‘Consent or pay’: Why UK news websites are getting tough with readers over data
The Times has set the highest price for avoiding personalised advertising - but will people actually pay?
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Former Emap pair hit £1m+ revenue for second year with free construction B2B title
Construction Enquirer team say "providing a valuable service to a specialised sector can still pay off".
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BBC will ‘explore’ legal process to recoup pay from Huw Edwards if he refuses to return it
Tim Davie admits it was "difficult getting the balance right" on what to do after Huw Edwards was arrested.
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DPG Media’s investment in print technology helped it focus on digital
Leading Dutch/Belgium newspaper and magazine publisher invested in modular print/digital platform.
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Telegraph sale latest: Newspaper auction continues as Paul Marshall completes Spectator deal
Lord Saatchi previously reported to have had Telegraph bid rejected.
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Paul Marshall pledges to fix ‘underinvestment’ in Spectator as sale goes through
GB News investor acquires Spectator for £100m.
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‘One of Fleet Street’s good guys’ Alasdair Riley dies aged 78
Riley's working life included stints at the Londoners' Diary, as a TV correspondent, and a freelance travel writer.
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Business Insider names WSJ business editor Jamie Heller as next editor-in-chief
Heller has been at the Wall Street Journal for more than 20 years.
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Twice as many Brits got 2024 election news from TV as from social media, Ofcom finds
It also found women, working class and older people were more likely to switch off from news over the…
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Online overtakes TV as biggest source of news in UK for first time
Internet is top source of news - but within that, social media beats publishers.
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Telegraph Ukraine podcast presenter David Knowles dies aged 32
Knowles died aged 32 after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest.
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Newsquest hits 100,000 digital subscribers
Digital subscriptions are bringing in £0.5m per month to the UK local news publisher.
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British Journalism Awards 2024 open for entries
British Journalism Awards now has five premier categories.
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Former Telegraph crime reporter John Weeks who spent career in the fast lane
From the Krays to IRA bombings, John Weeks covered it all for the Daily Telegraph.
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News diary 9-15 September: Google ad monopoly trial, Harris-Trump debate, Lucy Letby inquiry
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Google ad tech practices harming ‘thousands of UK publishers and advertisers’, watchdog believes
Google responded that the CMA's case relies on "flawed interpretations" of the sector.
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Ex-Evening Standard CEO Charles Yardley joins Khaleej Times
Yardley is moving to Dubai for the new role.
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British Journalism Awards hall of fame: All our winners and finalists
All the British Journalism Awards winners 2012-2023.
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The Guardian names new correspondents to cover underreported communities
The appointments include The Guardian's first Caribbean correspondent.
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FT journalists in US secure pay deal including $75k minimum salary
Staff earning up to $115,000 secure pay increase of at least $2,000.
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Guardian moves into e-commerce amid revenue shortfall for 2023/2024
Guardian CFO Keith Underwood insists there is still "huge amount of value" in publishers' core markets.
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Former staff voice support for Pink News ‘whistleblower’ account threatened with lawsuit
'Whistleblower' Twitter account has disappeared - but ill feeling among some former staffers remains.
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BBC to cut 115 jobs in Nations and Regions editorial and production
NUJ says proposed cuts will "further hollow out local news provision".
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News media job cuts 2024 tracked: Gannett, Time, Axios, Tampa Bay Times, NYPR and Hollywood Reporter all hit in August
Big losses at the likes of The Messenger, LA Times, Sports Illustrated and Mediahuis Ireland started 2024.
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FT CEO John Ridding on ‘three moments’ that changed everything – and what’s next
Ridding says business is in "very strong position" but it was a "bumpy journey to get there".
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UK journalist’s detention for nearly 24 hours under terror law condemned
Medhurst says the whole process was designed to intimidate and humiliate him.
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Martin Chulov byline page deleted by Guardian after exit from title
Martin Chulov denies allegations against him.
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PR and betting companies have articles indexed in Google Top Stories
New ranking reveals which publishers are most likely to win the race to appear in Google Top Stories.
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Video now ‘focus of everything’ at The Sun as weekly political show returns
News UK says Never Mind The Ballots has achieved 30 million views since launch.
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News diary 2-8 September: UK Parliament returns, Grenfell inquiry ends, Jeremy Kyle guest inquest
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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ITV-backed Gen Z media brand Woo closes after two years
Woo had a team of around 30-40 people and was founded by a former Ladbible CMO.
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Google AI Overviews rollout hits news publisher search visibility
AI Overviews now being offered for 17% of queries in UK and US.
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Dyson abandons Channel 4 News libel claim
Channel 4 News was "determined to defend its fair, accurate and duly impartial reporting".
