How the New York Times' digital subscription drive has compensated for the...
At first glance, news that digital revenues have overtaken print for the first time in the New York Times’ history appears to be a PR-friendly way of deflecting from the collapse of its advertising...
View ArticleEvening Standard set to cut staff as business among hardest hit by Covid-19...
The Evening Standard is set to cut staff after its business model was left in tatters by the coronavirus crisis and UK lockdown. Up to 115 staff are affected, including 69 in editorial, according to...
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How low-tech email 'weathered the storm' to become vital part of UK media...
Email newsletters could end up with circulations rivalling those of newspapers in Fleet Street’s heyday, the New Statesman’s political editor has claimed, as they continue to grow in popularity....
View ArticleHouse of Lords committee: Google and Facebook must face UK regulation - and...
A House of Lords committee is demanding the UK Government introduce new legislation allowing regulators to sanction tech giants and tackle a “pandemic of misinformation” that is threatening lives and...
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ABC figures show most regional dailies lost 10-20% of circulation in lockdown
The Manchester Evening News saw its circulation more than halve during the Covid-19 lockdown, while almost every other regional daily kept their declines under 20%. The MEN’s apparent decline came...
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Young journalists of colour speak out about being 'disenfranchised' and...
The “shocking” lack of diversity in the UK’s newsrooms is making young journalists of colour feel “disenfranchised”, “alienated” and “isolated”, Press Gazette has heard. It also means they feel...
View ArticleApple accused of making 'aggressive move' to 'intercept' news publishers'...
Publishers are concerned that a technical change to Apple’s software will lead to traffic being diverted from their websites to Apple News+. Apple, which has not responded to Press Gazette requests for...
View ArticleNesta Future News Fund tells Government: 'Antiquated' journalism industry...
Funding to support innovation in the news industry is desperately needed after Covid-19 exposed how much of the sector is still “too wedded to antiquated ways of doing things”, according to a new...
View ArticleSome 169 lawyers and legal groups join calls for Julian Assange extradition...
Lawyers and legal academics have called on the UK Government to end extradition proceedings against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and release him from prison. Assange is fighting to avoid being sent...
View ArticleUK's first black TV reporter Barbara Blake-Hannah: 'Journalists are the most...
Fifty years on Barbara Blake-Hannah does not like to talk about the racism that cut short her career as the UK’s first black on-screen TV reporter for Thames Television. Working alongside Eamonn...
View ArticleTimes Radio launch-day verdict: A cautious thumbs-up for Rupert Murdoch's...
Launching a new national talk-based radio station in the midst of a pandemic lockdown could not have been easy. But News UK pulled it off yesterday with barely a hitch. And on the whole it fulfilled...
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Our top 2020 podcast picks for journalists
Since many people have found more time to listen to podcasts since the Covid-19 lockdown, we’ve compiled a list of the best podcasts we think are useful listens for journalists. Podcasts are booming...
View ArticleUK local newspaper closures: At least 265 local newspaper titles gone since...
Thirty-three local newspapers have closed in the UK since the start of 2019, according to new Press Gazette analysis. A further 13 print titles were launched, making a net loss of 20 between 1 January...
View ArticleFormer Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger: 'Surprising that more can't see...
Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger has said the ongoing US extradition case against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is “disturbing” and “has worrying implications for all journalists”. And he has...
View ArticleBBC England to cut 450 jobs across TV, radio and online as £25m savings...
The BBC has revealed plans to cut 450 jobs in England as it seeks to make savings of £25m in the nation by the end of March 2022. The roles affected include journalists as well as presenting, technical...
View ArticleJuly National press ABCs: Free dailies Standard and Metro see slow...
The UK’s national Sunday newspapers failed to continue their recovery after the lockdown sales slump, as the FT saw the biggest month-on-month growth. Every Sunday title audited by ABC saw a...
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'Antidote to screen time': How children's news magazines have thrived during...
Children’s news titles have been a rare publishing success story during the pandemic, growing subscribers as they reported on the biggest crisis of a generation to its most sensitive audience. The Week...
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Time Out chief Julio Bruno explains how title survived lockdown and reveals...
Time Out’s chief executive has said Covid-19 was like a “slap in the face” for the company after a profitable second half of 2019, but insisted the brand is “prepared to weather that storm” whatever...
View ArticleStrong subscription growth softens Covid-19 advertising blow for UK publishers
UK digital publishers’ subscription revenues increased by 19.3% in the first three months of 2020, softening the impact of the Covid-19 advertising hit. The online subscription boost meant the turnover...
View ArticleArchant bought by private equity: Shareholders wiped out, government set to...
The UK’s fourth biggest local newspaper publisher Archant has been bought out by a private equity firm in a deal which leaves shareholders with nothing. Under the deal Rcapital Partners will take a 90%...
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