Independent set to record best year since dropping print with profit up 100%
The Independent has doubled its operating profit this year and grown revenues by a third, Press Gazette understands. The Independent…
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A view from the US on how UK has become hot bed of news media innovation
Heidi Legg, lead research fellow at the Future of Media Project at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard,…
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Hedge fund Alden bids $140m for Lee Enterprises to expand its US local newspaper empire
Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund owner of Tribune Publishing, has made a $140m bid for US local media group…
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FT-backed site for start-ups Sifted takes £4m for 25% stake two years after launch
Financial Times-backed website Sifted, which covers the world of European start-ups, has raised £4m of investment funding for a 25%…
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Buzzfeed ad revenues rocket as publisher prepares to enter stock market
Buzzfeed’s advertising revenues are up 45% so far this year, providing another sign of the market’s strong growth in 2021.…
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‘We need to charge to survive’: Why the Boston Globe’s ‘dollar a day’ digital subscription policy is paying off
At first glance, the Boston Globe’s digital subscriber growth this year might appear underwhelming. After a bumper 2020, when its…
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100k Club: Top English-language news publishers reach 28m paying online readers
At least 30 English-language news publishers and publications now have 100,000 digital subscribers or more, Press Gazette research today shows.…
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CEO interview: Business booms for Bloomberg Media thanks to ad ‘windfall’ and 350,000 subs
For the US media, 2021 was supposed to be a year when fortunes came crashing down to earth. The end…
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