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John Fallon to succeed Marjorie Scardino at Pearson
Pearson has announced that Marjorie Scardino has decided to step down as Pearson’s chief executive at the end of 2012.
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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Competition Appeal Tribunal – It’s in the Balance
Having refused to undertake a further review of the news industry, the NFRN and ACS took the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) before the Competition Appeal Tribunal on 28th September 2012.
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Forbes launches BrandVoice video
Forbes has announced the launch of its first BrandVoice video on forbes.com.
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Just published: new research into content marketing
Outbrain, in partnership with Econsultancy, has released an in-depth study on content marketing that looks at the strategies, objectives, and challenges involved in the fast-growing field.
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Leicester Mercury makes stage debut
The Leicester Mercury has become part of a major new musical which is receiving its world premiere at the city's Curve theatre.
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Regional press launch Local Business Accelerators
As the local newspaper industry launches its acclaimed Local Business Accelerators campaign led by Deborah Meaden of Dragon’s Den, new research shows that Britain’s young businesses are positive about prospects for growth despite tough economic times
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Telegraph warns of threat to press freedom
The growing clamour for press regulation backed by statute threatens a priceless British freedom, The Telegraph said in an editorial last week.
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New look Go Girl hits newsstands
Following in-depth qualitative consumer research, Egmont Publishing Group has revealed its new look, tween girl’s magazine: Go Girl.
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The Guardian presents the Guardian Collection
The Guardian has unveiled the Guardian Collection, a new range of products, whose origins each have a story that will inspire and delight, says the company.
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Media Professionals Programme launched in SE Asia
WAN-IFRA has just launched a new Media Professionals Programme for South East Asia, a groundbreaking leadership initiative to help mid-level media managers advance their careers and contribute to the growth of strong media enterprises in their countr
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NS president writes to Nick Clegg
NS president Adrian Jeakings has written to the Deputy Prime Minister to complain about remarks he made about the press at the recent LibDem party conference.
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WSJ to launch weekly real estate section
The Wall Street Journal will debut a new weekly section covering the global luxury real estate market on Friday, 5 October.
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TechRadar goes live in Australia
Future, the international specialist media group and leading digital publisher, has launched TechRadar in Australia.
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Mandy Gradden appointed Group CFO at Top Right Group
Top Right Group, the multi-platform events, information services and publishing group, has appointed Mandy Gradden as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 2013.
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Focus on Newspaper Printing at World Publishing Expo
Newspaper printing technologies have developed fast in the past decade and offer more business opportunities and innovations than ever before – a good thing, since 2.5 billion people read newspapers on a regular basis, says WAN-IFRA.
