Top 50 English-language news sites in the world: No traffic growth among ten biggest
Press Gazette’s analysis of the 50 biggest English-language news websites in the world, updated monthly.
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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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Top 50 news websites in the US in November: Ten newsbrands down by over 40% in a year
Press Gazette’s monthly ranking of the top 50 news websites in the US, using Similarweb data.
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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…
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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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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.
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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.
By 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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50 biggest UK news websites in October: Daily Star up, Forbes down
Press Gazette’s monthly ranking of the top 50 news websites in the UK.
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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.
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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
Smith to begin new role based in New York in the New Year.
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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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The Economist reveals revenue growth as Rothschild stake up for sale
Expressions of interest being gathered for Rothschild family 27% stake in The Economist.
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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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Who are the UK’s national newspaper editors?
An up-to-date page so you can keep track of all the UK’s national newspaper editors.
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Observer confirms departure of editor Lucy Rock
Title’s first female editor was announced in December 2024.
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The tech stack powering TTG bid to capture 90% of UK travel market
Reader data is key to success of the free travel industry news website.
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Politico journalists fight back over AI tools that published ‘glaring errors’
Journalists across the US launch ‘News Not Slop’ campaign seeking AI safeguards.
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How Essentially Sports grew from $100 domain to $8m-plus annual turnover
Sports news site, founded in dorm room, provides fans-eye view of sport.
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Canadian streaming TV platform invests in news
Addition of news part of plan for Crave to reach six million subscribers by end of 2028.
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Guardian faces trial after influencer sues over ‘alt-right agitator’ label
Andy Ngo said ‘alt-right’ label synonymous with racist or far-right beliefs.
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News diary 1-7 December: 2026 World Cup draw, Just Stop Oil M25 sentencing
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda in the week ahead, from the team at…
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News publishers file criminal complaint against Mark Zuckerberg over scam ads
Swedish publishers alarmed over Facebook ads using journalists and media brands
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Manchester Evening News launches paywall
Title begins charging online for premium content.
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Observer launches first paywall and ditches Guardian-era masthead
Digital subscriptions to The Observer are priced at £16 per month.
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News publishers who are beating social media networks at their own game
Canada’s Village Media and South Africa’s Daily Maverick built their own social media platforms.
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The Week Junior: Ten years of proving the young still read print journalism
Future’s news magazine for children has seen a subscription model drive its success.
By Gulf between AI journalism hype and concerns at the coalface revealed
AI does not appear to have freed journalists from mundane tasks as promised.
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Scam ads on Meta in UK likely worth more than all online news advertising
Meta likely made more than £600m from fraudulent UK advertising in 2024.
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ChatGPT took Press Gazette content then said that could not have happened
World’s leading LLM said it could not have done the thing it did.
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Journalist.net: The platform enabling any publisher to draw on global newsroom
Journalist.net provides a simple way to find and pay freelance journalists.
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DMG Media expands social media publishing team with senior hires
Sponsored content funds DMG Media’s publishing operation on Tiktok and Instagram.
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Gamified news app secures $100k funding boost
Newsreel offers Duolingo-style gamified experience of news content.
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Dale Vince launches green media brand: Babelfish
The title is starting with quarterly print circulation but has big ambitions.
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Telegraph deal gives Rothermere UK print dominance, but regulators should wave it through
What DMGT’s £500m bid for Telegraph means and what happens next.
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Express business coverage found to have breached Editors’ Code 12 times this year
Regulator has repeatedly censured Express over misleading headlines.
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Inside Housing closes print but expands digital output
Inside Housing published its first print magazine 41 years ago
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News diary 24-30 November: MPs grill BBC chair over Panorama scandal, Autumn Budget and Black Friday
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda in the week ahead, from the team at…
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AI cannot replace human insight and inspiration, says People Inc tech chief
Former physicist Jon Roberts is chief innovation officer at People Inc.
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Metro to cut staff as web traffic declines and focus shifts to social video growth
The title will “focus resources in areas with the highest potential for growth”.
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AI has helped break news ecosystem, but could also fix it – says agency boss
Michael Leidig’s NewsX is a bid to make on the ground reporting pay again.
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Four ways publishers should respond to the generative AI shift
How publishers can adapt infrastructure in response to AI changes.
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Interview: How Forbes CEO Sherry Phillips is responding to Google challenge
Building communities more important than ever as Google takes scale opportunities away.
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UK public service journalism heroes recognised at British Journalism Awards
Express, FT, Guardian, The i, Standard and Eastern Eye make public service shortlist.
