SPACs and the media: Why investment in news companies is on hold
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) have fallen out of fashion in media this year, meaning publishers are seeking new ways…
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Future of Media Explained podcast 7: How to make local news pay the USA way
The seventh episode of Press Gazette’s Future of Media Explained podcast takes a look at how some independent US publishers…
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‘There is a model out there that works’: America’s grassroots local news renaissance
When Jay Senter and Julia Westhoff founded the Shawnee Mission Post in 2010, few would have bet on the husband-and-wife…
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National World to hire and fire 30 in shift to new city websites
Regional publisher National World is cutting around 30 journalist jobs across the UK and replacing them with the same number…
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Time Out London comes to ‘happy, natural end’ in print
Time Out distributes its last London print copies on Thursday. The final edition leads on a “London Rising” theme and…
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1.2m subscribers propel The Economist to record revenue
The Economist had its most successful year financially since 2016 last year with profit up and record revenue, thanks to…
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US and Australia prove readers will subscribe to multiple news outlets
Most Americans who pay for news now subscribe to more than one outlet, according to a major report on trends…
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Return of the frees: How City AM proved sceptics wrong with post-Covid comeback
The editor of City AM has said the “underdog” free paper’s return to pre-pandemic distribution levels “probably proves a lot…
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