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Telegraph is Media Partner for BT River Of Music
Telegraph Media Group, (TMG), has announced that it will be the media partner for BT River of Music, a flagship event in the London 2012 Festival.
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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Conclusions of Media in Danger workshop
An International Media in Danger workshop that brought together journalists working in dangerous situations around the world has concluded that effective government action, solidarity within the media and ethical coverage are the keys to confronting
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PCC rejects complaint against Glasgow Evening Times
The Press Complaints Commission has ruled that an article published in the Glasgow Evening Times did not breach Clause 3 (Privacy) of the Editors' Code of Practice.
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The Queen Writes for Local Newspaper Week
The Queen has written a special message for local and regional newspapers for this year’s Local Newspaper Week (21-27 May).
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Tindle acquires nine local newspapers
Nine local newspapers in Dorset and Somerset have a new owner in the Tindle Newspapers Group which publishes more than 200 titles around the country.
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Yorkshire Post releases apps
A new era for Yorkshire's "national newspaper" is beginning with the launch of two apps for iPad and iPhone users.
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NRS defers launch of NRS PADD
Following the recent announcement of the imminent introduction of a new Nielsen hybrid dataset from May 2012, using April data, the NRS has decided to defer its spring launch so that it can take advantage of this and use the most up to date data avai
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Can Media Compete With Sport?
Newspapers no longer just cover sports – they compete with them. This was one of the conclusions of WAN-IFRA’s 3rd International Sports News Conference, held last week in Madrid.
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New hyper-local newspapers for Northamptonshire
A cluster of new and hyper-local publications are set to be launched by Extra Newspapers in what they describe as a bold and exciting move designed to bring community news back into the headlines.
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WoodWing Xperience 2012
Aimed at publishers, the WoodWing community and every professional working in multi-channel and digital publishing, the WoodWing Xperience took place in Amsterdam on March 27-28.
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Press delegation to Ukraine expresses concerns
An international delegation of press freedom organisations, led by WAN-IFRA and the World Editors Forum, met this week with Serhii Liovochkin, Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine, to discuss freedom of expression issues facing the coun
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Cass comment on Murdoch resignation
Professor Ajay Bhalla, an expert in family-owned businesses at Cass Business School, said James Murdoch’s resignation marks a shift towards the family taking a backseat in managing News Corporation.
FEATURE
The conundrum
It is funny, writes Jim Chisholm, what catches the imagination.
FEATURE
The evolution of regional media
Jan Pitt, director of client services at the ABC, sees encouraging signs of innovation in the regional media and urges us not to write off the sector quite yet.
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IPC Media launches IPC Play
IPC Media has launched IPC Play, a bespoke advergaming proposition delivering premium gaming solutions to clients and agencies as part of IPC’s multiplatform media offering.