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2025 journalism job cuts tracked: 150 journalists laid off at NBC News
This page will stay up-to-date with redundancies and layoffs hitting UK and US journalists in 2025.
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Wall Street Journal and Washington Post tech chiefs on personalisation for publishers
Insights from Arc XP, Wall Street Journal, Guardian and BBC execs on Web 3.0.
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BBC puts 84 product delivery managers at risk of redundancy
Move follows adoption of Silicon Valley Product Group model.
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Owen Meredith leaving NMA to join Mail group as head of public policy
Current CEO of the News Media Association replacing editor emeritus Peter Wright.
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Bloomberg uses ‘synthetic characters’ to test out products and marketing
COO Julia Beizer shared insights into how the business giant has grown subscribers and revenue.
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Kelvin MacKenzie praises ‘decent Guardian journalism’ and says he was ‘duped’ over hacking
Former Sun editor speaks out over News of the World hacking cover up for first time.
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Nursing Times ends 120-year print run to focus on digital growth
Just 100 of the Metropolis-owned title’s subscribers are print only.
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Financial Times launches first Substack newsletter to target younger readers
The publisher joins titles including Daily Mail in joining newsletter platform.
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Raconteur team halved following Technology Advice takeover
Some insiders concerned over AI use and rollout of tracking software.
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Express offers compensation after freelances say work was stolen
First person account of rail journey apparently rewritten using AI.
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Newspaper ABCs: Five nationals see double-digit weekday and Saturday declines
Press Gazette’s monthly analysis of ABC national newspaper circulation figures.
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News diary 17-23 November: Asylum policy statement, UK inflation data, and South Africa hosts G20
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
By Telegraph seeks quick auction as former bidders could re-enter the race
Redbird drops £500m Telegraph bid in face of internal backlash.
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News publishers win first round of copyright claim against AI start-up Cohere
Judgment described as “first step towards justice” for publishers.
By BBC apologises to Trump but offers five reasons why it won’t pay his claim
BBC “strongly disagrees” Trump has grounds for a defamation claim.
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Footballco gears up for World Cup in 2026 with Youtube and affiliate revenue drivers
Footballco CEO Juan Delgado targets $100m (£76m) revenue in World Cup year 2026.
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Richard Tice wins British Steel IPSO complaints against Reach titles
Mirror, Sunday People and Daily Record titles all published corrections over British Steel stories.
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Michael Peralta returns to Future as chief revenue officer
Peralta tasked with uniting strengths of Future’s diversifying revenue streams.
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Keyword search dying, video search is future says Sky News boss
Press Gazette interviewed heads of Sky News, ITN and Euronews at Web Summit.
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Country Life editor Mark Hedges crosses 1,000 issues: We’re ‘the great print triumph’
Hedges says Country Life avoided “malaise” of other magazines by not jumping online and sacrificing print.
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Youtube dominance is mirroring what Google and Facebook did to publishers
Youtube running Netflix’s playbook and content companies are falling for it again.
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Kamal Ahmed joins Fortune as editorial director for UK and Europe
Ahmed was director of audio at The Telegraph and co-hosted The Daily T podcast until this summer.
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The public haven’t been fooled: it’s time to stop pretending Leveson lessons were learned
Press Recognition Panel chair says new research shows people remain sceptical of media standards.
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Google promises Discover ‘fix’ as more fake AI stories top rankings
Discover feed being flooded by fake and ‘deliberately alarming or surprising’ headlines.
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How crime content is powering Daily Mail’s podcast expansion
It’s back to the future for a title which has always been strong on crime coverage.
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Bauer closes Modern Gardens magazine and ends Trail in print
Co-CEO says decisions “reflect broader market challenges”.
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Foresight News taken over in management buyout from Centaur
Departure of Foresight News from Centaur follows sales of The Lawyer and Marketing Week.
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Publishers offered 50% revenue share in pay-per-article data platform for PRs
Around 500 newsbrands have signed up to Newsworthy.
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Manchester Evening News pays £16k damages to Bob Vylan frontman
Reach publication wrongly stated Pascal Robinson had performed Nazi salutes on stage.
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Trump thanks Telegraph for ‘exposing’ BBC as Tim Davie and Deborah Turness resign
Trump press secretary backs GB News and calls BBC “100% fake news”.
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News diary 10-16 November: Prince Harry v Associated Newspapers hearing, Lammy faces prisoner release questions, I’m a Celeb returns
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
By Telegraph revenue and profit flat in 2024 amid ongoing ownership limbo
Telegraph spends more than £30m on still-unfinished takeover process in two years.
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