PRs need to stop being complicit in suppression of information via SLAPPs
Why Parliament needs to revive legislation outlawing SLAPPs.
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Why conversational search can be ‘huge opportunity’ for publishers
Commercial bosses at Reach and Hearst UK on the opportunities from AI-enhanced search.
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Future plc buys beauty and fashion brand Sheerluxe for £40m
Social-first publisher deal brings cost of Future acqusitions to £1.6bn over ten years.
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Eight in ten of world’s biggest news websites now block AI training bots
Publishers told it’s “never too late” to start blocking sites from being crawled by AI bots.
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Mail has made Meghan’s life absolute misery, says Prince Harry
Prince Harry did not complain about articles ‘because of the institution I was in’.
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Newspaper ABCs: Sunday People continues to see biggest circulation decline
Press Gazette’s monthly analysis of ABC national newspaper circulation figures.
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How Vox is using Patreon to grow reader revenue and interaction
Vox editor-in-chief Swati Sharma says it is “first national newsroom to use Patreon at scale”.
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Nandy ‘minded to’ seek competition probe into DMGT’s Telegraph takeover
Culture secretary will not intervene to look at any foreign state influence in the deal.
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Independent set to take over running Standard website
Staff will transfer on 1 March with option to take redundancy.
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‘What journalism should do’: Express health editor on assisted dying campaign
Express Give Us Our Last Rights campaign took four years of work.
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Global news industry revenue level in 2025 as publishers diversify beyond print
But global publisher revenues still dwarfed by tech giants Alphabet and Meta.
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Prince Harry complains of ‘terrifying intrusion’ by Daily Mail publisher
Sir Elton John and David Furnish say son Zachary’s birth certificate ‘stolen’.
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Most serious allegation against Mail struck out ahead of Prince Harry privacy trial
Mail publisher denies culture of unlawful newsgathering said to have wrecked lives.
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Record opposition to climate action in UK national newspapers in 2025
Newspapers criticised climate change policies but did not deny its existence.
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News diary 19-25 January: Prince Harry Mail trial, Davos hosts global leaders, Oscar nominations
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Edward Welsh: ‘Witty, hard working and endlessly kind’
Former Times and Sunday Times journalist has died aged 63.
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Five US publishers sue Google over ‘deceptive and manipulative’ adtech practices
Penske, The Atlantic, McClatchy, Conde Nast and Vox Media take a stand against Google on adtech.
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Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Politico starts year by cutting 3% of staff
Press Gazette rolling updates on redundancies made in 2026.
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Alan Rusbridger joins The New World as editor-at-large
Rusbridger returns to “first love of reporting”.
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Goalhanger exceeds 250,000 paying subscribers
The Rest Is History production company making £15m a year from subs.
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Prince Harry legal team accused of dishonesty, fraud and misconduct
Prince Harry lawyer David Sherborne said allegations ‘exceptionally serious’.,
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Prince Harry versus tabloids: The final showdown
Prince Harry is facing the publisher of the Daily Mail in what is set to be one of Britain’s…
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Amol Rajan to leave Today programme to start own business
Rajan to “unleash inner entrepreneur” after years at the BBC.
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Google now prioritising Youtube and X over publishers on Discover
World’s biggest news aggregator appears to be downgrading publisher content.
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Survey reveals Britons value human journalism and worry about use of AI
Newsworks asked 4,000 Britons about journalism, AI and digital media.
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Most popular news apps in the UK: Times and Daily Mail lead on engagement
BBC and Apple news apps continue to dominate UK ranking.
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Cathy Newman to leave Channel 4 News for Sky
Newman was named Journalist of the Year at the British Journalism Awards in December.
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Google IP boss: We shouldn’t pay for AI training on ‘freely available’ content
Roxanne Carter declines to answer about publishers’ ability to opt out of AI Overviews.
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SEO has changed: The new metrics publishers should focus on
Keyword positions are no longer the best way to measure SEO success.
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Top 50 news websites in the US in December: Men’s Journal and US Sun lead growth
Press Gazette’s monthly ranking of the top 50 news websites in the US, using Similarweb data.
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Top 50 English-language news sites in the world: Substack leads YoY growth for six months running
Press Gazette’s analysis of the 50 biggest English-language news websites in the world, updated monthly.
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Channel 4 News poaches Times head of investigations Paul Morgan-Bentley
Morgan-Bentley named head of forensic journalism leading investigations.
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More than 3,000 journalism job cuts tracked in UK and US in 2025
Total of around 3,400 repoted redundancies was 11% lower than year before.
