News diary 9-15 March: MPs vote on child social media limits, UN Security Council discusses Iran sanctions, Oscars
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Axel Springer ousts DMGT with deal to buy Telegraph for £575m
Axel Springer promises investment in The Telegraph to become leading centre-right publication globally.
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How The Atlantic won ‘tortoise and hare’ race versus digital news start-ups
Editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg told Press Gazette title is in ‘virtue cycle’ of profit and growth.
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Daily Mail amends electric car story after Yougov poll showed public could have been misled
Story said average cost of petrol car was £22,000 in ‘flawed comparison’.
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The UK’s biggest news media companies: New top 50 ranking by revenue
Just over half of UK’s biggest media companies grew turnover year on year.
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News Corp CEO Robert Thomson warns AI companies scraping without paying: ‘We’re coming for you’
News Corp was early OpenAI partner and has just announced AI deal with Meta.
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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
Plus: New York Times and Chicago Tribune sue Perplexity and Google signs non-licensing AI deals.
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Reach CEO Piers North says AI approach ‘mixture of courtship and courts’
Reach still ‘significant players’ in Discover despite 50% drop in second half of 2025.
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Telegraph declines to tell regulator how fake banker story got published
Newspaper ‘lost confidence’ in story after issue with images became clear.
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GB News grows revenue by two thirds to £26m as losses narrow
Right-leaning broadcaster has now lost £131m for owners since launch in 2021.
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Plunging Google Discover traffic hits Reach digital revenue
Reach boosted profits in 2025 by cutting costs faster than falling revenue.
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Perplexity claims News Corp tried to ‘entrap’ chatbot to make copyright case
Perplexity asks to be given full logs of queries inputted into its search tool by News Corp.
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Paul Conroy: ‘A decent man who ran toward the truth when others ran from it’
Photographer, who was seriously wounded in rocket attack that killed Marie Colvin, has died.
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‘Hacked’ Daily Mail Harry story came from press office, says royal editor
Daily Mail’s Rebecca English says stories came from cuttings, royal press offices and other legitimate sources.
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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.
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Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Washington Post announces biggest media layoffs of year so far
Press Gazette rolling updates on redundancies made in 2026.
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News diary 2-8 March: Spring Statement, Winter Paralympics and F1 season begins
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Staff journalists sacked and misleadingly replaced with AI writers
Everything about writers Brian Merrygold and Callum Mercer is fake.
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Why audio and video is ‘big part’ of Politico growth strategy
Politico expanded its Playbook audio team and launched in Brussels in February.
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Publisher advertising alliance teams up with Microsoft ad-buying platform
Ozone deal with Microsoft Media Marketplace is first tie-up with buy-side ads platform.
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Reporting Andrew arrest, robot reporters at Mediahuis and Dom’s verdict on Prince Harry trial
Dominic Ponsford and Charlotte Tobitt talk about how journalists broke news of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest and why they named…
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UK news giants form ‘NATO for news’ group to control AI scraping
Guardian, BBC, Financial Times, Telegraph and Sky News are founding members of coalition on AI licensing.
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Chelsea Citizen banks campaign wins and local goodwill, but yet to turn profit
Rob McGibbon on his first year as a local newsbrand owner.
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How Liz Cookman went from school dropout to award-winning war correspondent
Cookman was diagnosed with ADHD in 2024, helping to explain her early challenges.
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‘People still like newspapers, but not what’s in them’ says Hawick Paper founder
Profitable ultra local title is up for sale ten years after launch.
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Former Mail on Sunday exec says emails from phone hacker don’t prove illegality
Former associate editor Chris Anderson was pitched stories by convicted hacker Greg Miskiw.
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Longtime Big Issue deputy becomes editor
Steven MacKenzie has been deputy editor for almost six years.
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CEO sets out the case for Beehiiv versus Substack
Creators on Beehiiv making $5m per month from paid subs and pre-sold ads.
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Stories came from lonely celebs and ‘hangers on’ says former Mail on Sunday editor
Peter Wright denies Prince Harry’s allegations of illegal newsgathering.
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Future boosts creator content, personal buying advice and registrations
Future ‘building for tomorrow’ with Collab, Signal and Future+ initiatives.
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The technology news website hiring not firing with £11m turnover
B2B brand Data Center Dynamics is free to air making money from sponsorship and events.
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Post Leveson chill in police-press relations thaws after 15 years with new rulebook
All officers encouraged to interact with media, plus right to cover public incidents protected.
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Ten out of 131 ABC-audited magazines grew sales in 2025
Full breakdown of UK print magazine sales risers and fallers in 2025.
