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Martyn Brown promoted from deputy political editor.
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Steinberg was in the role for approximately a year and a half.
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Mail leadership shake-up as Mail Online boss becomes CEO
Ted Verity becomes editor-in-chief across all platforms including Mail Online.
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Standard chief commercial officer to leave business
James White will helping lead the new structure at the Standard until the end of November.
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Michael Jermey to leave ITV after 16 years as director of news and current affairs
Jermey will chair the Disasters Emergency Committee.
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Standard managing editor Jack Lefley to replace Pete Clifton as PA editor-in-chief
Lefley's departure was announced the week after the Standard relaunched as a weekly paper.
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Michael Gove to replace Fraser Nelson as Spectator editor under new ownership
Fraser Nelson will become an associate editor after 15 years at the helm.
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Mark Allen Group buys travel and aviation publisher Sixth Continent Holdings
The deal covers flagship title The Moodie Davitt Report as well as its three travel industry events.
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Gary Jones, editor credited with detoxifying Express, bows out
Express editor Gary Jones, who revived reputation of brand, exits after six years in the job.
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TBIJ, Open Democracy and Bristol Cable join press regulator Impress
Impress says the new members are "three of the most innovative publishers" in the UK.
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Footballco recruits CTO from betting media firm to help grow e-commerce business
Leigh has previously worked at Johnston Press and Telegraph Media Group.
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Evening Standard appoints Condé Nast’s Albert Read as executive chairman
Read joins after 25 years at the magazine business.
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Sky Bet reprimanded by ICO over unlawful cookie usage
ICO also said cookie usage at 99 of the top 100 websites is now compliant.
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Mail Online removes ‘Britain’s grimmest’ village story after Gavin Williamson complaint
The former defence and education secretary argued the Mail story contained several inaccuracies.
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Business title Raconteur bought by US-based B2B publisher Technology Advice
Raconteur will "continue to operate as an independent business".
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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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Ex-Evening Standard CEO Charles Yardley joins Khaleej Times
Yardley is moving to Dubai for the new role.
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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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Martin Chulov byline page deleted by Guardian after exit from title
Martin Chulov denies allegations against him.
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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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Former Mirror editor Alison Phillips takes PR and public affairs role
Alison Phillips joins MHP Group as senior adviser.
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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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New Conde Nast chief revenue officer to join from Yahoo
Elizabeth Herbst-Brady will succeed Pamela Drucker Mann.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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PA Media and German news agency boost investment in financial news provider
Alliance News celebrated its tenth anniversary last year.
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Patrick Stoddart, who had ‘journalism in the blood’, dies aged 79
Stoddart is a former Sunday Times TV critic, media consultant and University of Westminster lecturer.
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Death of war correspondent Kim Sengupta at 68 is ‘devastating loss’ for Independent
Sengupta covered every major conflict of the past 30 years.
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Guardian voluntary redundancy round ends with some prominent departures
Guardian had been targeting cost savings of 4-5% this year.
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Ex-Emap CEO joins FT-backed news site for start-ups Sifted as chair
Natasha Christie-Miller to replace Caspar Woolley who remains a major shareholder.
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Hugo Rifkind to succeed Matt Chorley as Times Radio morning presenter
Chorley announced in May he was leaving Times Radio for the BBC.
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Informa to buy Cannes Lions owner Ascential as it reveals price of AI deals
Deal confirmed as Informa's half-year results show revenue growth of 11% and underlying profits up 19%.
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City AM signs content sharing deal with Reach and brings back familiar face as editor
Christian May returns as editor-in-chief after four years away.
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Observer editor Paul Webster to retire after six years in job
Before becoming editor Webster was The Observer's deputy editor for 22 years.
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Pete Clifton to step down after ten years as editor of PA
The agency chief will step down from full-time work after 43 years in journalism.
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National World buys second sports brand in two months amid specialist drive
Serious About Rugby League and Athletics Weekly are latest National World acquisitions.
