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

Telegraph announces new Wine Partnership with Waitrose

Telegraph Media Group (TMG) yesterday announced a new wine partnership with Waitrose.

30/09/2015

New award honours respected Archant journalist

A respected East Anglian journalist and trainer, who launched the careers of hundreds of young reporters, is to be honoured with the naming of a special award.

29/09/2015

FT launches content marketing suite FT²

The Financial Times yesterday announced the launch of FT² (FT Squared), bringing together a suite of content marketing products under one brand.

29/09/2015

New Operations Manager appointed for Express & Star publisher

The Midland News Association, publisher of the Express & Star, has appointed Dan Saxon as operations manager.

29/09/2015

Outbrain appoints Global Head of Content Marketing Solutions

Outbrain, the content discovery company, has appointed Eric Hadley to the newly created role of Global Head of Marketing Solutions.

28/09/2015

Johnston Press announces new look for The Scotsman

Johnston Press has announced that it will be refreshing The Scotsman in print, online and on mobile.

28/09/2015

Ad Blockers: Publishers, not platforms, must take the lead

The world's news media are coming together to address the danger to their businesses posed by the rapid rise of ad blockers, whose products are now used by more than 200 million users world-wide.

25/09/2015

Sir Ray Tindle: Local Papers Have a Long Future

Sir Ray Tindle has said that local papers are essential to local democracy and that "local communities will always have their own local newspaper."

25/09/2015

ABC launches Targeted Household Distribution scheme

ABC yesterday launched a new service, which for the first time certifies the quality as well as the quantity of a household distribution audience.

25/09/2015

Operative and 5 fifteen Partner to Deliver Multi-Channel Ad Business Management Solution

5 fifteen and Operative, leading software and services companies serving some of the world’s largest publishers, have partnered to provide their customers a seamless integration of digital and print solutions.

25/09/2015

Mexico City to host digital media conference

Chief editors and senior executives from some of the world’s most prestigious news media will share their digital strategies at the Digital Media LATAM 2015 conference in Mexico City next month, which will focus on media that have been successfully n

24/09/2015

DMGT releases pre-close trading update

DMGT has reported a stable underlying revenue performance across the Group in its Pre-close Trading Update, which covers the eleven month period to the end of August 2015.

24/09/2015

Bills – still worth the effort?

When was the last time you learned of breaking news from a newspaper bill? Exactly. Digital media always gets there first. So do bills, once the mainstay of newspaper sales operations, make any difference and who’s still using them? Peter Sands inves

By Peter Sands | 24/09/2015

Mirror Group: growing revenues & shrinking costs

Coming from a newspaper sales background, Neil Jagger, Mirror Group general manager, is well placed to spot opportunities for both making and saving money. Here, Neil outlines some of the recent initiatives Mirror Group has put in place.

By Neil Jagger | 24/09/2015