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News diary 23 February – 1 March: Four years of Ukraine war, Trump State of Union address, Brit Awards
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Women’s interest magazine sales 2025: Harper’s Bazaar grows in print and digital
Full breakdown of women’s interest magazine sales for 2025.
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All you can read sales and auditing changes boost digital mag ABC figures
Full breakdown of UK digital magazine circulations in 2025 as audited by ABC.
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Chris Boffey: Star reporter, news editor, mentor and ‘great human being’
“Threatened, shot at, fire bombed, sued, asked to spy, investigated by Mi5 and taken the occasional drink.”
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Prince Andrew arrest: How story broke and why he was named by media
Freelance photographer was on the scene at Sandringham as police arrived.
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Getty-Shutterstock merger could hit editorial images competition in UK, CMA warns
Deal not expected to impact global stock images market.
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Senior former policeman casts doubt over key Prince Harry privacy case source
Former handler of police informant heard no evidence of Mail targeting Doreen Lawrence.
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Sun grows video audience to 1bn+ monthly views with 25 new shows
The Sun’s Jon Lloyd on a year of aggressive expansion into video.
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New subs technology helps Spectator reach 198-year sales high
Full breakdown of UK current affairs magazine sales for 2025.
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Most national newspaper sales figures now secret as Reach takes auditing private
Reach pulls out of public ABC circulation reporting for Mirror, Express and Star titles.
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Irish Times journalism now fully funded by subscribers
Editor Ruadhán Mac Cormaic says title has learned ‘how to make organisation of this scale sustainable’.
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Top 50 English-language news sites in the world: Substack leads YoY growth for seventh months as most down in January
Press Gazette’s analysis of the 50 biggest English-language news websites in the world, updated monthly.
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Daily Mail’s Stephen Wright ‘devastated’ by Doreen Lawrence hacking claims
Wright says all illegal newsgathering allegations against him are false.
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Top 50 US news websites: Minnesota Star Tribune traffic boosted by ICE coverage
Press Gazette’s monthly ranking of the top 50 news websites in the US, using Similarweb data.
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Mediahuis trials use of AI agents to carry out ‘first-line’ news reporting
AI agents carry out writing, editing, legal checks, fact checks and multimedia sourcing.
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Future leverages high visibility on ChatGPT by offering GEO as a service
Future has launched a new division offering GEO as a service to brands.
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Standard CEO exits after eight months to join Immediate
Tamar Riley leaves Standard CEO role for portfolio managing director at Immediate.
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The US regional dailies proving news can pay despite Washington Post challenges
Newsbrands in Philadelphia, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Boston and Minnesota are charting way forward.
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Google promises ‘more focused deals’ with news publishers as FT joins AI pilot
Google leader says ‘active discussions’ with publishers are leading to product changes.
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Mill Media asks for subscribers first, promising launch later in Leeds
New Leeds title will be Mill Media’s seventh local newsbrand.
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News diary February 16-22: Covid inquiry enters final stage, Baftas, Chinese New Year
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Quality not discounts: How The Atlantic is powering subscriber growth
Atlantic Media’s chief growth officer Megha Garibaldi explained how the next phase of growth for the title needs a…
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Nandy launches 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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Lachlan Cartwright matches ‘legacy media’ salary one year in with own newsbrand
Breaker has more than 40,000 paid and unpaid newsletter subscribers.
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Cost of online news rises 3% as Telegraph and Mail+ Editions lead on discounts
Online news subscriptions prices and offers from major publishers tracked.
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How ‘all you can read’ app Readly is gearing up for growth after Cafeyn merger
Readly reported full-year profitability for the first time in 2024.
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How Dave Jorgenson took the Washington Post video audience with him
Video was not getting support it needed says former ‘Washington Post Tiktok guy’.
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Paul Dacre says hacking and tapping claims ‘grave, preposterous, deeply upsetting’
Former Daily Mail editor says Baroness Lawrence claims are ‘bitterly wounding’.
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Reach to close two out of three remaining printing plants
Glasgow and Watford sites to close and outsource most of their work.
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Faces of fakery: More fake and AI generated experts con their way into media
New Press Gazette research uncovers more PR-generated AI fakery in UK media.
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Why UK mag giants have teamed up to offer digital advertising at scale
Atria will help advertisers reach audiences across multiple publishers at once.
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FT adds ex-Economist foreign editor Patrick Foulis as columnist
Foulis returns to FT where he started his journalism career.
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The Independent names new editors after Chloe Hubbard joins Mirror
Newsweek director of publishing Barney Henderson is new UK editor.
