News diary 2-8 June: Tommy Robinson in court over journalist harassment charges, Beyonce in London, South Korea election
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Gerry Adams awarded £84,000 in damages after suing BBC for libel
Jury finds BBC's actions were not in good faith and it did not act in a fair and reasonable…
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2025 journalism job cuts tracked: Business Insider cuts 21% of staff
This page will stay up-to-date with redundancies and layoffs hitting UK and US journalists in 2025.
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Met Police raid on journalist over Palestine tweets was illegal, judge rules
Asa Winstanley's home was raided, phones and computer equipment were seized.
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PA Media journalists back no confidence vote against new editor-in-chief over cuts plan
Jack Lefley has led the PA Media newsroom since the start of the year.
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Who’s suing AI and who’s signing: New York Times signs its first AI deal with Amazon
Ziff Davis sues OpenAI while The Washington Post signs.
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Google AI Mode is undermining original journalism
Publishers warned they must adapt their strategy as AI search becomes more dominant.
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How launching podcasts on Youtube has prompted ‘explosive’ growth for Goalhanger
Founders of the UK's largest independent podcast producer say Youtube has been game-changing.
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50 biggest UK news websites: Top four commercial newsbrands neck and neck
Press Gazette's monthly ranking of the top 50 news websites in the UK.
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Press Gazette launches paid access to online content
Metered paywall will help fund next stage of Press Gazette expansion.
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Managing director of lifestyle publisher Refinery29 joins Standard as CEO
Tamar Riley has been global managing director at Refinery29 since July 2022.
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How BBC History is bringing content about the past to tomorrow’s audiences
Substack newsletter and podcast are latest additions to the brand.
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South London Press closes down after 160 years covering UK capital
Abrupt closure of title has seen the website shut down and staff sent home.
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New National World owner promises staff ‘longer-term view’ after takeover
Malcolm Denmark says business will not be based on chasing "short-term" results.
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Online subs and town centre shopfronts: Tindle plan to safeguard local news
Tindle Newspapers MD Scott Wood reveals the "ambition" driving the publisher's next steps.
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Guardian grows revenue and reduces losses for year to March 2025
Title reports boom in reader revenue, which has been helped by US opposition to Trump.
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News diary 26 May – 1 June: Russell Brand in court, disposable vape ban comes in
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Redbird buys Telegraph in £500m deal with Abu Dhabi to keep minority stake
Abu Dhabi-backed IMI to retain minority stake of up to 15% in Telegraph.
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Facebook slammed for ‘attack on local journalism’ after third site ‘restricted’
Upcoming Online Safety Act measures will require better protections for publisher content on platforms.
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Podcast 90: Death of the website, the never-ending pivot to video and why Dom loves Substack
‘The death of the website’ was the name of one panel session at a recent publishing industry conference. Press…
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Publishers will lose out if generative AI becomes another duopoly
Google and OpenAI want to reposition chatbots as virtual assistants.
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Future of Media Awards 2025 are open for entries
Awards celebrate great journalism-based apps, podcasts, websites, newsletters and more.
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The most profitable revenue stream some publishers have never heard of
Wright's Media's Michelle Myers on how publishers can make money from content they have already created.
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City AM expands events, commercial video and launches prize draws
CEO Harry Owen says title is turning a profit for the year to date.
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Robert Peston leads Jewish journalists’ call for media access into Gaza
Read full letter signed by 17 journalists urging access through Israel or Egypt.
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How to write words people will actually pay for
Polly Vernon shares her tips on how to make words pay the bills on Substack and elsewhere.
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The new skills journalists need in the era of generative AI
Journalism lecturer Robin Brown on the new skills needed to work in the AI era.
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How The Economist is building engagement to reduce subscriber churn
More intimate, less frequent engagements can be worth many times more than reading an individual article.
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‘Print is new counter culture’ says Vittles founder as newsletter launches in print
Why popular food Substack-based newsletter Vittles has launched a magazine.
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‘The algorithm is a beast’: Editing for social media at Ladbible, Joe and Metro
Editors from Ladbible, Joe and Metro on social strategies and getting readers to "eat their greens".
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Express rapped by IPSO over inaccurate headlines six times in three months
The articles mostly related to the perceived impact of the first Budget from Chancellor Rachel Reeves.
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Man who said Guardian article ‘forced him into hiding’ has libel case thrown out
Suggesting that a person is gay is not defamatory, judge says.
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The Times gives readers ‘bonus accounts’ in bid to retain more subscribers
Times head of subscriber engagement Lisa Stevens shares title's online subs-boosting tactics.
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Coverage of UK courts threatening to become state-sponsored monopoly
Editors urged to to use independent reports rather than on-side police press releases.
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Newspaper ABCs: Sunday People sees biggest annual print circulation decline
Press Gazette's monthly analysis of ABC national newspaper circulation figures.
