Amazon and Meta AI bots account for most website visits
New data reveals 63% rise in AI bot traffic hitting website publishers.
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Tech websites remove articles after failing to verify journalists exist
Press Gazette raises questions about four more profilic tech writers who cover world of crypto.
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Guardian Jobs to close blaming five-year low in UK vacancies
Classifed job adverts were once a major revenue earner for The Guardian.
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How Politico has boosted AI innovation by moving to one headless CMS
EVP of product at Politico Francesca Barber explains how publisher has stepped up pace of innovation.
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What I’ve learned: Bloomberg CEO Karen Saltser says ‘be bold and learn to live with some discomfort’
Bloomberg Media CEO shares her insights on leading a growing journalism business.
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The open web was built for change, is your CMS?
Publishers need to know the difference between a CMS that serves today’s newsroom and one that can absorb what…
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Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Latest from Vox, Queen City Nerve and Pink News
Press Gazette rolling updates on redundancies made in 2026.
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50 biggest news websites in UK: Newsquest’s Herald Scotland and Oxford Mail lead audience growth
Press Gazette’s monthly ranking of the top 50 news websites in the UK.
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US newspaper circulations 2026: Villages Daily Sun is only one of 50 biggest print titles to see annual growth
The Baltimore Sun saw the biggest average daily print circulation decline.
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Long-serving Islington Gazette editor Tony Allcock dies aged 78
Tony Allcock was ‘born to edit the Islington Gazette’.
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Reach to open ‘Mirror North’ Manchester base led by Maria Breslin
Liverpool Echo to get new editor-in-chief as Maria Breslin leads new Mirror operation.
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LLM citation mastery: Tips from Axios publisher Nicholas Johnston
Axios signed a three-year content licensing deal with OpenAI last year.
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Texas non-profit newsrooms ‘stronger together’ after merger
Texas Public Radio and San Antonio Report run separate newsrooms but have combined operations.
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AI in journalism: Live tracker of scandals and mistakes
Round-up of the main cases where AI use in journalism has gone wrong.
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Who’s suing AI and who’s signing latest: Editorial Perfil and Wikihow sue OpenAI, News Corp vs Brave
Plus: New York Times and Chicago Tribune sue Perplexity and Google signs non-licensing AI deals.
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MSN removes publishers from platform without notice
Fears news syndication platform is consolidating its publisher base.
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What I’ve learned: Future operations director Catherine Westwood who led major digital transformation
Head of Future’s global print editorial strategy now focused on staff upskilling around cross-platform workflows.
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‘Misleading’ Home Office photo guidance risks ‘serious consequences’ for journalists, warns NUJ
Booklet ‘spreads public confusion’ about journalists’ rights, says union.
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Revealed: The news publishers on Instagram with the biggest follower growth since 2024
Press Gazette analysis reveals which outlets currently have the biggest presence on Instagram.
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Social media content creation mastery: Tips for publishers from DMG New Media
Social publisher DMG New Media has 25 in-house creators.
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One-click link in articles adds publishers to Google users’ ‘preferred source’ for Top Stories and AI search
New feature rollout comes amid concerns over referrals drop from AI search summaries.
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Second ‘overwhelming victory’ for Mail publisher in Harry privacy case with costs decision
Associated Newspapers awarded costs on indemnity basis, initial payment, and no cap.
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Axel Springer gave Telegraph £7m loan months before takeover
Telegraph group revenue was down 2% in 2025 despite gains in digital subscriptions and advertising.
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Guardian condemns ‘racialised’ abuse of its journalists in Jason Arday death aftermath
NUJ says threats against journalists risk “deepening the distress already felt by so many”.
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Traffic to 10 biggest US news websites down a third in two years
How overall and search traffic has declined at major news websites, largely since 2024 peak.
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Angela Rayner privacy and harassment complaint against Sun on Sunday dismissed
IPSO previously issued two privacy notices to press about photographers outside politician’s homes.
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Guardian journalist David Conn, Andy Burnham and the ‘Hillsborough law’
An investigation marking 20 years since Hillsborough gave campaigh fresh impetus.
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Pink News to cut up to 11 staff and shut office amid Snapchat changes
The second round of cuts this year comes as changes to Snapchat look set to hit revenue.
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Reach hits 50,000 paid subscribers in under nine months
First Reach subscription was Manchester Evening News launched in November 2025.
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What I’ve learned: Metropolis CEO Robert Marr who went ‘from finance bro to media guy’
CEO of owner of 43 B2B newsbrands on why you ‘can’t be the oracle’ as a business leader.
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The news publishers on Tiktok with biggest growth since 2024
Press Gazette analysis reveals which outlets currently have the biggest presence on the platform.
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Spectator’s sister art title Apollo adds digitised archive as ‘niche’ content serves it well against Google AI
Apollo digital upgrades come in two years after takeover by Paul Marshall’s OQS Media.
