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Europe Express: Henry Foy becomes lead writer
Henry Foy has been announced as the new voice of Europe Express, the FT’s weekday newsletter on European affairs.
News Media
The newspaper business was built for a world where one product served everyone and advertising paid for most of it. That model has gone. What replaces it is still being worked out title by title, from national groups to weeklies covering a single town.
Reader revenue is the clearest shift. Even Reach, which argued for free access for years, now puts some of its journalism behind a paywall, and the regional titles doing best changed their newsrooms before they asked anyone to pay. Ownership keeps changing too. National World rebuilt local editorships after years of centralisation, and the Observer is being reinvented as a premium print and digital title under new owners.
The strongest publishers understand the difference because they are not trying to be everything to everyone. They are trying to be essential to someone.
Chris Sherrard News media
Local news is where the pressure shows most. Millions of people now live without a dedicated local title, and new reader-funded and membership startups are moving into the gaps. Platforms are pulling back from news at the same time, which leaves trust and a direct relationship with readers as the assets that matter most.
Print hasn't disappeared either. Well-run weeklies still hold on to their readers, with circulation falling slowly while digital audiences grow.
Below you'll find some of our best feature articles on news media, from reader revenue and newsroom change to ownership, local news and trust, alongside our latest news and industry commentary.
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FEATURE
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.
Best Practice in Publishing
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…
INTERVIEW
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.
INTERVIEW
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.
INTERVIEW
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.
INTERVIEW
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.
FEATURE
Opportunities & Threats: National News Media
What’s the outlook for national news media in 2024? Christian Broughton, CEO of The Independent, looks ahead.
FEATURE
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.
OUT & ABOUT WITH ALAN GEERE
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.
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COLUMN
Liz Gerard’s Notebook
RIP: who made it onto the front page in 2022, The Times parrots government line on rail strikes, Kate tops front page appearances chart and front page of the fortnight…
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AOP announces strategic partnerships
AOP has announced strategic partnerships with GetZeN and Right Thing Media to support publishers’ ESG efforts.
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The Independent appoints Geordie Greig
Geordie Greig has been appointed editor in chief of The Independent, starting with immediate effect.
News
IFJ reports an enduring safety crisis in the media sector
The IFJ has released its annual list of journalists killed in work related incidents, 2022 saw an increase in the number of killings compared to 2021.
COLUMN
Liz Gerard’s Notebook
Fleet’s Street’s coverage of the strikes, bus lane mystery, Jeremy Clarkson breaks Ipso records, the colour burgundy, Christmas faves and front page of the fortnight…
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Martin Samuel signs for The Times and The Sunday Times
Martin Samuel, one of the most influential names in sports journalism, has been appointed to The Times and The Sunday Times.
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British Journalism Awards 2022 – winners announced
The winners of the British Journalism Awards 2022, organised by Press Gazette, were announced recently.
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ESI Adds Lineup’s Immutable Storage Service for Additional Security
Lineup announced recently that ESI Media had chosen their immutable storage service as additional security to Adpoint, their advertising sales management solution.
INTERVIEW
What the papers don’t say…
Peter Jukes, author, playwright, and more recently, journalist, has made it his mission in life to pick up and run with the big stories ignored by mainstream media. Ray Snoddy meets him.
RESEARCH
Moving from supply chains to data-driven networks
A new report, ‘Data-Driven Supply in Newspapers & Magazines’, digs into how the old print and retail supply chains are adapting to the new world of digital, data-driven, direct-to-consumer media activity.
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New editor appointed for Somerset titles
West country journalist Ed Oldfield has joined Tindle Newspapers as Editor of the West Somerset Free Press and Wellington Weekly News.
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Reach and dmg media announce retail margin cuts
The Fed has criticised Reach’s announcement that from January 2 2023, the percentage margin that retailers receive across its portfolio of titles is to be slashed to an all-time low of 18.5 per cent.
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UK editors call on government to act swiftly on ICO proposals
Editors from the Daily Telegraph, The Times and Mail Newspapers have come together to call on the government to take action in tackling what they see as the damaging proposals set out by the ICO.
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IPSO publishes new guidance on ‘Due Prominence’
IPSO has released new guidance on where corrections, clarifications, and adjudications should be placed in printed media for journalists and editors.
