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Hacked Off backs Prescott
Hacked Off has praised, what it calls, Johns Prescott’s principled decision to resign as a Privy Councillor.
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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Richard Bowyer appointed Editor of The Stoke Sentinel
Richard Bowyer has been promoted to Editor of The Stoke Sentinel. He joined The Sentinel in May 2006 as Deputy Editor and has played a key part in the paper’s success both in print and online.
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Hacked Off calls on Culture Committee to recall Murdoch
The Associate Director of Hacked Off, Dr Evan Harris, has written to the Chair of the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, John Whittingdale MP, to urge the Committee to recall Rupert Murdoch.
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Archant Print wins Green accolade
Archant Print’s green credentials have been given a boost with the presentation of a Green Skills Award at the Business in The Community East of England Awards gala dinner, completing a hat-trick of accolades.
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Practical Caravan and Practical Motorhome to co-produce two TV series
Haymarket Consumer Media’s outdoor leisure titles Practical Caravan and Practical Motorhome have joined forces with Information TV to co-produce and revamp two TV series ‘The Caravan Channel’ and ‘Motorhome Channel’, which currently air on SKY 212/Fr
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Autocar unveils mobile website
Autocar has launched a new mobile optimised website, designed to give smartphone users their car reviews, news and videos in the best possible format.
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Lords warn Northern Ireland over Defamation Act Refusal
Members of the House of Lords have warned that Northern Ireland faces becoming a pariah as a result of the Northern Ireland Executive’s decision not to adopt new UK legislation aimed at protecting free speech.
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Paid-for Weekly Newspaper Launched in Greenwich
Tindle Newspapers has launched a paid for weekly newspaper for Greenwich.
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Autocar launches safer learner driver scheme
Unveiled last week at Mercedes-Benz World in Weybridge, Autocar Start offers learner drivers a completely new way to get safely behind the wheel.
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PPA Expands Business Membership with Addition of Argus Media
The Professional Publishers Association (PPA) has welcomed Argus Media as its latest member, adding to the ranks of global information businesses within the association’s membership.
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Manchester entrepreneur launches luxury beauty blogzine
Former advertising exec Laura Ward-Ongley, 30, from Sale has launched what she describes as the UK’s first luxury beauty blogzine www.fabtips.co.uk, thanks to the Government’s Start-Up Loan programme, which is helping young people to set up their own
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August launch new site for celebrated conductor
Internationally renowned conductor Robert Ziegler has launched his new website, designed and built by August.
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Airbus partners with FT for delivery of A380
Airbus has teamed up with the Financial Times to produce the publication’s first ever cover wrap campaign, congratulating British Airways on the delivery of its first A380 aircraft.
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Sarah Gooding announced as Editor of Essentials
IPC Media has announced the appointment of Sarah Gooding as editor of Essentials magazine.
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Oneshot: Batman Automobilia Special
The Batman Automobilia Special, a oneshot from Eaglemoss, goes on sale 18 July, priced £18.99.