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News diary 19-25 May: Matt Hancock at Covid inquiry, Gary Lineker’s last Match of the Day, Google I/O
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Andrew Norfolk’s ‘legacy lives on in every child protected and victim heard’
Former Times chief investigative reporter Andrew Norfolk has died aged 60.
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Facebook deactivated journalist’s account for posting story about sex offender
Radio station's news page was also taken down but restored after being told it was a "mistake".
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How Reach returned to audience growth after two years of decline
Reach was chasing the same readers with the same content, says audience director Martin Little.
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Newsletter platforms for publishers compared: Substack versus the rest
We compare costs and functionality of Substack, Ghost, Beehiiv and Kit.
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RAJARs Q1 2025: News UK’s Talk sees weekly reach fall by a third
GB News and Times Radio continued to grow at start of 2025.
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BBC reveals plan to expand Local Democracy Reporter coverage areas
Broadcaster also plans to "dramatically" increase presence on Youtube and Tiktok.
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Agency photographer Ciaran Donnelly dies aged 74
Tabloid and agency news photographer Ciaran Donnelly has died suddenly at the age of 74. Belfast-born Donnelly spent most…
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How business behind German newspaper of record Die Zeit went ‘from misery to paradise’
Five “principles of success” that have guided Die Zeit’s upwards trajectory.
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Why DMG online fashion brand Eliza ditched its website
PPA conference warned that Google AI Overviews is asteroid heading for publisher websites.
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Australian culture brand Broadsheet ‘weirdly optimistic’ about launching in UK
Broadsheet founder Nick Shelton says London launch will have print edition as well as digital.
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Immediate reports video revenue up 60% since 2022 strategy change
Paul Doyle sets out reasons behind Good Food and Radio Times publisher's video growth.
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Study finds journalists are on AI frontline and yet to be replaced by tech
Two major surveys asked whether journalists have been impacted financially by AI rollout.
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Google AI Overviews leads to dramatic reduction in clickthroughs for Mail Online
Mail director of SEO and editorial e-commerce Carly Steven reveals impact of Google AI Overviews.
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New York Times editor Joe Kahn defends publishing Trump story every half hour
NYT and Reuters editors respond to concerns Trump is purposely overwhelming news media.
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How Google forced publishers to accept AI scraping as price of appearing in search
Court documents reveal Google considered giving publishers AI opt-out and rejected the idea.
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News diary 12 – 18 May: New pope inaugurated, Diddy trial begins, Rushdie attacker sentenced
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg: ‘The market understands what a quality story is’
Goldberg also discussed his addition to a Trump administration group chat, describing it as "too stupid to be believed".
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Premium news subscriptions offset falling tabloid web audience for News Corp
Dow Jones was star performer as News Corp grew revenue to $2bn in third quarter 2025.
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Police told to do better to fill information void like one that fuelled Southport riots
Policing boss says forces need to be "more open when dealing with mainstream media".
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Podcast 89: Alison Phillips on crime, tabloids and positive news
Former Mirror editor Alison Phillips talks to Press Gazette’s Dominic Ponsford as she launches a new weekly podcast called…
By Ex-Mirror editor Alison Phillips on true crime, the future of tabloids and positive news
The former Mirror editor is fronting a new weekly podcast with Bernard Hogan-Howe called Crime Scene.
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‘Search is going off a cliff’: CNN, BBC and Economist chiefs on future of news
Mark Thompson, Deborah Turness and Zanny Minton Bedoes all spoke at the Sir Harry Summit.
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Why the Financial Times has gone long with video
Global head of video Veronica Kan-Dapaah says guiding principle is adding value for FT subscribers.
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Sunday Times reporter Will Lloyd returns to New Statesman as deputy editor
New hire announced as Tom McTague joins title as editor.
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Mail publisher asks Prince Harry’s lawyers for ‘payment for evidence’ documents
Preliminary hearing held in case of Harry, Doreen Lawrence and others against Associated Newspapers.
By Guardian adds audio, personalisation and puzzles to new-look app
Publisher has also launched a redesigned website homepage for its five global online editions.
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OpenAI content boss on Google ‘ten blue links’ and arrival of ChatGPT search
Tom Rubin appeared in front of publishers at World News Media Congress held in Poland.
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UK Supreme Court upholds qualified privilege defence over coverage of Pakistan rally
The Supreme Court said the case does not raise an arguable point of law.
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Sun Madeleine McCann documentary to be shown first on Channel 4
The Sun worked with ITN Productions on Madeleine McCann: The Unseen Evidence.
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DC Thomson promotes chief brand officer Ella Dolphin to deputy CEO
The company said the appointment would help it increase its focus on M&A and a broader company "transformation".
