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Partial win for Mirror as four hacking claims deemed out of time

Model Paul Sculfor is the only one of five test claimants allowed to continue hacking claim.

By Charlotte Tobitt

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Reach attacks BBC’s ‘aggressive expansion’ into local news

Reach attacks BBC’s ‘aggressive expansion’ into local news

Alice Brooker

Tim Davie: BBC must act urgently to secure scale

Alice Brooker

At least 59 English language news publishers now have 100k+ online subs

Charlotte Tobitt

Politics newsletter makes nearly $4m in subs despite giving most content away

Alice Brooker

The non-profit publisher making local news pay in London

Regional Newspapers

The non-profit publisher making local news pay in London

Charlotte Tobitt

New AI licensing scheme to help smaller publishers strike deals with platforms

Charlotte Tobitt

Latest News

Guardian to appeal ruling which said 'alt right' description is defamatory

Guardian to appeal ruling which said ‘alt right’ description is defamatory

Charlotte Tobitt

News diary 16-22 March: Carney visits UK, BBC seeks Trump lawsuit dismissal, SNL launches in UK

News diary 16-22 March: Carney visits UK, BBC seeks Trump lawsuit dismissal, SNL launches in UK

Foresight News

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

Getty-Shutterstock merger could hit editorial images competition in UK, CMA warns

Getty-Shutterstock merger could hit editorial images competition in UK, CMA warns

Charlotte Tobitt

Prince Harry Versus The Mail

Mail's Katie Nicholl says 'nonsense' hacking claims damaged her career

Mail’s Katie Nicholl says ‘nonsense’ hacking claims damaged her career

Dominic Ponsford

'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

Editor's Picks

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

Charlotte Tobitt

How The Spectator invested £1m in building own subs platform

Alice Brooker

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

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

Charlotte Tobitt

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

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

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

Top 50 US news websites: Traffic to 30 newsbrands down double-digits year on year in February

Top 50 US news websites: Traffic to 30 newsbrands down double-digits year on year in February

Press Gazette

Top 50 English-language news sites in the world: Al Jazeera leads growth in February

Top 50 English-language news sites in the world: Al Jazeera leads growth in February

Press Gazette

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

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

Charlotte Tobitt

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

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

Charlotte Tobitt

Tech Platforms

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

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

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

Reality Wars

Staff journalists sacked and misleadingly replaced with AI writers

Everything about writers Brian Merrygold and Callum Mercer is fake.

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

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

Rob Waugh and Dominic Ponsford

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

London news website publishes misleading 'AI-generated fiction'

Regional Newspapers

London news website publishes misleading ‘AI-generated fiction’

Charlotte Tobitt

Cision investigates and MyJobQuote maintains silence over fake experts network

Rob Waugh

Comment

Joanne Forbes

Journalism still obtainable career for young as 88% with NCTJ qualification get jobs

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

The Wire: Job moves | M&A | Rulings

GB News hires chief revenue officer to 'close gap' between audience growth and advertiser take-up

9 March

GB News hires chief revenue officer to ‘close gap’ between audience growth and advertiser take-up

Charlotte Tobitt

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

Mistakes and Rulings

6 March

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

Charlotte Tobitt

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

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

Charlotte Tobitt

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

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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

Washington Post to cut one-third of all staff

Washington Post to cut one-third of all staff

Charlotte Tobitt

Semafor plans investment and expansion after celebrating first profitable year

Semafor plans investment and expansion after celebrating first profitable year

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

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

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

Charlotte Tobitt

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

Media Law

Media wins fight to name suspected Syrian war criminal charged with murder

PA Media

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

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

Dominic Ponsford

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

Charlotte Tobitt and PA Media

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

Digital Journalism

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

Charlotte Tobitt

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