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Subscriber retention mastery: Tips for publishers from The Economist
The Economist has a 93% subscription retention rate on its B2B offering.
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Two-thirds of audiences want climate change story as part of extreme weather reporting
Why journalists should not be worried about audiences finding climate change information boring.
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IPSO reviewing ‘high volume’ of Jason Arday coverage complaints after Cambridge academic’s death
Complaints filed en masse in relation to Clause 1 (accuracy) of Editors’ Code.
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Daily Mail appoints US general manager to build subscriptions and ad partnerships
Mike Rothman joins Daily Mail’s US arm in newly-created role of general manager.
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Charity websites hit by rollout of Google AI answers
Extensive Google AI summaries of health-related searches take traffic from charities.
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Cloudflare says bot blocking is fuelling publisher AI deals
Chief strategy officer on scarcity leading to licensing deals, and move to “pay-per-use”.
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Financial Times CEO Jon Slade to kick off Future of Media Technology Conference
The day-long conference in London on 10 September provides an essential briefing on revenue strategies.
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SFGate creates paywalled ad-free app as website traffic tumbles
San Francisco-based news site is first free Hearst newsbrand to add paid app.
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Which UK national newsbrands reach the most under-35s?
New research based on Ipsos iris data reveals proportion of young amongst audience of major online newsbrands.
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What I’ve learned: Express investigations editor Zak Garner-Purkis
Working for publications which can be ‘disrespected’ has given him ‘something to prove’.
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Fake Forbes websites and the PR agency offering guaranteed coverage – at a price
Fake iterations of the Forbes website are packed with AI-generated and promotional content.
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Top 50 US news websites: The Times of India and The Hill lead growth in July
Press Gazette’s monthly ranking of the top 50 news websites in the US, using Similarweb data.
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Boston Globe invests in local news, politics and sport to boost subscriptions
CEO Linda Henry tells Press Gazette how Globe is responding to AI summaries challenge.
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Top 50 English-language news sites in the world: BBC hits one billion visits
Press Gazette’s analysis of the 50 biggest English-language news websites in the world, updated monthly.
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New visa rules limit foreign journalists to 240-day stays in the US
Self-censorship fears raised over need for regulator visa renewals.
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BBC World Service moves from seven apps to one multilingual version
One app to service all BBC language users outside UK and US.
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What I’ve learned: NCTJ chief executive Joanne Forbes
Joanne shares her insights from a 30-year career in media.
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Non-website audience is focus of revenue growth for new Business Insider CEO
Christian Baesler shares his growth plans for Business Insider after being named permanent CEO.
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Andrew Pierce bid farewell to Daily Mail with Paul Dacre dinner
Pierce remains a GB News presenter.
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How Hello! fought back after saying goodbye to Google Discover traffic
Hello! is making the most of platforms like Apple News and MSN while it builds paid memberships.
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RAJARs Q2 2026: GB News radio audience up 34% as BBC dips
Full round-up of UK radio listening figures for the second quarter of 2026.
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People Inc not blocking Google ‘at the moment’ as it rolls out digital subscriptions
People Inc (formerly IAC) reveals 2% revenue fall in second quarter.
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‘Super users’ drive engagement as more people spend time on apps
Mobile app users’ habits revealed in media report from Pugpig offering industry benchmarks.
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What I’ve learned: Computer Weekly editor Bryan Glick
Campaigning editor shares his insights and warns Google is ‘killing quality journalism’.
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Live blogging mastery: Tips for publishers from Guardian’s Andrew Sparrow
The Guardian gets up to 15% of its total page views from live blogs.
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Belfast News Letter editor Ben Lowry made redundant
Iconic Media planning to create role of group editorial director for Northern Ireland.
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The prisoner’s dilemma: Why UK publishers are signing Google AI deals
Is short-term revenue and traffic being prioritised over long-term health of news industry?
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Tony Livesey leaves 5 Live following allegations against former Sport Newspapers boss David Sullivan
Story updated as Livesey leaves BBC radio show after 16 years.
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‘Funny and excoriating’ Sun columnist and broadcaster Rod Liddle dies aged 66
Liddle wrote a column for The Sunday Times and presented a show on Times Radio.
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Australia to tax Meta if it doesn’t pay news publishers
News Bargaining Incentive to levy Google, Meta and Tiktok unless they sign commercial news deals.
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Summer news diary 3 August – 6 September: Edinburgh Fringe, Burnham ‘listening tour’, Clacton by-election
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this summer, from the team at Foresight News.
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Creator-style content helps Time deliver seven-fold increase in Youtube views
Editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs says Time focus on social-first creator content is paying off.
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What I’ve learned: Newsguard co-founder Steven Brill on the fight for truth
Brill shares insights from his near 50-year career in media.
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Andrew Pierce departs Daily Mail after 17 years
Pierce continues as a presenter on GB News.
