Coronavirus outbreak impacts Informa B2B events worth £425m
The Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak has forced B2B company Informa to reschedule and cancel more than 100 events worth £425m in revenue, it has announced. The group said it was “seeing an impact” on...
View ArticleBudget: Chancellor sets out tax cut for digital newspapers and new levy on...
The Government has pledged to cut VAT on “e-newspapers” and impose a new levy on tech giants such as Google and Facebook. The measures were announced today in the Government’s first budget since Boris...
View ArticleBBC director-general says he hopes Victoria Derbyshire Show's journalism...
The Victoria Derbyshire Show’s journalism could find a new home on the BBC News channel, the corporation’s director-general has said as he defended plans to end the programme. Appearing before MPs on...
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‘The only people working more are journalists and doctors’: Italy...
In Italy, the European country worst affected by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, “the only people who seem to be working more than before are journalists and doctors”, according to one British...
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Coronavirus: Conde Nast and Irish Times staff members test positive for Covid-19
New cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) have been confirmed at the offices of Conde Nast in London and the Irish Times in Dublin. Magazine publisher Conde Nast told staff this morning that someone who has...
View ArticleQuestion Time to broadcast without audience as other shows taken off air at...
Question Time will be broadcast without a studio audience in new drastic measures at the BBC during the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. The BBC has said it is moving to a “core news service” on the...
View ArticleOne Show to offer health advice under changes to BBC output during...
The BBC has set out new changes to its output during the coronavirus pandemic, which include turning the One Show into a consumer programme for “all aspects of the crisis”. The nightly magazine-style...
View Article'Don't panic': Former FT editor Lionel Barber's coronavirus crisis-management...
There seems little doubt that for the news industry (and everyone else) the coronavirus pandemic is the biggest crisis since the financial meltdown of 2008. Back then three of the commercial pillars of...
View ArticleMail Online publisher Martin Clarke: 'How we rise to challenge of covering...
Publisher of Mail Online Martin Clarke has told staff that how they cover the coronavirus pandemic will define their careers. And in a rare all-hands email from the veteran newsman, Clarke assured...
View ArticleGovernment gives 'key worker' status to all journalists reporting on...
The Government has classed all journalists who are reporting on the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic as “key workers”, meaning they can access childcare and education provision while schools are shut....
View ArticleBig Issue faces 'permanent death' without financial support during...
The Big Issue could face “permanent death” within a month unless 60,000 subscribers sign up to receive the magazine during the peak period of coronavirus (Covid-19), its founder warned today. The...
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Marketers urged to 'back don't block British journalism' as Covid-19 hits...
While traffic to news websites is booming as people search for the latest news on the coronavirus (Covid-19), digital advertising, which should be bringing in vital revenue for publishers, is...
View ArticleBBC News puts restructure threatening 450 jobs on hold for Covid-19 crisis
Plans to cut 450 jobs in BBC News have been put on hold as the corporation faces up to the challenge of reporting during the coronavirus crisis. Outgoing BBC director-general Tony Hall told staff today...
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Shaun Lintern interview: The Independent's health writer on covering...
“At a time of national crisis you don’t suspend journalism, in fact it becomes even more important.” This is the view of Independent health correspondent Shaun Lintern when asked if the need for the...
View ArticleHow China's Covid-19 information war with US could be costing lives
Critical information about China’s battle with coronavirus could be lost because of the nation’s decision to expel several US journalists, Beijing experts and media campaigners have warned. The Chinese...
View ArticleFormer NatMags chief exec Terry Mansfield dies aged 81 after contracting...
Former president and chief executive of the National Magazine Company (now Hearst UK) Terry Mansfield has died aged 81 after contracting coronavirus (Covid-19). Mansfield, who died on Saturday, was...
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Going viral: Twitter and Facebook failing to contain Covid-19 misinformation
Vladimir Putin has released hundreds of lions and tigers on to the streets of Russia to enforce self-isolation. Hollywood celebrities are not being diagnosed with coronavirus – they are actually being...
View ArticleFuture to close six magazines and Kelsey Media shutters 'best-selling' boxing...
Future Publishing is planning to close six print titles, saying it has been “forced into making difficult decisions” as a drop in retail footfall impacts magazine sales. One of the titles has been...
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Interview: Head of Talksport Lee Clayton on running a sports radio station...
Head of Talksport Lee Clayton says his station’s responsibilities to its listeners during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic are to “continue to inform, entertain and also to give them some escape”....
View ArticleIt's now or never: What advertisers, Government, readers and big tech must do...
It’s been said that the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. As far as the coronavirus crisis goes we can all play our part: doing our bit as citizens to maintain the...
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