News
Trinity Mirror appoints Lynda Moyo as What’s On Editor
Trinity Mirror has appointed a What’s On editor to lead the development of entertainment sections of its regional websites.
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.
All Articles
News
James Corden takes the helm at The Sun
James Corden is to guest edit The Sun for Sport Relief 2014.
News
PageSuite Launch New Tablet Edition for the Independent
PageSuite has just launched a brand new iOS and Kindle Fire app for the Independent as part of their on-going investment in digital.
News
August relaunches Golfbreaks.com
August has relaunched Golfbreaks.com, a leading golf holiday booking and information website from Europe’s specialist golf travel company.
News
Immediate Media to launch Peter Rabbit magazine
Immediate Media Co is launching Peter Rabbit magazine on 9 April, the first and only magazine to bring the tales of Beatrix Potter to life, say the publishers.
News
French News Media Association Honoured for Youth Engagement Excellence
The French association ARPEJ (Association Régionale Presse, Enseignement, Jeunesse) has become a WAN-IFRA “Centre of Youth Engagement Excellence” during an induction ceremony in Paris.
FEATURE
Twitter – hot damn!
Not being on Twitter, writes Jon Slattery, leaves print journalists as out of touch as the judge who asked: ‘Who are the Beatles?’
SERIES
The automation of ad sales: Colour by numbers
In the second of her three part series looking at the growing importance of programmatic trading of advertising, Jo Bowman explores how publishers could benefit from sharing their precious data.
FEATURE
Free daily newspapers
Regional daily newspapers were once proud to sell 100% of their copies. Today, the London Evening Standard is totally free, and other big city dailies are starting to give thousands away. Steve Dyson reports.
COMMENT
When nearly right is totally wrong – and why the great subbing debate is a huge red herring
Spoiler alert: former editor Neil Fowler believes the days of traditional sub-editors have gone – and those calling for their salvation are ignoring the realities of life.
SUPPLIER PROFILE
Reaching the hard-to-reach
The world is full of potential readers, but how do you reach them? PressReader offers an exciting additional route to market which can place your branded content in front of many millions of new readers, and it costs you nothing. Nikolay Malyarov tel
INTERVIEW
Steve Auckland - interview
In December, Steve Auckland rejoined Metro and immediately turned his attention to the brand’s … print product! Ninety per cent of the company’s revenues come from print, and as he tells Ray Snoddy, that is where his primary focus will be during his
News
Almost three quarters of British adults read a magazine brand
The latest NRS PADD – Print and Digital Data – report reveals that in 2013, 37.7 million people in the UK consumed a magazine brand, either in print or via PC or laptop.
News
RBI acquires Innovata
Reed Business Information (RBI), a division of Reed Elsevier, announced yesterday it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Innovata LLC, a leading provider of airline schedules data, maps and tools for the global air travel market.
News
Trinity Mirror North East promotes Brian Aitken
Brian Aitken has been promoted to the new role of Regional Business Director, Trinity Mirror North East.
