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Top UK online publishers: X plummets, Reddit surges, news publishers ranked

Reach has largest monthly audience reach among commercial UK news publishers.

By Charlotte Tobitt

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UK and US publishers back move to block AI scrapers by default

UK and US publishers back move to block AI scrapers by default

Charlotte Tobitt

Paywall launch was fourth-time lucky for Belfast Telegraph publisher

Alice Brooker

Mediahuis Belgium’s battle to persuade young to pay for news

Charlotte Tobitt

The PR agency, the publishers and the disappearing lottery winners

Rob Waugh

Outsourcing your content licensing: Five reasons why

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Outsourcing your content licensing: Five reasons why

Wright's Media

Former Guardian blogger alarmed that work included in OpenAI deal

Rob Waugh

Latest News

Government warned cuts to journalism training 'weaken civic fabric'

Government warned cuts to journalism training ‘weaken civic fabric’

Alice Brooker

Former Newsnight presenter warns of misinformation deluge

Former Newsnight presenter warns of misinformation deluge

Iris Kemp

Shetland's only local newspaper saved from closure

Shetland’s only local newspaper saved from closure

Rook Tang and Archie Willis

GB News to broadcast nightly from US in 'huge moment' for channel

GB News to broadcast nightly from US in ‘huge moment’ for channel

Charlotte Tobitt

Editor's Picks

News trends for 2025: AI chatbots, social video boom, platform fragmentation and rise of news influencers

Charlotte Tobitt

Digital Journalism

Walking the mobile notification tightrope: How to engage audiences while avoiding overload

Nic Newman

Journalists are adding extra checks to keep ahead of the fake experts

Journalists are adding extra checks to keep ahead of the fake experts

Rob Waugh

Google ‘handling stolen goods’ with Youtube theft of paywalled news articles

Rhi Storer

How launching podcasts on Youtube has prompted ‘explosive’ growth for Goalhanger

Dominic Ponsford

Why Business Insider is axing 100-plus staff and who is leaving

Digital Journalism

Why Business Insider is axing 100-plus staff and who is leaving

Dominic Ponsford

The Wire: Job moves | M&A | Rulings

Sunday Post promotes deputy Thomas Hawkins to editor

Yesterday 8:33 am

Sunday Post promotes deputy Thomas Hawkins to editor

Charlotte Tobitt

Vic Chapple, 'the complete reporter', dies aged 93

Yesterday 8:30 am

Vic Chapple, ‘the complete reporter’, dies aged 93

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Content licensing for publishers: Five key questions answered

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Content licensing for publishers: Five key questions answered

Wright's Media

How advertisers and publishers can unlock branded content growth

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How advertisers and publishers can unlock branded content growth

Avid Collective

How publishers can avoid affiliate marketing pitfalls and find new revenue

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How publishers can avoid affiliate marketing pitfalls and find new revenue

Rob Griffin

Monetising digital audiences: A call for alignment across strategy, teams, and tech

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Monetising digital audiences: A call for alignment across strategy, teams, and tech

Pete Doucette

Publishers

Top 50 news websites in the US: Top sites see steep traffic falls in May

Top 50 news websites in the US: Top sites see steep traffic falls in May

Press Gazette

National World shuts 'vanity project' TV channel Shots!

National World shuts ‘vanity project’ TV channel Shots!

Charlotte Tobitt

BBC News targets news avoiders with 'inspiring and uplifting' stories

BBC News targets news avoiders with ‘inspiring and uplifting’ stories

Charlotte Tobitt

BBC.com launches dynamic paywall for US users

BBC.com launches dynamic paywall for US users

Charlotte Tobitt

Tech Platforms

Google’s site reputation abuse policy: the wrong solution to a real problem

Google’s site reputation abuse policy: the wrong solution to a real problem

Richard Reeves

CMA set to force Google to work more fairly with UK publishers

CMA set to force Google to work more fairly with UK publishers

Dominic Ponsford

Who's suing AI and who's signing: BBC threatens Perplexity, raft of Prorata partnerships

Who’s suing AI and who’s signing: BBC threatens Perplexity, raft of Prorata partnerships

Charlotte Tobitt

Daily Beast gains on Reddit and Facebook as Google traffic falls

Digital Journalism

Daily Beast gains on Reddit and Facebook as Google traffic falls

Dominic Ponsford

Comment

Jonathan Levy

‘We accept the risks’: Sky News boss calls for journalists to be allowed into Gaza

Greg Hurst

Journalists need to change the way they describe homeless people

David Buttle

Publishers will lose out if generative AI becomes another duopoly

Polly Vernon

How to write words people will actually pay for

Advertising and Marketing

Brand safety: Why social is far more risky than news for marketers

Dominic Ponsford

Rise of the influencers: How publishers should respond

Matt Smith

Google and Meta's vast estimated UK earnings revealed

Google and Meta’s vast estimated UK earnings revealed

Dominic Ponsford

Facebook allows scam ads stealing journalists’ identities to proliferate

Dominic Ponsford

Google scraps plans for alternative Sandbox ad-targeting technology

Dominic Ponsford

Global ad spend against news down by a third since pre-Covid

Global ad spend against news down by a third since pre-Covid

Charlotte Tobitt

Media Data

50 biggest UK news websites in May: Two-thirds see audience growth while half get engagement boost

