Reader comments, Google ad-blocking and the moderation dilemma for publishers
Google’s recent move to block advertising over reader comments below a Mail Online column should sound a warning to publishers. A quick recap: Google blocked display adverts from appearing on Piers...
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Forbes CEO Mike Federle interview: Why the business brand is now worth $630m
In 1917, Forbes was founded in New York City as a fortnightly business magazine. In the coming months, it will enter the New York Stock Exchange as a digital media business worth $630m. When chief...
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Private Eye at 60: Ian Hislop and Adam Macqueen on spoofs, scoops and public...
Private Eye is celebrating 60 years in print next month. The secret to its success is apparently simple: its unique formula of jokes and journalism, or “spoofs and scoops” as the Eye team would have...
View ArticleTerri White: 'If I hadn't had my baby I would still be editing Empire now'
Empire’s Terri White has revealed she stepped down as editor after six years because she was “completely exhausted” by working 19-hour days after she became a mother. White said that when she returned...
View ArticlePiers Morgan signs global deal with Rupert Murdoch ahead of News UK TV...
News UK has revealed it will launch its own TV channel in early 2022, with Piers Morgan as the first major signing. The channel, which will be called TalkTV, will feature “proper” hourly news...
View ArticleTalkTV versus GB News: Will Murdoch and Morgan beat Nigel Farage and co?
Rupert Murdoch turned 90 this year, but far from taking it easy he’s launching a new TV channel. TalkTV will air in the UK from early 2022, both as a linear and on-demand channel, offering “proper...
View ArticleMSN closes the gap on the BBC: Top 50 English language news sites globally...
MSN – Microsoft’s news and app platform continued to close the gap on the BBC in October, according to Press Gazette’s ranking of the biggest English language news websites in the world. Top 50 most...
View ArticleJournalists to be given more freedom to report on family court hearings as...
Journalists will be able to report much more detail about what they witness in England and Wales’s family courts under new plans to improve transparency. Family courts president Sir Andrew McFarlane...
View ArticleReach's MyLondon overtakes Evening Standard on monthly page views
My London, Reach’s news website for the UK capital, has overtaken the Evening Standard on a key industry audience metric. MyLondon achieved 31m UK page views in September, versus the Evening Standard’s...
View ArticleSeven in ten female journalists say newsroom leadership male dominated, survey
A new report has found that women still feel excluded from having power in the UK news media industry. Some 1,200 UK journalists contacted via the Cision database responded to a survey about gender...
View ArticleRothermere makes his move: Why DMGT is going private with Geordie Greig out
Former Evening Standard business editor and Independent editor Chris Blackhurst explains why Daily Mail and General Trust owner Lord Rothermere is taking the business private and shares his take on why...
View ArticleAndrew Marr leaves BBC after 21 years to join LBC and Classic FM
Andrew Marr has said he is “keen to get my own voice back” as he revealed he is leaving the BBC after 21 years. The veteran broadcaster has signed an exclusive deal to present new shows on LBC and...
View ArticleThe Sun is fastest growing website in the US: Top 50 US English language news...
UK tabloid The Sun was the fastest-growing news site in the US in October, according to Press Gazette’s latest look at the biggest websites for news sites in America. Top 50 most popular news websites...
View ArticleRoman Abramovich wins first stage of libel fight against journalist who wrote...
An allegation that Roman Abramovich purchased Chelsea FC on Vladimir Putin’s orders in a plot to gain influence in the West is defamatory, a High Court judge has ruled. The 55-year-old billionaire is...
View ArticleTop 50 UK news sites: Most saw year-on-year Trump slump in traffic in October
Microsoft’s news platform MSN was the only major news site among the top 50 to record year-on-year growth in the number of visits, according to Press Gazette’s ranking of the biggest English language...
View ArticleRobert Peston interview: ‘I’m never relaxed. I’m terrified that if I don’t...
Two hours and 46 minutes after our Teams meeting was scheduled to begin, Robert Peston breaks his silence with a Whatsapp message. “God. How embarrassing. I got caught up in a story and forgot to look...
View ArticleFinancial Times files £34.5m loss in UK for 2020, but states 'small' profit...
The Financial Times Ltd has reported a pre-tax loss of £34.5m for 2020, down from a £4.6m loss before tax the year before. Accounts for the year to the end of December, filed on Companies House, show...
View ArticleBritish Journalism Awards 2021 News Provider of the Year shortlist revealed
Eight news organisations are in the running for News Provider of the Year at next month’s British Journalism Awards – with the Financial Times trying to make it four wins in a row. Other contenders for...
View ArticleAndrew Marr signs for The New Statesman as chief political commentator
Andrew Marr has signed to The New Statesman as chief political commentator two weeks after announcing his departure from the BBC after 21 years. Marr is a former editor of The Independent and was...
View ArticleCanada’s news industry expects up to $150m annual windfall from...
The news industry in Canada expects Google and Facebook to start paying publishers between CA$100-150m (up to £88m) a year as its government prepares to launch Australia-style regulation on the tech...
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