2025 journalism job cuts tracked: Los Angeles Times cuts continue
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Noel Clarke ‘pressured women to keep quiet’ ahead of Guardian publication
Guardian head of investigations Paul Lewis gives evidence in libel trial.
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Vox sees boom in paying readers for explainer journalism under Trump 2
Editor Swati Sharma on how Vox has evolved now everyone is doing explainers.
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Former Express editor Gary Jones joins Dale Vince’s Ecotricity
Jones was editor of the Express until September 2024.
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Losses shrink at The Sun as Times reports £60m profit
Hacking costs down for News Group Newspapers in year to 30 June 2024.
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Guido Fawkes owner Paul Staines pays £75,000 libel case costs to Dale Vince
Libel action over Times Radio interview write-up settled - but war of words continues.
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BBC to ‘open up conversation’ with AI providers and invest further in Tiktok
BBC will also expand BBC Verify and evolve news on iPlayer.
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Mirror editor says newsroom ‘coming along on journey’ with page-view targets
Society of Editors panel discussed clickbait, lies told about AI and need for newsroom optimists.
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Reach CEO Jim Mullen steps down with immediate effect
Reach chief revenue officer Piers North promoted to CEO.
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Southport knife attack misinformation due to police PR secrecy say crime journalists
College of Policing has written to Attorney General seeking changes to PR policies.
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Two LBC News launch presenters to leave after five years
Lisa Aziz and Martin Stanford to say goodbye to radio station.
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News diary 31 March – 6 April: TikTok divestment deadline, NI changes take effect
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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NewsGuard wins free speech ruling in battle with Roger Waters-backed publisher
Consortium News argued NewsGuard had defamed it and infringed its First Amendment rights.
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Showbiz editors say newsroom culture will change post Millie Bobby Brown ‘bullying’ video
Senior editors from Mail, Mirror and Sun say body-shaming of female celebs in media is wrong.
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Immediate Media’s Good Food plans video expansion after record revenue 2024
Why new kitchen at Immediate Media HQ will be "big part" of Good Food's future.
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Why Google’s impressive value-of-news study has serious shortcomings
Former Bauer Media CEO Chris Duncan casts a cool eye over Google study saying news is worthless.
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King pays tribute to UK local media at lavish Buckingham Palace reception
Some 400 local news journalists joined the King and Queen for drinks.
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50 biggest UK news websites: CNN engagement boost, Sun audience overtakes Guardian
Press Gazette's monthly ranking of the top 50 news websites in the UK.
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Failure to tackle online abuse of journalists could prove fatal, editors warned
Carole Cadwalladr and The Sun's Jerome Starkey give stark warning over online abuse.
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BBC Scotland head of news Gary Smith to step down
Gary Smith has spent more of this 40-year career with the BBC.
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UK-based news agency withdraws faked AI-generated videos
AI-generated video of cat in an owls' nest has been viewed millions of times.
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Covering second Trump presidency ‘much more difficult’ says NYT’s Mark Landler
Finding sources and threat of lawfare both cited as bigger issues in Donald Trump's second term.
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Programmatic advertising and Facebook payments drive growth for Digitalbox
Publisher of The Tab and Entertainment Daily says UK online ad market is improving.
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Mail crosses 250,000 digital subscribers and appoints first global women’s editor
Femail, Inspire and Secrets & Lives said to be key Mail+ subscriptions drivers.
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Google news revenue research ‘self serving’, ‘pure propaganda’ say industry experts
Search giant hits back to defend research claiming news is worth zero revenue to it.
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Unherd political editor Tom McTague named New Statesman editor
McTague has been at Unherd for two years and was previously a writer for The Atlantic.
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Dow Jones launches first custom news feed for enterprise client
Custom news dashboard for LSEG's Workspace marks expansion of enterprise subscription deals.
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Former CNN correspondent says she ‘lost the support’ of broadcaster after disability
Disability Journalism Forum hears how disabled people are being failed by media.
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News diary 24 – 30 March: Spring Statement, Mahmoud Khalil deportation hearing
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Google says experiment shows news has ‘no measurable impact’ on ad revenue
Google conducted test in response to reports it said "vastly overestimate" value of news content.
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Acquisitions and video advertising drive National World 9% revenue growth
National World writes down value of investment in The News Movement to zero.
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Dotdash Meredith CEO Neil Vogel: ‘If you make yourself essential, you will be fine’
CEO of the biggest print and online publisher in US reveals key changes which made the business work.
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Politics Live presenter Jo Coburn to leave BBC after 28 years
Coburn has been "at the heart of political journalism" for 28 years.
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Brand safety woes continue and the coming storm on AI litigation
Ten golden nuggets from Press Gazette's Media Strategy Network USA conference in New York.