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Impartial Reporter stems print decline and grows digital sales as it turns 200
Northern Ireland title has invested in original journalism and used AI to rewrite supplied stories.
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News diary 5-11 May: Harry vs Mail hearing, Met Gala, BAFTAs, VE Day commemorations
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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UK local publisher ‘deeply concerned’ about Facebook account ban ahead of election
Leicester Gazette told it breached "account integrity" rules and not able to appeal.
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RSF downgrades global press freedom index to all-time low
The global average press freedom score has fallen for the first time into RSF's "difficult" territory.
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Evening Standard reports £20m loss in slight improvement versus 2023
The company says Evgeny Lebedev has agreed to fund the Standard's restructure through to 2027.
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Ofcom says enforcement action coming as Press Gazette highlights Facebook offences
Ofcom has power to fine Facebook over illegal content under the Online Safety Act.
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Essex Police loses accuracy complaint versus Telegraph over Allison Pearson questioning
IPSO also rules that it is fine for publishers to cover ongoing criminal investigations.
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How Express editor Tom Hunt plans to set title up for next 125 years
Defence, politics, royals and gardening identified as strong areas for Express.
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Google and Meta’s vast estimated UK earnings revealed
Press Gazette estimates put the total value of UK adspend with Google and Meta at around £26bn.
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B2B title ESG Investor closes amid ‘anti-woke’ backlash to sustainable investing
Editor Chris Hall said challenges to its previously break-even model emerged nine to 12 months ago.
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Samsung rolls out new default news app in UK
Samsung says it wants to curate unbiased news for its Galaxy device users.
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Partner content
Content licensing for publishers: Five key questions answered
There are huge opportunities for publishers to make revenue from existing content and brands at no extra costs
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UK news media rich list 2025: Business information chiefs top executive pay table
The median pay rise among media executives making at least £400,000 was 2.2%, down from 3% last year.
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Cancer-campaign journalist among winners at new Reach awards
Jane Haynes and Zak Gurner-Purkis jointly named journalist of the year at Reach.
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Facebook allows scam ads stealing journalists’ identities to proliferate
Facebook investment scam fronted by FT journalist Martin Wolf seen by millions.
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PA Media names Global’s David Henderson as CTO
David Henderson is currently chief technology and product officer at radio company Global.
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‘The opposite of what Hitler would do’ on better paper: Observer relaunched by Tortoise
James Harding says Observer will be independent, liberal and internationalist under Tortoise.
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News diary 28 April – 4 May: UK local elections, first Russell Brand court hearing
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Grand Designs and Good Homes magazines end print publication
The digital publisher at parent company Media 10 said the titles would continue to accept pitches online.
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Google scraps plans for alternative Sandbox ad-targeting technology
Move removes 'fog of uncertainty' hanging over digital advertising market.
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EU’s €500m fine of Apple and enforcement action is good news for publishers
Apple now has 60 days to change rules removing App Store 'excessive fees and friction'.
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Podcast 88: Making political news pay the Politico way
Press Gazette senior reporter Bron Maher talks to Politico executive editor for Europe Kate Day about how the niche…
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Tortoise plans for The Observer: ‘We can buck the market trend’
Press Gazette speaks to new co-CEO, digital editor and creative director of The Observer under Tortoise.
By Politico Europe reports ‘significant growth’ as its team reaches 350 people
Senior executive editor Kate Day said mixed business model gives brand resilience despite DOGE-related cutbacks.
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How Mail has gained thousands of subscribers for crime podcasts
DMG Media's "The Crime Desk" is the company's first paid podcast subscription offer.
By UK journalists are getting older, more left-wing and increasingly work freelance
Reuters survey provides snapshot of UK journalists in 2025 including gender, race and age.
By PA Media proposing to cut 8% of UK editorial staff
Proposed editorial restructure comes almost four months after arrival of editor-in-chief Jack Lefley.
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Positive news monthly Plymouth Chronicle sees bright future for print
The 15 year-old local paper says it was surprised to learn it's a hit among local students.
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Why UK’s contempt of court laws need reform for digital age
Disorder after the Southport stabbings last summer has been called an "indirect result of contempt of court laws".
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‘Unsustainable status quo’: AI companies and publishers respond to Govt copyright consultation
Opt-out proposal like burglars being allowed unless banned by sign on front door, one response says.
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AI scraper violations and what we can do about them: New research reveals scale of problem
Paul Hood reveals data from new Miso.AI research into AI scrapers and suggests some tech solutions.
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Facebook increasing as part of social traffic mix after algorithm change, data shows
More than a third of major global news websites saw both Facebook share and total social referral traffic growth…
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Cision closes journalism jobs board and sells expert enquiry service
Cision Jobs website to close on 30 April. Separately, Help A Reporter Out (HARO) to relaunch under new owner…
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