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City AM editor Andy Silvester steps down after almost four years
A new editor for City AM has already been appointed but not yet named.
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Trevor Kavanagh retires: Fleet Street ‘great’ who stood up for arrested colleagues
At 81, Kavanagh says both he and Joe Biden should step down.
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Washington Post ‘third newsroom’ creation gets underway
Krissah Thompson will oversee the building of a project that the Post hopes will develop new revenue streams.
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BBC News deputy CEO Jonathan Munro promoted to global director
As BBC News global director Munro will have new responsibilities for BBC Monitoring and the World Service.
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ITV News names Emma Murphy as international editor
Murphy takes over from Rageh Omaar who moves to an analyst role.
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Fieldsports Press acquisition spree continues with four titles from David Hall Publishing
Gunmart, Gun Trade World, What Gun? and The Sporting Airgun Handbook are latest to join Fieldsports.
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Channel 4 News ‘integrity underscored’ by Ofcom decision not to investigate Reform UK actor claim
Farage is also in disputes with the BBC and the Mail on Sunday.
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Former Telegraph deputy editor Jane Bruton to lead Good Housekeeping UK
Bruton previously spent ten years as editor-in-chief of Grazia.
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NUJ general secretary Michelle Stanistreet to step down after 13 years
Stanistreet said the days of general secretaries leading unions until they retire "are behind us".
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Health Service Journal sold by Wilmington to private equity firm in £26m deal
HSJ has been owned by Wilmington since 2017.
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Robert Winnett will stay at Telegraph after Washington Post move controversy
Robert Winnett was tipped as "future editor material" back in 2007 at The Sunday Times.
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Telegraph vindicated by IPSO over ‘Whatsapp files’ Matt Hancock front page
Hancock complained the 'Lockdown Files' gave an incomplete picture and he was not approached for comment.
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Amber de Botton joins The Guardian as communications chief
ACOBA says appointment of de Botton after she left Downing Street is low risk but sets lobbying restrictions.
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Sacked S4C boss loses privacy complaint over ‘signed off with stress’ story
Sian Doyle told publication of her medical information was in the public interest.
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AFP appoints new editor-in-chief as Sophie Huet moves to AI strategy role
Mehdi Lebouachera will succeeded Sophie Huet from 5 November.
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Publishers alarmed over IPSO ruling against report of evidence heard in open court
Critics say regulator has strayed into making its own editorial judgments.
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NCTJ chairman Kim Fletcher steps down after two decades
Fletcher has been given the new honorary title emeritus chairman.
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Andrew Neil to start at Times Radio one month ahead of election
Matt Chorley to continue at Times Radio in the lead-up to the election despite plan to leave for BBC…
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Gerard Greaves to leave Mail group as Katie Davies named new US editor
Greaves has spent an "extended period" on compassionate leave.
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German magazine in £170k payout over AI-generated Schumacher interview
Editor could also secure payout from publisher over unfair dismissal claim.
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Open Democracy wins complaint against Express over George Soros claim
IPSO said the article could create a misleading impression about Open Democracy's editorial independence.
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Sun, Telegraph and Metro cleared by IPSO over report of claim Hamas ‘beheaded babies’ on 7 October
Newspapers reported disputed incident as a claim, regulator finds.
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5Pillars censured over podcast promoting ‘hatred and abuse’ of Jews and LGBT people
Impress issues ruling over interview with far-right political figure Mark Collett.
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Ofcom weighs up sanction for GB News after ‘serious and repeated’ impartiality breaches
Move towards sanction comes after People's Forum programme with Rishi Sunak.
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Cash for questions Tory MP has IPSO complaint against The Times rejected
Times undercover investigation into cash for questions was in the public interest, IPSO says.
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Isobel Yeung joins CNN’s London bureau as international correspondent
Award-winning international investigative journalist Yeung had spent a decade at Vice News.
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Social-first publisher The News Movement grows commercial team
First ever sales role created in the UK for social-born and focused publisher, The News Movement.