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Daily Mail US editor: Reader loyalty is brand’s biggest asset
Katie Davies interview three weeks after launch of Mail+ in US and Canada.
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Publishers seeing ‘concerning trends’ from advertisers in current political cycle
Audience growth seen at both APnews.com and BBC.com since they were each relaunched.
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Newspaper ABCs: Daily Mirror drops below print circulation of 200,000
Press Gazette's monthly analysis of ABC national newspaper circulation figures.
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Reach bonuses: £600 each for staff and £662,000 for CEO
NUJ asks Reach to "urgently reconsider" 2% pay offer.
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Independent launching AI-powered news service for ‘time-poor audiences’
The publisher said all content published by "Bulletin" will be edited by human journalists.
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Gamified app Newsreel aims to lure ‘news curious’ Gen Z away from Instagram
Newsreel provides a similar experience to language-learning app Duolingo, with streaks for news consumption.
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Ofcom drops politician presenter investigations against GB News
Ofcom has now withdrawn a total of five rulings it had originally upheld against GB News.
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Telegraph pays ‘substantial’ libel damages to tech entrepreneur
Apology added to 13 Telegraph articles about Zia Chishti.
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Press shut out of Home Office’s Snoopers’ Charter Apple encryption tribunal
Requests to make representations by a group including the BBC, Daily Mail, Guardian and Times have so far been…
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Four female news presenters settle age and sex discrimination claims with BBC
An employment tribunal had been due to go ahead next week.
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News diary 17 – 23 March: Five years since UK lockdown, new online safety rules take effect
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Noel Clarke finishes giving evidence in Guardian libel trial
Clarke and his wife described his accusers as "acting" and a "liar".
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Guardian, GB News and Newsquest among latest publishers to tell readers: ‘consent or pay’
Likes of Mail Online, The Independent, Mirror, Express, The Sun and The Times already have the model.
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Former Esquire style director Teo van den Broeke returns as editor-in-chief
Van den Broeke previously spent nearly eight years at the Hearst UK-owned men's magazine.
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News media staff share views in the great work from home debate
Everyone from national news CEOs to local newspapers reporters share their views on office versus remote working.
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As some publishers seek full return to office, most staff favour hybrid working
Eight in ten respondents to a Press Gazette survey backed hybrid/flexible working.
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Deliveries of China Daily newspaper to MPs could be stopped
One MP said the CCP-funded newspaper is "the only thing which arrives every day, without fail".
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Douglas Murray wins ‘substantial’ damages after Observer column error
An Observer writer inaccurately claimed comments made by Murray in 2023 had referred to the 2024 riots.
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With launch of AI Mode Google threatens to bleed news media dry
Two simple changes are needed urgently from Google to stop its AI features destroying journalism.
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Top 50 news websites in the US: Traffic falls in month following inauguration
Press Gazette's monthly ranking of the top 50 news websites in the US, using Similarweb data.
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Top 50 news websites in the world: The Hill and AP saw largest growth in February
Press Gazette's analysis of the 50 biggest English-language news websites in the world, updated monthly.
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Noel Clarke claims woman who says he asked her for sex is a ‘fantasist’
Clarke also told the High Court he is "not a cult leader" in the third day of his trial…
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FT chief commercial officer Jon Slade named next CEO
Slade to take the helm at the FT from 1 July.
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Biggest local news sites: Surrey Live grows audience 300% in a year
Surrey Live grew the fastest of the 87 sites, while The London Standard overtook Birmingham Live for second place.
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Regional newspaper ABCs: No UK daily now has print circulation of 20,000 or more
Total regional daily circulations fell 16% compared with 2023 while those at non-dailies dropped 14%.
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Noel Clarke gives evidence in Guardian libel trial: Publisher ‘smashed my life’
Day two of libel trial at London's High Court.
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‘Don’t worry about page views’: Newsquest Scotland tops 40,000 online subscriptions
How Herald, National and six standalone sports sites are growing digital subscriptions.
By Noel Clarke claims Guardian played ‘judge, jury and executioner’ as libel trial opens
Guardian lawyer says "much time and resource" was devoted to getting to the truth in its investigation.
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News diary 10 – 16 March: US-Ukraine talks, five years since WHO declared pandemic
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Top 50 magazines in the US: The Atlantic is fastest growing title in second half of 2024
Print circulation across the top 50 US magazines fell 5% year-on-year.
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‘AI time dividend’ fuels booming income from face-to-face events for Informa
UK-based B2B events giant grew revenue by 11.4% to £3.6bn in 2024.
