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DC Thomson Family History appoints COO
DC Thomson Family History has appointed Darren Makarem as Chief Operating Officer.
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
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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…
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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Johnston Press: underlying operating profit up 2.5%
Johnston Press plc has announced its results for the 52 week period ended 28 December 2013.
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Future US streamlined to focus on digital
Future plc today announces the implementation of plans to fast-track the digital transition of its US business.
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Google tops T3 Hot 100 List
T3, Future’s lifestyle technology media brand, unveils its Hot 100 - the “definitive wish list of the most wanted gadgets, innovations, trends, brands and burgeoning talents that are igniting our imaginations”.
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MVP expands reach with Society of London Theatre deal
Morris Visitor Publications (MVP) – publisher of magazines and maps for international and domestic, leisure and business visitors to London – is to partner its portfolio with the Society of London Theatre’s iconic Official London Theatre Guide.
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New-Look Bricks and Mortar Supplement in The Times
Bricks and Mortar, the property supplement published every Friday in The Times has been revamped.
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DMGT reports underlying growth of 6%
DMGT has reported group underlying revenue growth of 6% for the five months to the end of February 2014. Its B2B portfolio and consumer media company dmg media reported underlying growth of 10% and 1% respectively during the period.
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Trusted Local News Brands Drive Consumer Action and Spending
Local news media, in print and online, is the most effective combination for driving consumer action, with readers more than twice as likely to act on the advertisements than those on TV and social media, research from Think Media has found, commissi
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M.E.N.’s David Moyes ‘Excuse Generator’ becomes viral hit
An ‘excuse’ generator developed by journalists on a two-day digital development course became a viral hit just hours after being deployed on two of Trinity Mirror’s websites.
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New editors for What Car? and Autocar
What Car? and Autocar will enter a new phase of digital and global development with the appointment of new editors on both titles.
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TeamRock creates key senior editorial team
TeamRock has announced the creation of a senior editorial team, designed to take its magazine portfolio to the next level and develop its digital assets.
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FT holds inaugural charity week
From 17-21 March the Financial Times held its first global FT charity week at its offices in London, New York and Hong Kong.
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Report: ‘Soft’ Censorship Poses Significant Dangers to Press Freedom in Mexico
Press freedom in Mexico faces widespread and growing threats from “soft censorship” that includes government use of financial incentives and penalties to pressure news media, punish critical reporting, and reward favourable coverage, according to a n
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Launch: Littlest Pet Shop
Following on from the success of My Little Pony magazine, Signature Publishing has teamed-up once again with Hasbro, to launch a bi-monthly magazine for their girls brand, Littlest Pet Shop.
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The Sun introduces #hashtag stories
The Sun has become the first national newspaper to print dedicated hashtags alongside news stories.