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GB News beats Sky and BBC on average viewers for six months in a row
GB News beats Sky News on average viewership but not on total reach or digital followings.
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Kerrang U-turns on freelance pay policy as 16 contributors take action
Kerrang sought change in payment terms from 30 to 60 days.
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Goalhanger signals expansion of written content with editorial director hire
Former Sunday Times journalist Emily Kent Smith will lead on newsletters and long features.
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Global publisher Google traffic dropped by a third in 2025
Dramatic decline expected to continue throughout 2026.
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News diary 12-18 January: Reuters media trends report, Scottish Budget, Australian Open
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Named: 50 ‘experts’ and linked brands publishers should treat with caution
Experts and brands associated with more than 1,000 likely faked stories.
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UK publishers report surprise growth in online display advertising revenue
Display advertising revenue grew among some surveyed AOP members in Q3 2025.
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Stylist editorial boss Lisa Smosarski promoted to MD
Memberships, B2B insights and brand partnerships seen as key growth areas.
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Observer growth ‘on plan’ says co-CEO nine months after Tortoise takeover
Richard Furness sets out state of The Observer after paywall launch.
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Up to 80 journalists strike in Scotland over STV job cuts
STV journalists turned out on picket lines in Glasgow and Aberdeen.
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Times and Substack among few UK winners in December Google update
Sistrix data shows latest major core update hit several major newsbrands hard.
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50 biggest UK news websites in November: US sites lead month-on-month growth
Press Gazette’s monthly ranking of the top 50 news websites in the UK.
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BBC’s Noor Nanji on investigating her own employer
BBC News demonstrated editorial independence with Masterchef investigation.
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Mirror publisher seeks legal disclosures to prove 61 hacking claims are out of time
Estimated cost of dealing with Mirror hacking claims is around £150m, Press Gazette analysis reveals.
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LBC owner Global buys Gary Neville sports podcast company
Global deal follows launch of Global Studios for video and podcasts in October.
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DC Thomson reports flat revenue but growing profit
Publisher of The Press and Journal, Stylist and Beano says it has remained resilient.
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Lawfare at Oxford: ‘No student outlet can afford to go against Carter-Ruck’
Student journalist Eleanor Grant says lawfare is stifling free speech.
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Photographer awarded compensation from news website whose owners cannot be found
The London Post promotes illegal gambling sites and runs puff pieces for Russian businessmen.
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Alex Mahon and Charlotte Moore among media figures honoured by the King
Two broadcast bosses, BBC camerapeople, Bauer news editor and newspaper volunteers recognised.
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Cash for witnesses: Prince Harry legal team’s tactics revealed ahead of Mail privacy trial
‘Blackmail’ allegation and use of journalism to further lucrative legal claims revealed.
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Twice national newspaper editor Bill Hagerty dies aged 86
Hagerty was editor of two national Sunday papers.
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Publishers versus AI: All the copyright legal rulings so far
AI companies have taken the world’s journalism output without permission – but publishers are fighting back.
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Senior news leaders reflect on 2025 and what’s ahead in 2026 – via emojis
Media bosses sum up how 2025 went for their company and how they’re feeling about 2026.
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Manchester Evening News editor ‘fed up of playing algorithmic games’
Sarah Lester speaks weeks after MEN launches first major premium paywall on its site.
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The projects publishers are most proud of in 2025
From video and newsletters to AI licensing and editorial campaigns, these were the things worth shouting about.
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News diary 22 December – 4 January: Mamdani becomes New York mayor, elections in Kosovo and Myanmar, and Stranger Things ends
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda for the festive period, from the team at…
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The Fence raises funds to boost investigative content and expand team
The magazine is launching ads in its print edition and will increase its investigative work.
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Lobby journalists ‘furious’ as No 10 scraps afternoon briefing
Political journalists warn over loss of scrutiny.
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Facebook tests charging creators and businesses to post more than two links per month
News publishers reportedly excluded from the test on their own pages.
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‘Now I know I have made a change’: Interview with Marie Colvin Award winner Malak A Tantesh
Tantesh won Marie Colvin Award and New Journalist of the Year for reporting from Gaza.
By Google removes unified pricing rules that hit publisher ad yield in 2019
Google deprecation of unified pricing in Ad Manager follows US and EU rulings against its adtech business.
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GB News apologises to Meghan Markle’s mother over false prison claim
Carole Malone attributed the false claim to “misinformation” she had seen online.
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Channel 4 News’ Cathy Newman and Esme Wren: Our investigative journalism is ‘more precious than ever’
Channel 4 News award winners on “high risk” investigations like church abuse scandal.
