JPI Media set to close ten local newspapers across UK
JPI Media has unveiled plans to axe a further ten regional newspapers, from Portsmouth to Glasgow, as it looks to shore up the “long-term stability of the business”. The regional publisher said no jobs...
View ArticleProfits fall at Empire and Grazia magazine publisher Bauer amid print decline
Pre-tax profits at Empire and Grazia publisher Bauer Media fell by two-thirds last year as print magazines continue to decline. Bauer, which also publishes Heat, Mojo and Take a Break magazines, made a...
View ArticleReporter says Bureau of Investigative Journalism asked her to sign NDA
A former Bureau of Investigative Journalism reporter has said the non-profit news outfit tried to subject her to a non-disclosure agreement during an employment dispute. Melanie Newman brought a claim...
View ArticleNet loss of seven UK print magazine titles over last five years, analysis shows
There has been a net loss of seven national print magazines in the UK in the past five years, according to Press Gazette’s own analysis. Twenty-two print titles have closed in the UK since August 2014,...
View ArticleBBC launches new half-hour politics show fronted by Andrew Neil
The BBC is launching a new BBC Two politics show fronted by Andrew Neil. The Andrew Neil Show will run live for half-an-hour every Wednesday at 7pm on BBC Two, with the first episode to air next week....
View Article'Hundreds of stories going untold' at city magistrates' court every week,...
A study of a single magistrates’ court based in a major UK city found there were “hundreds of potential stories left untold” every week, painting a “grim picture” of the state of court reporting. Just...
View ArticleBoris Johnson's Telegraph column comparing Muslim women with 'letterboxes'...
There was a “significant spike” in Islamophobic incidents after Boris Johnson compared women in burkhas to “letterboxes” in his Daily Telegraph column, according to an anti-racism organisation. Tell...
View Article'Fake news' seen as mere 'nuisance' by young people, new Reuters Institute...
So-called “fake news” is seen as “more of a nuisance than a democratic meltdown” by young people, according to new research into news consumption among the under-35s. A survey of 20 young people,...
View ArticleJewish Chronicle pays out £50,000 and apologises for wrongly linking charity...
The Jewish Chronicle has paid out £50,000 in libel damages to a UK charity that provides aid to Palestinians after wrongly linking it to terrorism. The Chronicle claimed in an article in March that...
View ArticleTimes and Sunday Times editors outline proposals for 'resource sharing'
The editors of the Times and Sunday Times have proposed sharing resources across the travel, money, property and sport sections of the two newspapers, as well as in sports production. It follows a...
View ArticleBBC Andrew Neil Show launch watched by average audience of 800,000
The first episode of the Andrew Neil Show was watched by an average of 800,000 viewers on BBC Two last night after a rushed launch to cover the Brexit showdown taking place at Westminster. The live...
View ArticleTelegraph signed up nearly 500 new subscribers every day in record August
The Telegraph signed up more than 15,300 paying subscribers in August, the equivalent of nearly 500 each day on average. Press Gazette understands the figure is by some way the highest achieved by the...
View ArticleJournalists barred from Government-backed arms fair in 'shameful breach of...
Two journalists have been barred from a major arms fair being held in London this week, a decision which freedom of expression campaigners claimed “undermines the Government’s commitment to media...
View ArticleTI Media closes Marie Claire UK in print after 31 years
Magazine publisher TI Media is closing the print edition of women’s monthly Marie Claire in the UK. TI Media said today it is pursuing a “digital-first future” for the brand, which will see the...
View ArticleAnthology of Lyra McKee's work to serve as 'reminder of what we have lost'
An anthology of the work of journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot dead on the streets of Derry in April, will act as a “reminder of what we have lost”, her publisher said today. Faber and Faber has...
View ArticleMail publisher urges CMA to take ‘decisive action’ on Duopoly’s ad market...
The publisher of the Mail titles has urged “prompt and decisive action” over Facebook and Google’s dominance of the digital advertising market. DMG Media warned the news industry will “not be able to...
View ArticleBBC's Carrie Gracie: Leading battle for equal pay is 'both a privilege and a...
Being a figurehead in the equal pay battle has been both a “privilege and a curse,” the BBC’s former China editor Carrie Gracie has said. Gracie resigned from her role in January last year in protest...
View ArticleIndependent and Standard 'vindicated' by Ofcom report into Saudi investor...
Evening Standard and Independent owner Evgeny Lebedev has said an Ofcom report into the sale of shares in each title to a Saudi investor had “completely vindicated” their editorial integrity. In a...
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Sun defends Ben Stokes family tragedy story after cricketer slams it as...
The Sun has defended its front page story about the tragic past of England cricketer Ben Stokes’ family after the Ashes hero hit out at the paper online. The paper revealed the sportsman’s half-brother...
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Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas says journalist revealed his HIV status to his...
Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas has said a journalist revealed his HIV positive status to his parents before he had told them himself. Thomas, 45, has also said he was forced to go public about his...
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