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Immediate launches ‘experiential agency’ to boost revenue from live events
IX will help brands host live experiences in collaboration with Immediate’s 24 titles.
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Big Issue makes staff cuts ‘to ensure long-term stability’
Digital editor and deputy both departing.
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison
Jimmy Lai legal process labelled “nothing more than a sham”.
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Will Lewis out as Washington Post CEO days after mass layoffs
Lewis stepped down late on Saturday night days after 300 staff sacked.
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News diary 9-15 February: Jimmy Lai sentencing, Ghislaine Maxwell deposition, Olympics highlights
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Amid WaPo woes five US news giants show how industry can grow
Green shoots in digital advertising, video and subs at NYT, Bloomberg, People Inc and Dow Jones.
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A letter to the 300 axed Washington Post staffers from Carole Cadwalladr
There is life for journalists after being sacked by a major brand, says Cadwalladr.
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‘Search isn’t dead, it’s fragmenting’: How to manage Google traffic decline
SEO leaders at Daily Mail, Telegraph and Bauer among those urging against ‘Google zero’ fatalism.
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RAJARs Q4 2025: Strong audience growth for Talk and GB News
Full round-up of RAJAR listening figures for Q1 2026.
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Newsflation: UK newspaper cover prices up 10.2% since Jan 2025
Daily Star has seen a 600% price increase in ten years.
By Washington Post to cut one-third of all staff
Read Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray’s email to staff in full.
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Jobs at risk as Sun set to merge features desk and Fabulous team
“We need to future-proof business” says editor Victoria Newton.
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How Democracy for Sale is making investigative journalism pay on Substack
Newsletter outlet won Specialist Journalism prize at British Journalism Awards 2025.
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Sky News ditches ‘comfy slippers’ as The Wrap replaces News at Ten
The Wrap features more ‘personality-driven’ news with content from Tiktok and Youtube.
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BBC proposes to close central regional investigations unit
Eight jobs at risk with closure of Central Longform Investigations Team.
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Mail says there is ‘no evidence’ it obtained call records of Kylie ex
Private investigator ‘Detective Danno’ gives evidence in Mail privacy case.
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Partner content
Stibo DX signs content technology deal with major Japanese publisher
Shizuoka Shimbun is adopting the CUE media enterprise platform.
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Ladbible owner grows revenue thanks to direct deals with brands
LBG Media reported total adjusted revenue up 10% in the year to 30 September.
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DMGT reports revenue dip as Google changes hit traffic for Mail publisher
Full year results reveal growing subscription revenue at Daily Mail and General Trust.
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Doreen Lawrence accuses Mail of ‘pretending to be her friend’ while stealing her private information
Baroness Doreen Lawrence had long history of working with the Mail until privacy case brought in 2022.
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News diary 2-8 February: Alphabet financial results, Winter Olympics, NFL Super Bowl
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
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AI answers cite ‘narrow range’ of top newsbrands led by BBC and Guardian
BBC content widely cited by Perplexity despite fact LLM’s crawlers are blocked.
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Former agency boss Richard Sexton joins William Reed as COO
Richard Sexton will have remit to “drive speed and discipline across operations”.
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Anna Starnes named Ipswich Star and EADT editor
US-born Starnes has family ties to the region.
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Mill Media journalist faces £10,000 county court bill after exposé
Publisher, editor and reporter face £250,000 High Court libel claim.
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Semafor plans investment and expansion after celebrating first profitable year
Founder Ben Smith talks to Press Gazette about plans for three-year-old brand.
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Former MP denies paying Prince Harry privacy witnesses for testimony
Dr Evan Harris says wrong to suggest Byline Investigates provided ‘legal camouflage’.
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PR bodies launch campaign against fake experts after Press Gazette investigation
Trade bodies urge journalists to shun rogue PR operators.
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Editors unite to demand Parliament takes action on SLAPPs
Editors from The Telegraph, Guardian and others have banded together against legal bullying of media.
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Goalhanger takes on first outside investment
‘The Rest Is’ production company to expand outside audio and in the US.
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Google ‘exploring updates’ to let publishers opt out of AI Overviews
UK competition watchdog sets out how Google should give publishers more control.
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Mirror accepts hacking took place but says new claims brought too late
Preliminary trial being held to determine whether unlawful information gathering cases should be dismissed.
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The Hill is growing traffic in a declining market by investing in reporters
Senior VP for editorial Bill Sammon on how The Hill is capitalising on ‘bonkers’ news cycle in US.
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Sir Simon Hughes says he was target for Mail after being outed by The Sun
Emails and payment records suggest Greg Miskiw worked for Mail.
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