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House of Lords recommends advertising restrictions
The House of Lords has recommended restrictions on "advertising for high carbon and environmentally-damaging products."
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.
Essential Resources
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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Mail Metro Media launches identity solution dmg::ID
Mail Metro Media has announced the launch of dmg::ID – a new proprietary identity solution, connecting audiences across dmg media’s portfolio of websites.
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Bubbl announces two appointments
Bubbl has announced the appointment of Taz Hossain as CRO and Ollie Aynsley as head of commercial.
COLUMN
Liz Gerard’s Notebook
When Tory MPs are your target audience, government priorities, avoiding the big story, who's who in the anti-growth coalition, old news about Prince Philip, fury overuse, Mail accused of invasion of privacy and front page of the fortnight.
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Journexx announces VIP launch
Journexx, a trading platform for journalism, has announced it is launching its final test phase on Tuesday 18 October before it opens up to the entire publishing industry.
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Readly signs Svenska Dagbladet
Readly has strengthened its news offering with Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet joining the platform.
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FT supports ‘Girls Takeover’ on International Day of the Girl
The Financial Times speaks of its support of the United Nations’ International Day of the Girl on 11 October as the day marks the 10th anniversary of the initiative.
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The Independent launches Feed the Future campaign
The Independent has announced the launch of the Feed the Future campaign urging the Government to extend free school lunches to all children in poverty.
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IPSO: Sir Bill Jeffrey carrying out external review
Announced in September, the former senior civil servant Sir Bill Jeffrey is conducting the second External Review of the independence and effectiveness of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO).
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Guardian US expands democracy coverage
Guardian US has announced expansion of its democracy coverage with the appointment of a democracy correspondent and wider team to examine threats to democracy in America.
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Reach relaunches Black History is Our History site
Reach has announced the relaunch of its Black History is Our History site with new stories and educational focus geared towards schools and children.
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Telegraph appoints Sarah Mockford as women’s sports editor
The Telegraph have announced the appointment of Sarah Mockford as women’s sports editor.
Q&A
Data clean rooms: 5 minutes with… Vlad Stesin
In a world of increasing privacy legislation and decreasing reliance on third-party cookies, DCRs are one way publishers can monetise their audience data. We grab five mins with Optable’s Vlad Stesin to ask him what advice he would give publishers.
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FT: Miami ranked best city in America for overseas businesses
The FT-Nikkei Investing in America Rankings has revealed which US cities are best positioned to attract overseas investment.
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DC Thomson hits digital subscriptions milestone
DC Thomson have announced that paid digital subscriptions for their daily news brands have this month passed 25,000 paid subscribers, 18 months into the company’s drive to build a new, sustainable model for local journalism.
