Geordie Greig explains what the Daily Mail stands for as it launches bid to...
The phrase ‘Daily Mail reader’ is used as a term of abuse by some on the left of British politics who may not read the paper but nonetheless see those who do as small-minded little Englanders. Editor...
View Article'Regulation is coming' - UK publishers respond to Google's 'hollow threat' to...
Top UK media bosses have described a threat from Google to leave Australia if it is forced to pay for news content as “slightly hollow” and “overplaying its hand”, urging regulators to stay “very firm...
View ArticleBrexit and the UK news industry: Freedom to travel, libel and data all impacted
The UK officially left the European Union on 31 January 2020 after a one-year transition period with an eleventh-hour trade agreement. But does our departure affect journalists working in the UK and EU...
View ArticleGB News will be independent, accurate and balanced says CEO after Guardian...
The chief executive of GB News has emphasised the channel’s commitment to balance and accuracy after it was described in The Guardian as being the “anti impartiality” news channel. British Journalism...
View ArticleDavid Montgomery targets 'new age of localisation' with Local TV network as...
David Montgomery is doubling down on his attempt to bring a “new age of localisation” into local news with his TV network following the launch of Manchester TV. It follows his purchase of JPI Media,...
View ArticleBBC fined £28,000 for contempt after recording and broadcasting clip of court...
The BBC has been fined £28,000 for contempt of court after “a catalogue of serious errors” resulted in the recording and broadcasting of a clip from a virtual hearing to half a million people. In...
View ArticleCharges dropped against Kent protest photographer as Culture Sec grilled on...
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has dodged questions about press freedom concerns in the UK after a photographer was arrested and a Huffpost journalist subjected to a Twitter attack from a Government...
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Andrew Neil sets out anti 'woke' vision for GB News as channel faces campaign...
Andrew Neil set out his anti “woke” vision for GB News on the same day that the channel faced an attempted advertising boycott prompted by campaign group Stop Funding Hate. Hundreds of tweets have been...
View ArticleUK faces battle against 'pandemic of disinformation' as some minorities more...
The head of NHS England says “meaningful progress” has been made to overcome vaccine hesitancy, but the country remains in battle against a “pandemic of disinformation”. Sir Simon Stevens said progress...
View ArticleNews Corp strikes global cash-for-content deal with Google as tech giant...
Australian lawmakers are proposing to water down the News Media Bargaining Code as Google seeks to buy off news publishers with a flurry of deals. The code has cross-party support in Australia and is...
View ArticleFacebook blocks news content in Australia to dodge News Media Bargaining Code
Facebook plans to block publishers and users in Australia from sharing and viewing news content in response to the country’s legislative plans to force the tech giant to pay for news content. The...
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Profits from propaganda: Facebook takes China cash to promote Uyghur...
Facebook is taking money from China to promote “propaganda” playing down the plight of Uyghur Muslims, a Press Gazette investigation has found. China’s treatment of Uyghur people in the western...
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Australian newspapers attack Facebook as traffic to sites plunges after news ban
There was one story on Australian newspaper front pages as publishers united to condemn the Facebook Australia news ban. The West Australian published a blackout across most of its front page with the...
View ArticleTech platforms now editors says Hancock as Trump banned from social media and...
The decision by some social media giants to ban US President Donald Trump from their platforms raises a “very big question” in terms of regulation, Matt Hancock has said. Twitter, Facebook and...
View ArticleEuropean publishers team up with Microsoft to call for Australia-style tech...
Microsoft has agreed to work with publishers in Europe as they today called for Australian-style tech regulation. Four press publishing coalitions in Europe have teamed up with the tech company to call...
View ArticleFacebook Australia to restore news after deal on payments to publishers
Facebook has agreed to lift its ban on news content in Australia after reaching a deal with the government over changes to the News Media Bargaining Code which could become law this week. Facebook...
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Interview: Guido Fawkes and MessageSpace owner Paul Staines on how political...
Throughout Westminster and Fleet Street, Paul Staines is known as the fearsome, merciless editor/owner of right-leaning political news website Guido Fawkes. But behind the Guy Fawkes mask is a...
View ArticleABCs: UK local newspaper sales hard-hit by pandemic with dailies down by...
The UK’s regional print daily newspapers saw their circulations fall by an average of 18% in the second half of 2020. Non-dailies audited by ABC saw average circulation declines of 21%, according to...
View ArticleAs Australia passes media bargaining law, Mail owner says it has given in to...
As Australia’s parliament passed the News Media Bargaining Code, Daily Mail owner Lord Rothermere said it given it blackmail from Facebook and Google in a letter to the FT. The new legislation will...
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Henry Blodget interview: Why is Insider still thriving? Because we didn't try...
Not too long ago, Business Insider came across as the less trendy younger brother of Buzzfeed, Vice and HuffPost. It had no billion-dollar-plus valuation, its growth appeared steady in comparison, and...
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