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Bristol Cable unlocks £40,000 grant after meeting membership funding target
The independent outlet currently makes £115,000 annually from members.
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UK local news websites see audience bounceback
Updated ranking of top 78 UK local news websites for July 2024.
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Top 50 UK news websites in July: Sky News jumps into third place
Press Gazette's monthly ranking of the top 50 news websites in the UK.
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IPSO rejects complaint from Michael Jackson nephew over ‘child porn stash’ report
Taj Jackson argued the singer's estate did not accept the sealed files contain "child pornography".
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Regional daily ABCs: Print circulation down by average of 17% in first half of 2024
More than half of the regional daily newspapers included in the ABC report had a circulation below 5,000.
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Daily Telegraph tops the table for most Editors’ Code breaches in 2023
There were 8,045 complaints made in 2023, down from 36,658 in 2022.
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Portsmouth college ditches journalism training after 60 years
FE college loses out in battle for students versus more expensive degree courses.
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Journalists under attack in Ukraine: Reuters security adviser killed and journalists injured
A round-up of journalists' lives lost, and others injured, while reporting from Ukraine.
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EU urged to cancel trade agreement with Israel over journalist killings
Sixty press freedom groups say EU should take action against Israel.
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News diary 26 August – 1 September: Paralympics open, SpaceX’s civilian spacewalk
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 news websites in the US: All but two sites see growth in bumper July for news
Press Gazette's monthly ranking of the top 50 news websites in the US, using Similarweb data.
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Us Weekly editor on future of celebrity journalism: Kate Middleton speculation was ‘seminal moment’
Ex-People editor Dan Wakeford joined Us Weekly in March and has led a "reinvention" of the title.
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Twitter alternative? News publishers see potential in Bluesky
Press Gazette asks publishers on would-be Twitter heir Bluesky how they're faring on the platform.
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Top 50 news websites in the world: Readers flock to top US newsbrands in July
US news websites see traffic surge in big month for political news.
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Former Mirror editor Alison Phillips takes PR and public affairs role
Alison Phillips joins MHP Group as senior adviser.
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Weekly Evening Standard to be distributed on Thursdays as ‘The London Standard’
The last edition of the Evening Standard will be distributed on Thursday 19 September.
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Who’s suing AI and who’s signing: Publisher deals vs lawsuits with generative AI companies
Conde Nast is latest to sign "multi-year partnership" with OpenAI.
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Independent local publisher The Lincolnite closes with nine jobs lost
Attempts to "secure the future of the business" have failed.
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Evening Standard ‘legend’ Diane Chanteau: ‘Bold, brash, brilliant and ballsy’
Chanteau left journalism after the closure of the London Evening News and practised criminal law.
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Tortoise sells three investigative podcasts to BBC Sounds
BBC Sounds has previously done a similar deal with The Times.
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The Athletic outlines plan to become number one for ‘soccer’ coverage in the US
The sports publisher wants its Athletic FC podcast portfolio to have the biggest US football audience.
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How Paris Olympics led to traffic boost for leading news publishers
Olympics website data deep dive for leading UK and US publishers.
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Reporting neurodiversity: ‘Don’t get unqualified writers to tell our stories’
Lydia Wilkins finds out how journalists can sensitively and accurately cover this relatively new topic
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New Conde Nast chief revenue officer to join from Yahoo
Elizabeth Herbst-Brady will succeed Pamela Drucker Mann.
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Who are the UK’s political editors? From broadcast to print
Political editors are a vital part of any media outlet. Here's the main ones across print and broadcast
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News diary 19 – 25 August: Harris confirmed as nominee, UK immigration figures out
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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MI5 transcripts reveal exploits of Fleet Street’s ‘murder gang’ of reporters
Top Express crime reporter was bugged and watched by MI5 as he paid off top police contacts.
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Mirror political editor John Stevens leaving to join government
Stevens is joining Labour MP Pat McFadden after two years at the Mirror.
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Advertising blocklists unfairly targeted coverage from Olympics and Euros
News UK is the latest publisher to address blocklisting concerns with a new contextual tool.
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Dementia magazine launched as side project secures major headline sponsor
Dementia Help is a quarterly digital magazine, website and Facebook group.
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Newspaper ABCs: Sunday People sees biggest print decline in July
Press Gazette's monthly analysis of ABC national newspaper circulation figures.
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Independent production companies dominate true crime podcast rankings in UK
Wondery, The New Yorker and The Times share why they think the industry is taking off.
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GB News America grows revenue with goal to ‘tell unheard stories’
US correspondent Steven Edginton speaks from Washington DC about his first months in the role.
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Life after Kamal Ahmed and Will Lewis: The News Movement ‘set to reach profitability in 2025’
How the Gen Z-focused social-first brand has managed to avoid relying on platforms for revenue.
