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Ripping controversy: IB Times insiders concerned by change in newsroom...
A number of journalists at the UK edition of the International Business Times are concerned about what is seen as an over-reliance on content taken from other websites – a practice known as “ripping”...
View ArticleSun's Trevor Kavanagh sorry for 'The Muslim Problem' offence - but says 'fake...
Sun columnist Trevor Kavanagh has stood by his article about Muslim sex gangs accusing critics of a “concocted explosion of Labour and Islamic hysteria”. But he has apologised to anyone who was...
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Digital Journalism Summit 2017: 20 October, at News UK: How to make news pay...
Press Gazette has launched a new conference called the Digital Journalism Summit which aims to help news pay its way in the online era Held at The News Building, 1 London Bridge Street, this half-day...
View ArticleBBC chooses PA-owned tech firm to run shared local content hub in next step...
The BBC has chosen technology company Stream UK, owned by the Press Association, to provide the facility through which it will share local news content with members of the Local News Partnership....
View ArticleJobs at risk as Archant looks to sell local TV channel after failing to...
Archant is planning to sell its local TV service, putting staff at risk of redundancy, as the regional publisher’s chief executive admits the station has not been in profit since launching three years...
View ArticleInvestigative journalist Liz MacKean, who helped expose Jimmy Savile's sex...
Investigative journalist Liz MacKean, who left the BBC over its decision to drop her Newsnight probe exposing Jimmy Savile as a serial sex offender, has died at 52 following a stroke. MacKean worked...
View ArticleLondon local news report: Less 'on-the-ground reporting' amid falling...
A London Assembly report on the provision of local news in the capital has warned of a “democratic deficit” if coverage continues to be scaled back through paper closures and staff cuts. The Economy...
View ArticleNewspaper for young people tops UK children's magazine circulation for first...
First News, the weekly newspaper for seven to 14-year-olds, has recorded the highest circulation among children’s magazines in the UK for the first time since its launch 11 years ago. It came top out...
View ArticleOfcom could face judicial review over Rupert Murdoch's £11.7bn Sky takeover bid
Regulator Ofcom is facing a potential legal challenge on its ruling that Sky would remain “fit and proper” to hold a UK broadcasting licence if it was bought out by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox....
View ArticleNCTJ says disability 'no barrier to job in journalism' after student with...
The national journalism training body has said a disability “should not be a barrier” to newsroom employment after a teen with cerebral palsy was told he wouldn’t pass a journalism diploma because he...
View ArticleArchant reports interim profits down 46pc to £2.3m as fall in property market...
Local newspaper publisher Archant has described the first half of 2017 as “arguably one of the most difficult starts to the year for almost ten years” as it declared profits down 46 per cent...
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Channel 4's Jon Snow: Facebook and Google 'have to pay more to carry...
Channel 4 News broadcaster Jon Snow has said the likes of Facebook and Google “have to pay more to carry professional journalism” as he warned the status quo “cannot last”. Snow made the comments as he...
View ArticleScottish exam board creates new journalism course without shorthand after...
A Scottish exam board has created a new journalism course after telling a disabled teenager he would fail existing training because he was physically unable to write shorthand. Kyle Gunn had expressed...
View ArticleTrinity Mirror to close three weeklies in Cambridgeshire putting jobs at risk
Trinity Mirror is closing three weekly newspapers covering Cambridgeshire in what it claims is a “necessary” decision to “maintain a viable commercial operation”. Set to close next month are the...
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BBC, Guardian and Mail Online dominating computer news consumption, new...
The BBC, Guardian and Mail Online and are dominating news consumption on computers in the UK while the majority of news brands struggle with low engagement, a new study has revealed. The findings from...
View ArticleJohnston Press to restructure its Northern Ireland weekly news operation with...
Johnston Press is planning on restructuring its weekly news operation in Northern Ireland with the loss of eight full-time equivalent editorial roles. The regional publisher has twenty-plus titles in...
View ArticleArchant to create shared content hub for magazine titles putting five roles...
Archant is planning to create a shared content hub for its portfolio of consumer magazine titles that will result in five roles being put at risk of redundancy. Under the proposals, each magazine would...
View ArticleOldham Evening Chronicle folds after 163 years as 'majority' of its 49 staff...
The Oldham Evening Chronicle has gone into administration with the majority of its 49 staff made redundant and the daily paper, first established in 1854, ceasing publication. In a statement today,...
View ArticleOldham Evening Chronicle closure was 'bolt from the blue' to staff who were...
The closure of the Oldham Evening Chronicle yesterday as its owners went into administration came as a “bolt from the blue” to staff, according to the National Union of Journalists (NUJ). The...
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Survey suggests more than 1,000 UK bloggers think it is not important to...
Some 13 per cent of UK bloggers do not believe it is important to disclose the fact that some of their posts are sponsored, a survey has found. The statistic, revealed in a survey of bloggers by the...
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