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.

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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.

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COLUMN

Life is local

The National is approaching its first birthday. What have been the year one learnings?

By James Evelegh | 17/02/2022

Five Journalists Murdered in 2022: World’s Press Demands Action in Mexico

WAN-IFRA and the World Editors Forum have expressed outrage at the mounting death toll of journalists in Mexico following the February 10th murder in Oaxaca state of Heber López Vázquez.

17/02/2022

Doncaster Free Press editor departs

Liam Hoden has taken redundancy and his Free Press team has been absorbed into sister title, the Sheffield Star.

16/02/2022

Opportunities & Threats: Regional News Media

Tim Robinson, group managing editor and editorial director of JPIMedia’s north region, assesses the outlook for regional news media.

By Tim Robinson | 15/02/2022

Opportunities & Threats: National News Media

Dominic Carter, group chief commercial officer at News UK, assesses the outlook for national news media.

By Dominic Carter | 15/02/2022

RESEARCH

N&M Distribution: creative thinking is the way forward

The press supply chain for both newspapers and magazines is facing unprecedented pressure around the world. Yet the industry is squaring up to the challenges and is accelerating changes in how it operates with speed and great creativity.

By Jim Bilton | 15/02/2022

Making hyperlocal pay

In November, Social Streets C.I.C launched a new magazine called The Slice, serving the London borough of Tower Hamlets. Profitable from the launch issue, it’s bringing much needed revenue to the hyperlocal publisher.

By James Evelegh | 15/02/2022

Putting first-party data first

Like many publishers, the Evening Standard is working hard to expand its first-party audience data and to monetise the insights this will bring. Philip McMullan talks to Ciar Byrne about the publisher’s developing data strategy.

By Ciar Byrne | 15/02/2022

Let the Games begin

A central part of the Guardian’s coverage of last summer’s Olympics was its Tokyo 2020 daily briefing. Getting the tone right, managing the information flow and generally justifying a place in readers’ inboxes were all challenges.

By Martin Belam | 15/02/2022

JPIMedia launches SussexWorld

JPIMedia last week unveiled its new brand, SussexWorld, which pulls together its various Sussex titles into one site.

15/02/2022

Ban on merger between The Times and The Sunday Times lifted

News UK has been formally released from undertakings to keep The Times and The Sunday Times separate, given when Rupert Murdoch acquired the titles in 1981.

14/02/2022

JPIMedia to offer ad-free news articles to attract subscribers

JPIMedia said Digital+ subscribers at The Edinburgh Evening News and Yorkshire Post are to be served ad-free news articles, with the feature to roll out across all its titles at a later date.

14/02/2022

Marks & Spencer partners with Metro to promote Valentine’s Day blooms

Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Marks & Spencer has partnered with Metro to promote its range of Valentine's Day flowers.

11/02/2022

First News launches road safety campaign for school children

Today, First News, in partnership with JPIMedia, is launching a campaign to warn schoolchildren about the dangers of crossing roads while using phones. The campaign is called Look Up!

11/02/2022