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Google adds Top Stories links to many news-related AI summaries
Entertainment is news category most likely to generate Top Stories carousel within AIO.
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Why reporting of Ann Widdecombe killing pushed legal boundaries
Daily Mail first to name suspect in Widdecombe murder case before charge.
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Police and crime commissioner to pay Allison Pearson ‘substantial damages’
Telegraph columnist receives five-figure sum in complaint against Essex police boss.
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Mail spent £35m fighting Harry’s ‘campaign for Leveson 2’ privacy claim
Claim was launched with ‘blaze of publicity’ and ‘monstrous all-out attack’ on Mail.
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What I’ve learned: Reach editor Natalie Fahy who fought against Reform ban
Nottingham Post editor and Reach London/East of England editor in chief shares her insights.
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Scotland’s Daily Record targeted by fascist-style protesters at office
NUJ has seen “increasing amount of abuse and threats” towards journalists in Scotland in recent weeks.
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‘Shot in the dark’ Daily Express Youtube show rises to top in under a year
Express video show follows repeatable formats with regular co-hosts and fewer “ding dongs”.
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‘First tremors’ of AI earthquake showing in digital revenue hit
Display ad revenue was biggest growth area among publishers surveyed by AOP.
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Nub News set to hit first profit after scaling down hyperlocal footprint
Nub News is due to reach £7.5k in profit after closing 17 locations in 18 months.
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Journalist response platform plays ‘whack-a-mole’ against AI deluge of PR content
Three more widely-published experts touted by PR industry appear not to exist
By New research reveals AI answers only as trusted as the newsbrands they cite
Survey reveals crucial part publishers play in providing plausible AI responses.
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News diary 27 July – 2 August: Apple and Meta results, Manchester mayor election and Commonwealth Games
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Mirror publisher to pay ‘substantial’ damages to model over alleged phone hacking
Model complained about hacking of voicemails relating to girlfriends Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz.
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The Hill subscriptions aimed at helping ‘superfans’ to ‘geek out’ with journalists
SVP of editorial content at US political site Bill Sammon on new subs offering.
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MI5 and police illegally grabbed journalist’s call records to find sources
Former BBC Northern Ireland journalist paid £20,000 in damages by MI5 and PSNI.
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Semafor wants to be ‘business outlet of record in the Gulf’
Gulf newsletter goes five days a week to capitalise on audience and commercial interest.
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New Internationalist crowdfunds magazine back from brink
Global affairs magazine raises more than £160,000 in fifth fundraising drive.
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Mike Soutar on what today’s media leaders can learn from Genghis Khan
Magazine industry titan shares lessons from history for dealing with big tech and AI challenges.
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Substack promotes human content with ‘scan for AI’ feature
Substack has partnered with AI plagiarism checker Pangram to introduce a new ‘scan for AI text’ feature. On any…
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Newsletter focus spells success for news digest brand The Knowledge
Newsletter brand started by The Week founder Jon Connell has 13,000 paying subscribers.
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Unreliable AI answers are ‘good enough’ for most users of platforms
Only one in four ChatGPT users say they click through to links.
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Reach moves away from ‘volume’ as traffic, revenue and share price plunge
Piers North reveals change of approach after disappointing H1 2026 results.
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Edward Stourton: ‘Rolls Royce’ broadcaster with ‘minimal ego’
Renowned journalist sacked by BBC for being too ‘posh’ but then reinstated dies aged 68..
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Hearst starts with ‘why’ as journalists asked to produce fewer articles
Plus, why Telegraph cut down its newsletters in quality over quantity focus.
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Amol Rajan tops BBC table for news moonlighters with £115k+ in events fees
Full details of BBC journalist outside earnings for April 2025 to March 2026 revealed.
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Cultural resistance hampers use of AI in newsrooms, new global survey finds
New study charts attitudes to AI across newsrooms in 86 countries.
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Google search traffic to leading UK publishers set to halve by Q3 2027
New AOP study reveals impact of AI overviews on search at eight leading UK publishers.
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News diary 20-26 July: Burnham announces Cabinet appointments, Google results, Tour de France finale
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Playboy magazine is back – with ‘respectful and modern’ take on female nudity
Playboy Bunnies and Playmates have returned to print.
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Former Sunday Mirror editor Paul Connew: ‘The ultimate news man’
Connew worked widely as a commentator and broadcaster in his post-tabloid career.
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Newsletter platform Beehiiv adds community features and programmatic advertising
Creator platform adds ability for subscribers to interact with each other.
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US copyright law has been weaponised to silence reporting around the world
Google is removing thousands of articles from search due to spurious DMCA requests.
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Daily Mail and Metro to pay ‘substantial’ libel damages to Loose Women panellist and husband
Titles published “serious and damaging allegations” falsely suggesting hatred of Jews.
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Dale Vince wins damages on appeal over ‘unfair’ Daily Mail headline juxtaposition
Green energy industrialist awarded damages after taking case to Court of Appeal.
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