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InStyle appoints Toby Evans as Publisher
Fashion and beauty title InStyle has announced the appointment of Toby Evans as publisher, adding the brand to his existing portfolio, which includes premium fashion glossy Marie Claire.
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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Express & Star relaunches its weekend offering
The Midland News Association is to double the pagination of the weekend editions of its evening newspapers as part of a major re-launch.
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World’s Press Calls for Action on Mexico
With media professionals across Mexico continuing to face high levels of violent crime, WAN-IFRA, the World Editors Forum and the International Press Institute call on the federal government to do more to protect journalists and reverse the prevailin
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Shortlist to launch luxury digital fashion and beauty title
Following a year of intensive research and development, Shortlist Media announces the debut of a major launch into the luxury fashion sector.
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New-look websites unveiled
Johnston Press has unveiled its new template for local websites with the launch at The News in Portsmouth.
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Web first for new-look magazines brand
Following on from the rebranding last month of Archant London’s 16 local luxury magazines under the Resident banner, a first new website has been launched for the SW Resident title.
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Former Iliffe titles to move representation to NASa
Former Iliffe titles will move their national display print sales to NASa on the 28 June 2013. Mediaforce will continue to represent the publications until the transaction is complete.
FEATURE
The value of breaking live video content
Benedict’s resignation came as a shock to us all. A breaking news event of global import, which played as big in Latin America and Africa as it did in Europe. No one knew it was going to happen and it tested the workflows and processes of even the mo
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Johnston Press Editorial Board created
Johnston Press has created a new Editorial Board responsible for fostering “innovation, great ideas, strategic initiatives and standardisation as well as ensuring the adoption of good or best practices across the Group”.
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Archant Norfolk papers win High Court case
Archant Norfolk’s Eastern Daily Press and Lowestoft Journal have won a year-long High Court battle to name a former councillor who admitted being drunk in charge of a child in a local supermarket.
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Johnston Press in top 25% of CRC table
Johnston Press appears in the top 25% of an annual performance league table for the Environment Agency’s CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme.
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FT redesigns its web app
The Financial Times has unveiled a redesign of its HTML5 web app, available to access at app.ft.com.
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NI appoints new Head of Creative Solutions
News International Commercial has appointed David Vokes as its new Head of Creative Solutions.
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WSJ launches Turkish site
The Wall Street Journal continues to expand its global digital reach with the launch of a Turkish language website, The Wall Street Journal Türkiye.
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Future sells Classic Rock and Metal Hammer
Future plc has announced an agreement for the sale of its UK rock titles Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and associated brand extensions to Team Rock Limited for a gross consideration of £10.2m, to be satisfied in cash on completion.