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Fresh leadership team for Mirror announced to support new editor-in-chief
It comes a week after Reach confirmed Caroline Waterston as the Mirror's new editor-in-chief.
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Trump International golf resort loses complaint against The Scotsman
Article criticised food hygiene standards at Trump's first Scotland property.
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New European names James Ball as its first political editor
Ball is taking on the role ahead of the upcoming UK general election.
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LBC confirms Sangita Myska is out as Vanessa Feltz joins
A petition had been set up for Myska to be "reinstated".
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Caroline Waterston officially becomes Mirror editor after Alison Phillips departure
Waterston, editor-in-chief for magazines and supplements, will lead the Mirror on a permanent basis.
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David Lammy leaves LBC ahead of election and is replaced by Lewis Goodall
Goodall will lead a new flagship politics show in the competitive Sunday morning slot.
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Ex-Treasury minister to replace Sir Paul Marshall on GB News board
Sir Paul Marshall said he was leaving GB News on a "secure growth trajectory".
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Former Dow Jones membership chief Suzi Watford joins Washington Post
Watford previously led memberships and marketing at Dow Jones alongside Will Lewis.
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ITV News hires Newsnight deputy as head of streaming service
Becky Emmett will lead the editorial strategy for ITV News content on ITVX.
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Huw Edwards resigns from BBC ‘on medical advice’
Edwards has been off screens since July 2023 after allegations made against him.
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Nuala McGovern to succeed Emma Barnett on Woman’s Hour
Barnett is leaving Woman's Hour to join the BBC Radio 4 Today line-up.
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Two motorsport journalists leave News UK for Autosport
Rebecca Clancy joins from The Times where she is motor racing correspondent.
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ITN ‘trailblazer’ Diana Edwards-Jones dies aged 91
ITN CEO Rachel Corp said she hopes other women are inspired by the legacy of Edwards-Jones.
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Ex-Reach editor-in-chief joins board of Westminster PR agency
Embley left Reach after 30 years last summer.
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BBC says omission of trans identity of murderer Scarlet Blake was breach of accuracy rules
The BBC's style guide says journalists should "generally" use a person's preferred terms and pronouns.
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Henry Winter made redundant from The Times as Mail sports journalists await restructure
The news follows recent cuts to sports desks at the Scotsman, Daily Record and Scottish Daily Mail.
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Leslie Parkin obituary: Yorkshire Evening Post veteran dies aged 98
The former chief sub and chief assistant editor described his career in one word as "fun".
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BBC faces Pandora Papers libel trial versus Tory donor Amersi after defamation ruling
Mohamed Amersi is seeking damages of up to £100,000 against an episode of Panorama and a BBC News article…
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Business Post at ‘pivotal moment’ with new correspondents outside Ireland
New roles in UK and Brussels mark "a pivotal moment" in the paper's evolution, CEO says.
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Joe Media bought out of administration for second time
Joe.co.uk previously went into administration in June 2020 but continued to suffer "sustained losses".
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Ofcom warns TalkTV over ‘potentially offensive’ Julia Hartley-Brewer interview with Palestinian MP
And regulator announces investigation into episode of Labour MP David Lammy's LBC show
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Kamal Ahmed to leave The News Movement and launch daily news podcast at Telegraph
Ahmed, one of five co-founders of The News Movement, will co-host The Daily T with Camilla Tominey.
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GB News hires first US correspondent in expansion of GBN America
Steven Edginton, a former Brexit Party staffer, joins the broadcaster from The Daily Telegraph.
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National World sells tech provider it bought in September
National World bought Press Computer Systems alongside Midlands News Association.
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The Independent takes over Buzzfeed UK brands including Huffpost
They say the deal will create "Britain's biggest publisher network" for Gen Z and millennials.
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Alamy boss Emily Shelley named new PA Media chief executive
Shelley will succeed Clive Marshall, who is retiring after 14 years leading the business.
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