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UK local newspaper closures update: 293 now gone since 2005
Digital launches outweigh closures since August 2022.
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Veteran foreign reporter in fight for justice over medical trial injuries
Reporter creates own video documentary to expose concerns about clinical trials.
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Neil McIntosh resigns as Scotsman editor amid newsroom redundancies
McIntosh's resignation was announced hours after an angry letter from The Scotsman's NUJ chapel.
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Mill Media hires Novara’s Moya Lothian-McLean for new Glasgow title
Freelance Robbie Armstrong is also joining the as-yet unnamed newsletter.
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Scotsman staff lament ‘death of a thousand cuts’: See newsroom letter to HR in full
Health, environment and property correspondents among the roles being cut.
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Two news publishers have 20m+ Instagram followers: Leading UK and US titles ranked
New York Post is the fastest-growing over a two-year period.
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Goalhanger Podcasts expands team on back of summer success
A new executive producer will lead development while a PR manager has also joined.
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National World’s Manchester site in strategy shift to ‘find place’ in crowded market
Editor Adam Lord hopes that a focus on "Ordinary Mancs, Extraordinary Stories" will help to differentiate the site.
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BBC journalist received ‘defamatory and highly personal attacks’ over ‘out of context’ riot clip
The BBC defended Phillip Norton, saying he "clearly attributed" the phrase "pro-British".
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News diary 12-18 August: Elon Musk interviews Donald Trump, Taylor Swift returns to London
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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BBC asks Huw Edwards to return salary paid after his arrest
The amount is estimated at around £200,000.
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News Corp has begun legal moves against ‘AI aggressors’, CEO reveals
News media revenues at News Corp were down 4% in the year to June 2024.
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Fastest-growing news publishers on Tiktok since start of 2023 revealed
Press Gazette analysis reveals which outlets currently have the biggest presence on the platform.
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Perplexity donates to research on the future of AI and news
Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism will receive $250,000.
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Sun editor Victoria Newton felt ‘quite lonely’ during Huw Edwards story scandal
Newton believes it was BBC News coverage that led to The Sun being "vilified" for its reporting.
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Telegraph in IPSO breach with article claiming cyclists were doing 52mph and ‘putting lives at risk’
Almost 100 people complained to IPSO over the May 2024 article.
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Sky News promotes Nick Sutton to director of platforms
Sutton will lead on "quality, consistency and cross promotion" of Sky News content across TV, audio and online.
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Future closes two US TV trade publications
Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News will end publication in September.
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Journalists facing ‘appalling harassment and abuse’ amid riots
Numerous journalists threatened and forced to stop reporting in week of rioting across England.
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FT, Atlantic, Axel Springer and Fortune get behind AI start-up’s per-use compensation plan
New generative AI entrant sets out plan for "fair attribution" revenue-sharing model.
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GB News marks milestone of 10,000 paying members
Broadcaster also says it has passed the 100 million monthly page views mark based on internal figures.
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‘The first podcast election’: Political podcasts explode in run-up to polling day
Podcast company Acast said its political podcasts saw growth of 53%.
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Ex-Reuters agency chief warns journalism has become ‘elite sport’ as she is named next NCTJ chair
Sue Brooks says "the best is still to come" for the industry despite recent challenges.
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BBC plan to cut TV news in Scotland cleared by Ofcom
BBC allowed to cut evening news on BBC Scotland from one hour to 30 minutes.
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Buzzfeed commercial director Caroline Fenner joins Pink News
LGBTQ+ media brand prepares to make the most of its "community and relationships".
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Sun, Mail, Mirror, Express and Independent roll out ‘consent or pay’ walls
The publishers are charging between £1.99 and £4.99 monthly for cookie-less access to their sites.
By July is best month for BBC and Sky TV news channels since October 2022
Particular milestone for Sky News as it crosses 10 million TV viewers in a month for the first time…
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Local heroes: The independent titles making news pay in London
Making local news work against the odds in Enfield, Havering and The City.
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News diary 5-11 August: Kamala Harris to announce VP pick, Olympics final week, News Corp and NYT results
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Digital advertising crossroads is time for ‘genuine rethink’ by publishers
Advertisers can also do more to better support the publisher ecosystem.
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Scotsman newsroom ‘angered’ by ‘severe’ cuts
Lack of subscriptions growth reportedly given as reason for cuts.
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Swindon Town FC news site is test case for wider network of sports outlets
The Moonraker hopes to generate paying subscribers and attract journalists to pay to launch their own versions.
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Sheffield Star fielded 110 complaints over reader letter about ‘brainwashed’ Palestine campaigners
Newspaper admitted publishing the letter was a "grave error".
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