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Regional Newspapers

Fleet Street’s local newspaper goes out of business

City Matters launched in 2016 providing coverage of the Square Mile.

By Alice Brooker

Photo of Fleet Street’s local newspaper goes out of business

Top 50 news websites in the US in July: BBC drops five places as paywall introduced

Top 50 news websites in the US in July: BBC drops five places as paywall introduced

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Top 50 English-language news sites in the world: All but four report traffic declines in July

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UK and US publishers say Google AI is harming website traffic

Charlotte Tobitt

Publisher traffic sources: Google steady but social and direct referrals are down

Charlotte Tobitt

News UK staff union blames NI increase on below-inflation pay deal

News UK staff union blames NI increase on below-inflation pay deal

Alice Brooker

Digital Journalism

Smartnews launches new app to counter rage-bait and polarisation

Charlotte Tobitt

Latest News

Future of Media Technology Conference 2025: Full line-up

Future of Media Technology Conference 2025: Full line-up

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News diary 18-24 August: Kneecap terror charge hearing, Edinburgh TV Festival, Notting Hill Carnival

News diary 18-24 August: Kneecap terror charge hearing, Edinburgh TV Festival, Notting Hill Carnival

Foresight News

Press freedom groups flag China links of new prospective Telegraph owners

Press freedom groups flag China links of new prospective Telegraph owners

Alice Brooker

Reach hiring journalists in Australia to cover UK overnight hours

Reach hiring journalists in Australia to cover UK overnight hours

Charlotte Tobitt

The Wire: Job moves | M&A | Rulings

Telegraph inaccurately calculated 'one in 12 in London is illegal migrant' stat, IPSO finds

Mistakes and Rulings

3 days ago

Telegraph inaccurately calculated ‘one in 12 in London is illegal migrant’ stat, IPSO finds

Charlotte Tobitt

Stephen Bacon: 'Hugely gifted and much liked' longtime Express and Star media lawyer

11 August

Stephen Bacon: ‘Hugely gifted and much liked’ longtime Express and Star media lawyer

Justin Walford

Partner Content

Data and tech overhaul paved way for Prensa Iberica expansion

Partner content

Data and tech overhaul paved way for Prensa Iberica expansion

Rob Griffin

Outsourcing your content licensing: Five reasons why

Partner content

Outsourcing your content licensing: Five reasons why

Wright's Media

How 20-strong PA Media puzzles team feeds growing publisher demand for brain teasers

Partner content

How 20-strong PA Media puzzles team feeds growing publisher demand for brain teasers

Freddy Mayhew

The most profitable revenue stream some publishers have never heard of

Partner content

The most profitable revenue stream some publishers have never heard of

Dominic Ponsford

Editor's Picks

Google told to ‘stop the BS’ as it claims AI has not harmed website clickthroughs

Charlotte Tobitt

AI Overviews cutting publisher clickthrough rates by 50%, new report finds

Alice Brooker

How Which? is building a long-term subscriber base less reliant on quick washing machine decisions

How Which? is building a long-term subscriber base less reliant on quick washing machine decisions

Charlotte Tobitt

National Newspapers

Inside The Observer’s Salt Path investigation: Legal hurdles, ‘AI’ book and putting new version of paper on the map

Alice Brooker

National Newspapers

The Times: From loss-making broadsheet to profit on a tiny screen

Dominic Ponsford

Future of Media Awards shortlist highlights best of digital journalism in 2025

Digital Journalism

Future of Media Awards shortlist highlights best of digital journalism in 2025

Charlotte Tobitt

Publishers

Newspaper ABCs: FT reports smallest annual print circulation drop in July

Newspaper ABCs: FT reports smallest annual print circulation drop in July

Charlotte Tobitt

'Local Authority' proves paid-for local news can work in UK towns as well as big cities

Regional Newspapers

‘Local Authority’ proves paid-for local news can work in UK towns as well as big cities

Lauren Lisk

Future expands paid online content offering with Tom's Hardware launch

Future expands paid online content offering with Tom’s Hardware launch

Charlotte Tobitt

Bloomberg Media reports growing subs, advertising and events revenue

Bloomberg Media reports growing subs, advertising and events revenue

Charlotte Tobitt

Tech Platforms

Who's suing AI and who's signing: Major Japan newspaper sues Perplexity, while Gannett signs

Who’s suing AI and who’s signing: Major Japan newspaper sues Perplexity, while Gannett signs

Charlotte Tobitt

Meta says businesses will be able to report scam ads 'at scale' after spate of impersonations

Ads & Marketing

Meta says businesses will be able to report scam ads ‘at scale’ after spate of impersonations

Charlotte Tobitt

Why publishers should worry about growing reliance on Google Discover

Why publishers should worry about growing reliance on Google Discover

David Buttle

Major UK publishers have seen Google search visibility 'drop by up to 80%' since 2019

Major UK publishers have seen Google search visibility ‘drop by up to 80%’ since 2019

Charlotte Tobitt

Comment

Tim Dawson

Freelance journalists given rare chance to ‘right wrongs’ of unfair payment practices

Dominic Young

There’s only one way the news industry will win in the AI era: together

Mandy Gardner

Clickbait has become ‘self-perpetuating cycle’ drowning out genuine news

Tini Sevak

Why news is one of the safest places for advertising to go

Advertising and Marketing

Adblockers stop publishers serving ads to (or even seeing) 1bn web users

Charlotte Tobitt

Gay Times raises £150k from supporters after advertiser diversity backlash

Charlotte Tobitt

Prorata: The generative AI player planning to share revenue with publishers

Prorata: The generative AI player planning to share revenue with publishers

Charlotte Tobitt

From ‘hedged gardens’ to new metrics: How publishers can grow ad revenue

Dominic Ponsford

Google Offerwall explained: Easy way for publishers to test pay-as-you-go and ad-gated access

Richard Headland

Google’s site reputation abuse policy: the wrong solution to a real problem

Google’s site reputation abuse policy: the wrong solution to a real problem

Richard Reeves

Media Data

Publishers see apps as solution to vanishing social traffic, says Pugpig

Survey of publishers finds email is now the best way to drive app downloads.

