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Dubsat appoints Olga Budimir MD of Europe
Global cross-media asset management and content distribution company, Dubsat has announced the appointment of Olga Budimir as Dubsat UK’s Managing Director of Europe.
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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Forbes promotes William Adamopoulos
Forbes Media President and CEO Mike Perlis announced this week that, effective immediately, William Adamopoulos has been promoted to CEO/Asia, Forbes Media. He will concurrently remain President and Publisher of Forbes Asia.
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ABC Results: more publisher reaction
The ABC last week released the consumer magazine circulation results for the July – December 2012 period and publishers have responded with their interpretation of the figures.
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John Brown launches Vitality magazine for PruHealth & PruProtect
Jessica Ennis is the cover star of Vitality, the new magazine launched to publicise the Vitality wellness programme offered through PruHealth and PruProtect.
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Dennis trumpets success of COPE strategy
Dennis Publishing, one of the UK’s leading independent publishers, has revealed the first results of its tablet and smartphone publishing strategy, COPE – Create Once, Publish Everywhere.
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SIIA buys Specialist Media Show
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the trade association for the software and digital content industries, based in Washington DC, has announced that it has bought the Specialist Media Show.
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ABC announces Business Media Total Audience Certificates
ABC has announced a new measurement for the Business Media market which will be available from the second quarter of this year.
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Express & Star publishes reader survey results
The Express & Star, Britain’s biggest regional newspaper, has published the results of its Your Say reader survey on local life.
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Guardian partners with Zurich for Life Navigator campaign
The Guardian and Zurich have announced the launch of Life Navigator, a six month campaign to raise awareness of the biggest financial considerations people face at key life stages.
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Informa to launch PRIME in America
Informa is launching an American edition of PRIME, its international peer-reviewed publication which provides scientific research and information on the rapidly growing and continually evolving Anti-Ageing and Aesthetic medicine market.
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Grazia partners with Matches Fashion for London Fashion Week
Grazia magazine, Bauer Media’s weekly glossy for upscale women, is celebrating London Fashion Week by partnering with Matchesfashion.com, one of the UK's leading luxury fashion destinations, to create the “ultimate fashion collaboration” - House of G
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Sir David Bell to give annual Stationers’ lecture
Sir David Bell, former chairman of the FT, is to give the annual lecture at the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers.
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Safety of Journalists Draws International Mission to Mexico
Mexican government measures to ensure greater safety of journalists were examined last week by a delegation from the International Press Institute (IPI) and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
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ABC Results: publisher reaction
The ABC yesterday released the consumer magazine circulation results for the July – December 2012 period and publishers have responded with their interpretation of the figures.
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PPA unveils new combined circulation chart
The Professional Publishers Association (PPA) has published its first-ever PPA Combined Circulation Chart for UK magazine brands.