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

By Press Gazette

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Newspaper ABCs: Daily Star Sunday staves off month-on-month print circulation decline in May

Newspaper ABCs: Daily Star Sunday staves off month-on-month print circulation decline in May

Charlotte Tobitt

Top 50 news websites in the world: Tabloids take a tumble

Press Gazette

RAJARs Q1 2025: News UK’s Talk sees weekly reach fall by a third

Charlotte Tobitt

UK news media rich list 2025: Business information chiefs top executive pay table

UK journalists are getting older, more left-wing and increasingly work freelance

UK journalists are getting older, more left-wing and increasingly work freelance

Charlotte Tobitt

Facebook increasing as part of social traffic mix after algorithm change, data shows

Charlotte Tobitt

Future of Media US

How SFGATE is making local news pay and filling California’s news gaps

SFGATE has the largest audience of any purely local news site in the US.

By Lucy Kenningham

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Bustle focuses on originality and access as revenue grows 38%

Digital Journalism

Bustle focuses on originality and access as revenue grows 38%

Charlotte Tobitt

Google AI Mode is undermining original journalism

Google AI Mode is undermining original journalism

Rob Waugh

New York Times editor Joe Kahn defends publishing Trump story every half hour

New York Times editor Joe Kahn defends publishing Trump story every half hour

Bron Maher

How Google forced publishers to accept AI scraping as price of appearing in search

How Google forced publishers to accept AI scraping as price of appearing in search

Charlotte Tobitt

The Big Interview

Ex-Mirror editor Alison Phillips on true crime, the future of tabloids and positive news

Ex-Mirror editor Alison Phillips on true crime, the future of tabloids and positive news

Dominic Ponsford

Why the Financial Times has gone long with video

Why the Financial Times has gone long with video

Charlotte Tobitt

How Express editor Tom Hunt plans to set title up for next 125 years

How Express editor Tom Hunt plans to set title up for next 125 years

Charlotte Tobitt

Tortoise plans for The Observer: 'We can buck the market trend'

Tortoise plans for The Observer: ‘We can buck the market trend’

Charlotte Tobitt

Reach digital pioneer Belfast Live marks 10 years: 'We’re positive and proudly non-partisan'

Reach digital pioneer Belfast Live marks 10 years: ‘We’re positive and proudly non-partisan’

Charlotte Tobitt

Economist president Luke Bradley-Jones on building a moat to defend against AI

Economist president Luke Bradley-Jones on building a moat to defend against AI

Gen Z outlet says it proves young people will pay for news done the right way

Gen Z outlet says it proves young people will pay for news done the right way

Charlotte Tobitt

The Economist 1843's remit for life after print: 'Do stuff that will win prizes'

The Economist 1843’s remit for life after print: ‘Do stuff that will win prizes’

Charlotte Tobitt

Media Law

Charlie Elphicke’s legal bill cut after Sunday Times libel battle

PA Media and Press Gazette

Publicist to receive damages after settling legal claim against Sun publisher

PA Media

Getty legal action against AI photo firm is 'day of reckoning', start of trial hears

Getty legal action against AI photo firm is ‘day of reckoning’, start of trial hears

PA Media

Dale Vince legal claim against Daily Mail publisher thrown out

PA Media and Press Gazette

Met Police says terror investigation ongoing over journalist’s tweets

Dominic Ponsford

Gerry Adams awarded £84,000 in damages after suing BBC for libel

Gerry Adams awarded £84,000 in damages after suing BBC for libel

PA Media

Promoted Solutions

The publishing platform for media companies: Glide

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The publishing platform for media companies: Glide

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SWNS at 50: 'Culture of excellence' behind success of biggest independent UK news agency

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SWNS at 50: ‘Culture of excellence’ behind success of biggest independent UK news agency

Bron Maher

New technology from EX.CO helps publishers double on-site video revenue

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New technology from EX.CO helps publishers double on-site video revenue

Dominic Ponsford

Impress: Regulation, arbitration and complaints resolution

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Impress: Regulation, arbitration and complaints resolution

Impress

Latest Podcasts

Podcast 91: Video masterclass with PA Media's Joe Pickover

Podcast 91: Video masterclass with PA Media’s Joe Pickover

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Podcast 90: Death of the website, the never-ending pivot to video and why Dom loves Substack

Podcast 90: Death of the website, the never-ending pivot to video and why Dom loves Substack

Press Gazette

Podcast 89: Alison Phillips on crime, tabloids and positive news

Podcast 89: Alison Phillips on crime, tabloids and positive news

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Podcast 88: Making political news pay the Politico way

Podcast 88: Making political news pay the Politico way

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