By Alice Brooker

Photo of Publishers see apps as solution to vanishing social traffic, says Pugpig

GB News marks milestone on mission to be biggest TV news channel in UK by 2028

Broadcast Journalism

GB News marks milestone on mission to be biggest TV news channel in UK by 2028

Charlotte Tobitt

50 biggest UK news websites in June: Express audience up by almost a third in a year

Press Gazette

RAJARs Q2 2025: Times Radio reports record year-on-year growth

Alice Brooker

Nick Robinson and Fiona Bruce are top-paid BBC journalists after Huw Edwards exit

World's biggest news websites: Japan and Brazil sites top ranking

World’s biggest news websites: Japan and Brazil sites top ranking

Dominic Ponsford

How Google AI Overviews is fuelling zero-click searches for top publishers

Charlotte Tobitt

Future of Media US

US news giants grow revenue despite AI-driven turmoil

Thomson Reuters, News Corp, People Inc and NYT have strong quarters.

By Dominic Ponsford

Photo of US news giants grow revenue despite AI-driven turmoil

White House embraces rise of 'newsfluencers'

White House embraces rise of ‘newsfluencers’

Liam Scott

'Unbiased' US news publisher believes app is key in world of AI search summaries

Digital Journalism

‘Unbiased’ US news publisher believes app is key in world of AI search summaries

Alice Brooker

Ladbible launches Betches in UK to talk ‘with, not to’ millennial and Gen Z women

Digital Journalism

Ladbible launches Betches in UK to talk ‘with, not to’ millennial and Gen Z women

Charlotte Tobitt

The Atlantic and The Economist among initial partners for Google 'featured notebooks'

Digital Journalism

The Atlantic and The Economist among initial partners for Google ‘featured notebooks’

Jessica Patterson

The Big Interview

How to build a 70-strong newsbrand with 20,000 subscribers in a warzone

How to build a 70-strong newsbrand with 20,000 subscribers in a warzone

Dominic Ponsford

Reach in the US: 70-strong team is turning a profit with more growth planned

Reach in the US: 70-strong team is turning a profit with more growth planned

Charlotte Tobitt

Podcasts, paywalls and Apple News fuel growing profitability at Immediate Media

Podcasts, paywalls and Apple News fuel growing profitability at Immediate Media

Dominic Ponsford

President of Canada's Bell Media says FAST news channel growing quickly

President of Canada’s Bell Media says FAST news channel growing quickly

Charlotte Tobitt

Paywall launch was fourth-time lucky for Belfast Telegraph publisher

Paywall launch was fourth-time lucky for Belfast Telegraph publisher

Alice Brooker

Bustle focuses on originality and access as revenue grows 38%

Bustle focuses on originality and access as revenue grows 38%

Ex-Mirror editor Alison Phillips on true crime, the future of tabloids and positive news

Ex-Mirror editor Alison Phillips on true crime, the future of tabloids and positive news

Dominic Ponsford

Why the Financial Times has gone long with video

Why the Financial Times has gone long with video

Charlotte Tobitt

Media Law

Secrecy order wrongly given to murdered child after no reporters attended court

Alice Brooker

Youtuber’s libel claim against Spectator dismissed after reporting was ‘substantially true’

Charlotte Tobitt

Courts to notify journalists of reporting restrictions so they can be challenged

Courts to notify journalists of reporting restrictions so they can be challenged

Ellen Ehrlich

Broadcast Journalism

Public service broadcasters need ‘stable’ funding for news and prominence on Youtube, Ofcom finds

Alice Brooker

Afghan data breach super injunction ‘deeply disturbing’ for press freedom, says Lewis Goodall

Alice Brooker

Prince Harry lawyers told to disclose details of payments to witnesses in Mail trial

Prince Harry lawyers told to disclose details of payments to witnesses in Mail trial

Dominic Ponsford

Promoted Solutions

The publishing platform for media companies: Glide

Partner content

The publishing platform for media companies: Glide

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SWNS at 50: 'Culture of excellence' behind success of biggest independent UK news agency

Partner content

SWNS at 50: ‘Culture of excellence’ behind success of biggest independent UK news agency

Bron Maher

New technology from EX.CO helps publishers double on-site video revenue

Partner content

New technology from EX.CO helps publishers double on-site video revenue

Dominic Ponsford

Impress: Regulation, arbitration and complaints resolution

Partner content

Impress: Regulation, arbitration and complaints resolution

Impress

Latest Podcasts

Podcast 91: Video masterclass with PA Media's Joe Pickover

Podcast 91: Video masterclass with PA Media’s Joe Pickover

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Podcast 90: Death of the website, the never-ending pivot to video and why Dom loves Substack

Podcast 90: Death of the website, the never-ending pivot to video and why Dom loves Substack

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Podcast 89: Alison Phillips on crime, tabloids and positive news

Podcast 89: Alison Phillips on crime, tabloids and positive news

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Podcast 88: Making political news pay the Politico way

Podcast 88: Making political news pay the Politico way

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