI Overviews launch.
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Times editor says digital subs now cover cost of 700-strong newsroom
Gallagher also hit out at government lack of action on SLAPPs and IPSO ‘overreach’.
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UK Government backs down on plan to weaken copyright in favour of AI firms
Move follows unanimous opposition to plans from the UK news industry.
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Lisa Nandy ‘really concerned’ by lack of complaints upheld by IPSO
Culture secretary also criticises politicians working as broadcast presenters.
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Rusbridger says report shows GB News now ‘Reform TV’
Investigation by Alan Rusbridger claims pattern of GB News breaching Ofcom rules.
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Policing and media charter is ‘profound commitment to transparency’
Royal College of Policing head Sir Andy Marsh on new media charter.
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Breakthrough for crime reporters as police PRs agree to answer the phone
New Policing and Media Charter for England and Wales launched.
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Huw Edwards Sun scoop reporter explains why Channel 5 dramatisation is needed
Scarlet Howes says Channel 5 drama puts victims at heart of the story.
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Publishers at Press Gazette US conference agree blocking is best strategy for bots
Key insights and pictures from Press Gazette New York publishers conference.
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New UK state funding of up to £12m for local media
Local Media Strategy aims to guarantee long-term sustainability of journalism across the UK.
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Guardian to appeal ruling which said ‘alt right’ description is defamatory
Permission to appeal relates to potential use of honest opinion defence in libel law.
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