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Lloyd’s List launches North American awards
Lloyd’s List is launching the first-ever industry-wide awards event for the North American maritime shipping industry.
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
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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Media Scotland announces digital appointments
Media Scotland have announced the appointment of Gordon Stevenson as Head of Digital and an expanded role for Dave Bohill as Digital Editor.
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NME partners with Sony for new compilation albums
NME has announced a new partnership with Sony Music to launch a new album NME Presents The 90s, the first in a new series of compilations celebrating some of the greatest eras in music history.
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New BMJ and American Diabetes Association title launched
Guillermo Umpierrez has been appointed inaugural editor in chief of BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, the collaborative venture between global healthcare knowledge provider, BMJ, and the American Diabetes Association (Association).
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Kentish Gazette fights against irresponsible dog owners
The KM Group-owned Kentish Gazette's campaign mascot, Scoop the dog, wants to help clean up Canterbury's pavements, parks and play areas and leave them faeces-free.
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Future plc wins Gold
Future plc has won Gold at the 2013 Digital Impact Awards for its 2012 Annual Report app.
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The Courier publishes 50,000th issue
DC Thomson title, The Courier, publishes its 50,000th issue today.
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Air Business wins Cambridge University tender
Air Business, the global distribution, fulfilment and integrated subscriptions management bureau, has won the tender to become a preferred service provider for the University of Cambridge.
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New People's Paper project launched
Johnston Press has unveiled a new initiative aimed at getting communities more involved in deciding what goes into their local newspapers.
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NCTJ publishes conference programme
The NCTJ has published the full programme for this year’s Journalism Skills Conference, the event for decision-makers in journalism’s education, training and industry sectors.
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London’s tailors pay tribute to GQ
40 of London’s finest tailors and brands at the heart of men’s fashion on Savile Row and Jermyn Street, are paying tribute to the magazine’s 25th anniversary, with celebratory windows being unveiled yesterday.
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NS President: Regional Press Won't Sign Up to Politicians' Royal Charter
Newspaper Society president Adrian Jeakings has told Ed Miliband that the regional press will not sign up to the Royal Charter which was sealed on Wednesday.
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Gwyneth Paltrow and goop guest edit December issue of Red
For the first time in the 15-year history of Red, the magazine has been guest edited. Hollywood star, Gwyneth Paltrow and her team at lifestyle site, goop.com, have worked alongside the Red editorial team to produce a special Christmas issue.
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Oneshot: The Great British Christmas
The Great British Christmas, a oneshot from Sport Media “celebrating the Christmases of yesteryear”, goes on sale 11 November, priced £4.99.
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Future announced as a Google AdWords Media Partner
Future plc, the international media group and leading digital business, has entered into a strategic agreement with Google to become a Premier SME Partner (PSP) of Google’s AdWords advertising program in the UK.