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TV producer Keaton Stone became ‘accidental journalist’ with Al Fayed investigation
Stone and his BBC team won Investigation of the Year for Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods.
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DMGT ‘determined to proceed at pace’ in Telegraph deal
Daily Mail owner has secured funding to facilitate purchase of The Telegraph.
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Trump files lawsuit against BBC over ‘deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory’ editing
BBC accused of “intentionally” misrepresenting Trump in the editing of a speech for Panorama.
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AP launches verification dashboard for publishers to meet ‘demand for authenticity’
AP Verify helped find eyewitness videos from Charlie Kirk assassination.
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Google’s AI deals repeat Showcase playbook
Deals could mean Google is preparing to be forced to give publishers more control over how their content is…
By Major publishers back universal AI licensing technology
Really Simple Syndication founder Doug Leeds answers Press Gazette’s questions.
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PA Media goes ‘video-first’ to meet demand for live and social-ready content
News agency launches social media ready vertical video feed.
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Marie Colvin ‘would have been honoured to meet’ Palestinian award winner Malak A Tantesh
Malak A Tantesh recognised for work reporting from the ground in Gaza for The Guardian.
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News diary 15-21 December: Jimmy Lai verdict, Rishi Sunak at Covid inquiry, Sports Personality of the Year
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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‘Vindication’: Gaza film BBC refused to show wins British Journalism Award
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack exposed targeted attacks by Israel on medics.
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British Journalism Awards winners 2025: Channel 4 News and Cathy Newman receive top prizes
Featuring links to all the winning work at the British Journalism Awards 2025.
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Guardian poaches from Netflix for first vice president of product
Netflix’s former director of product has been appointed for newly created position.
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How to stop working for your CMS and make it work for you
Dominic Ponsford talks to WP Engine director of product management Jason Konen and CTO of Bigbite Jason Agnew about…
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The Independent’s UK editor Chloe Hubbard to replace Mirror editor-in-chief Caroline Waterston
Waterston has spent 25 years with the company including leading the magazine portfolio.
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London news website publishes misleading ‘AI-generated fiction’
AI red flags include multiple subheadings stating ‘Inverted Pyramid Structure’.
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UK-based sports publisher cuts 60 staff due to Google updates
GRV Media is fighting back with its own community platform.
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Google announces AI deals with publishers
Cash payments come as search giant announces new features to improve referral clicks.
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Gavin Bell, ‘daredevil foreign correspondent’ and travel writer, dies aged 78
Bell was a travel writer for multiple national papers for the past 24 years.
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Cision investigates and MyJobQuote maintains silence over fake experts network
US PR giant addresses role in circulating hundreds of misleading stories.
By Europe to investigate Google over use of publisher content for AI
Use of Youtube content for AI products also under scrutiny.
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Former Future editor launches AI-powered cycling news website
Velora Cycling makes heavy use of AI systems with human oversight and input.
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Half of UK freelance journalists report being offered less than 10p a word
Almost eight in ten respondents say they plan to keep working as a freelance journalist.
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Forbes cuts dozens of contributing writers
The business publisher has said it needs a “financially sound” contributor model.
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News diary 8-14 December: Australia enacts under-16 social media ban, Time reveals Person of the Year and UK GDP estimate
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Brussels journalism stalwart Hans de Bruijn dies aged 75
De Bruijin was secretary general of the International Press Association since 2013
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Meta signs raft of AI content licensing deals
People Inc is among major publishers whose real-time content will appear on Meta AI assistant.
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News agency owner who found scoops on ‘Costa del Crime’ dies aged 85
Former Mirror journalist was known for scoops on “Costa del Crime” characters.
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Who’s suing AI and who’s signing: NYT and Chicago Tribune sue Perplexity, Meta signs licensing deals
Plus: Getty fails to secure AI copyright precedent in UK against Stability AI.
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OpenAI ordered to share 20 million ChatGPT user logs with news publishers
OpenAI must hand over ChatGPT user logs representing less than 0.05% of its total database.
By Dubious experts deployed by MyJobQuote published more than 600 times in UK press
Quoted experts do not appear to be real and some have AI-generated profile pictures.
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Future takes action on ‘Google Zero’ as revenue declines
Future focusing on engaging audience without relying on Google.
By GB News pays substantial damages to Islamic Relief over false terrorism claim
Broadcaster “gave a platform” to false allegations about Islamic Relief.
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Scottish Sun editor Gill Smith to lead US operation
Kris Gilmartin appointed Scottish Sun acting editor in early 2026.
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People Inc launch of MyRecipes proves publishers can beat LLMs
Rich Maggiotto and Alysia Borsa say recipe content benefits from human touch.
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