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Rebekah and Jamie Vardy secure Daily Mail correction after IPSO complaint
Article covered couple's financial situation following legal battle with Coleen Rooney.
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Mark Allen Group blames ‘troublesome’ Bonhill deal as profit falls in 2024
Company "in good shape" and cash positive despite challenging year.
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Financial Times CEO John Ridding to step down after 19 years
Ridding says he is leaving the newspaper group in "strong shape".
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Why opening of video studios across UK is ‘really big moment’ for Reach
Publisher unveils studio spaces at its biggest newsrooms described as "game-changing" for audience and advertisers.
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Newsletters switch at Which? created one million prospective new subscribers
Shift to free newsletters drives audience growth and thousands of new subscribers.
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Journalists no longer bracketed with criminals in police guidance
College of Policing counter-corruption guidance changed three years after complaint made.
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Protection of free public service news should be ‘national priority’ says ex-ITV director of news
Michael Jermey makes call while picking up Outstanding Contribution Award.
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Sun names director of video to lead new strategy
Jon Lloyd to lead video-first commissioning strategy.
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The man who helped cost Rupert Murdoch £500m
Former tabloid reporter Graham Johnson is a key figure in Prince Harry's tabloid legal actions.
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Girl Talk marks 30 years of being ‘supportive big sister’ in magazine form
Editor Claire Norman on the Immediate Media title's evolution into an era of screens.
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Cost cuts and growing digital revenue boost Reach profits for 2024
AI-written articles drove 1.8 billion page views in 2024 at Reach.
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Former Independent editor says AI will free up reporters to create more ‘guff’
Chris Blackhurst said "guff" would fill the void left as journalism's business model collapsed.
By News diary 3-9 March: Guardian vs Noel Clarke trial, BBC bosses grilled
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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GB News wins Ofcom judicial review
Ofcom to consult on updating the Broadcasting Code to make rules on politicians as presenters clearer.
By £13.6bn publisher adtech claim versus Google takes step forward
Claim Google abused its monopoly position in online advertising could go to trial in 2026.
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News agencies boss slams £10 Telegraph picture rate as ‘a new low’
New rate covers images sourced from social media.
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GB News losses since launch top £100m but 2024 revenue more than doubles
Advertising and digital revenues are major growth areas.
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Publishers must use AI-powered slingshots to fight big tech Goliath
Paul Hood explains how publishers can fight back against big tech in AI era.
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New York Times sees ‘huge opportunity’ in 100-strong London newsroom
Adrienne Carter said she's looking for readers "interested in the world, interested in the US and how the US…
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How German-language news publishers are growing online subs
Leading executives in DACH region share their winning paywall strategies.
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Harvard Business Review editors on future of $100m revenue title in AI era
HBR's top editors on why the title tries to be practical, not "a bazaar of cool ideas".
By Guido Fawkes settles Dale Vince libel claim to avoid ‘ruinous’ costs
Guido settlement follows others between Vince and Associated Newspapers and GB News.
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Carole Cadwalladr dropped by Tortoise ahead of Observer takeover
Last edition of The Observer published by Guardian Media Group will be Easter Sunday, 20 April.
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News titles from Guardian to Daily Mail unite in opposition to AI copyright grab
Nearly every UK national newspaper has backed campaign against AI copyright exemption.
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Daily Mail rolls out premium paywall into US and Canada
The Daily Mail has rolled out its premium paywall into the US and Canada. The news site (known as…
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US newspaper circulations 2024: LA Times loses quarter of print circulation in a year
No US newspaper now has a print circulation of 500,000 or more copies a day.
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Kemi Alemoru made Glamour UK head of editorial content
Alemoru is a former Gal-dem culture editor.
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How publishers should fight back against the greatest heist in history
The hypocritical theft of all human creativity by big tech is being aided by UK Government.
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Facebook Channels providing small but engaged audience for publishers
Reach and News UK share insights into launching on Facebook Channels.
By Noel Clarke loses appeal bid ahead of Guardian libel trial
Clarke had wanted to amend his legal claim including by adding six more defendants.
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Katy Balls leaves Spectator to join The Times
Katy Balls to become "pivotal" to Times and Sunday Times political coverage.
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News diary 24 February — 2 March: Starmer and Macron meet Trump, Oscars
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Diversity and inclusion a priority for less than half UK news publishers in 2025, survey
Just 4% of publishers said they plan to cut their team size this year.
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ChatGPT referrals to top publishers up eight times in six months but still negligible
Among the sites analysed, the New York Post and Forbes saw the most traffic from AI platforms.
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‘Callous disregard’ of copyright by gen AI companies ruins the magic
Copyright law in the UK is "absolutely clear" but needs to be enforced, Graham Lovelace argues.
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