News Media

Best Practice in Publishing

Returning to growth

Where is the growth opportunity for today’s publishers? Douglas McCabe tracks how the commercial model has evolved over the past fifty years and examines whether a better understanding of what online audiences want, will help drive future growth.

News media

We asked Chris Sherrard, editor-in-chief of The Irish News, what does best practice publishing look like in news media? This is what he said…

Stand and deliver!

After years of resisting paywalls, Reach is now launching them across its titles. But David Higgerson, Reach’s chief content officer, carefully avoided the word ‘U-turn’ when interviewed by Steve Dyson.

Change before charge

It’s one thing to think that readers should pay for your journalism, but the reality is that unless you improve your offering, then you will struggle to start charging for it, as DC Thomson Editor-in-Chief Frank O’Donnell tells Ciar Byrne.

Ditching the generic

How can you edit a regional newspaper when you never visit the area you’re writing about? By filling it with generic content, an approach that National World’s David Montgomery, the new owner of JPI Media, is rapidly doing away with.

The Observer’s premium future

Ray Snoddy talks to Co-CEO Rich Furness about the thinking behind Tortoise Media’s acquisition of the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper and about their plans for its future.

Opportunities & Threats: National News Media

What’s the outlook for national news media in 2024? Christian Broughton, CEO of The Independent, looks ahead.

OUT & ABOUT WITH ALAN GEERE

Breathing new life into local media

There is a new generation of entrepreneurs launching local media businesses, bringing with them new ideas on business models and funding. Phil Clark looks at some of the stand-out examples.

OPINION

We Need Trusted News Brands Now More Than Ever

With Meta backing away from ‘news’ and AI accelerating the growth of disinformation, we need to redouble our efforts to safeguard access to quality journalism, says News Media Association Chief Executive Owen Meredith.

Weekly does it

East Lothian is not just the best place to live – it has the best newsbrand too. Alan Geere heads over the border to find out what’s happening in the world of Scottish weeklies.

All Articles

Guardian criticised by independent retailers

Independent retailers have criticised the Guardian for raising cover price on its weekday and weekend newspaper titles with adjustments to their terms.

18/04/2023

Yorkshire Evening Post announces relaunch

The Yorkshire Evening Post has announced it is the first of eight city daily relaunches by National World.

17/04/2023

The New European appoints Matthew d’Ancona

Matt d’Ancona, journalist and former editor of Tortoise Media and The Spectator, is joining The New European newspaper as editor-at-large.

13/04/2023

IPA Council split after deepfake debate

The IPA Council is split after a deepfake debate on the threat of AI to adland.

13/04/2023

European Digital Media Awards – winners announced

WAN-IFRA has announced the winners of Digital Media Awards Europe 2023.

12/04/2023

Readly partners with Currys

Readly has announced a partnership with Currys to provide consumer tech shoppers with unlimited digital reading.

12/04/2023

Does your newspaper look tired and out-of-date?

If your last redesign was over twenty years ago, then it probably does. Newspaper redesigns used to be a common feature in the industry, but now, all attention is on digital. But, if your print product still matters, then so does its design.

By Peter Sands | 12/04/2023

Journalism – a reality check

What is journalism in the 21st century? Does it have to involve a journal? Or is anyone who writes or commentates on any platform now a journalist? And… who’s practicing good journalism?

By Liz Gerard | 12/04/2023

REVIEW

Uncertain times

There was no sugar coating it at the recent SoE conference. The press faces a number of considerable challenges – rising costs, the implications of AI and an increasingly difficult to deal with police force.

By Ray Snoddy | 12/04/2023

Adnami announces new hires

Adnami has announced the appointment of Ryan Burnett as UK sales director and Bjørn Laffrenz Bukholt as head of programmatic & ad ops.

11/04/2023