News Media

Best Practice in Publishing

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.

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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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

Opportunities & Threats: National News Media

What’s the outlook for national news media in 2024? Christian Broughton, CEO of The Independent, looks ahead.

OUT & ABOUT WITH ALAN GEERE

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.

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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MailOnline becomes world’s number one newspaper website

Britain’s MailOnline has overtaken the New York Times to become the world's biggest newspaper website, according to new figures from Comscore.

27/01/2012

Telegraph appoints Head of Olympic Sales

Telegraph Media Group (TMG) has appointed Mike Allen to Head of Olympic Sales, as the company continues its preparations ahead of the London 2012 Games.

27/01/2012

Good Housekeeping launches first iPad app

Good Housekeeping, the women’s lifestyle magazine published by Hearst Magazines UK, has launched its first-ever iPad app in the UK – Cakes And Bakes.

27/01/2012

Dennis launches personal trainer app

Dennis Publishing has announced the launch of LWR Personal Trainer, an app which turns your Apple or Android smartphone into a personal trainer.

27/01/2012

Future Appoints New Digital Commercial Director

Future Publishing has announced the appointment of Nick King to the position of Digital Commercial Director.

27/01/2012

Media Pioneer: Research

Carolyn Morgan looks at how a B2B publisher tripled its Twitter following in a year.

By Carolyn Morgan | 27/01/2012

First Woman to Head World Editors Forum

Cherilyn Ireton, a South African editor and successful senior manager at some of the country’s top newspapers, has been appointed Executive Director of the World Editors Forum, the global organisation for editors within the World Association of Newsp

26/01/2012

Engineering institution selects pub2web

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced a partnership with Publishing Technology to redevelop and extend its Digital Library, the central access point for the organization’s full text content online.

26/01/2012

Guardian Praises Dedicated Independent Newsagents

The Guardian this week praised NFRN independent newsagents as its exclusive six week voucher promotion with the NFRN got off to a "flying start".

26/01/2012

Speakers announced for Specialist Media Conference 2012

The first speakers have been announced for the Specialist Media Conference, taking place on 24 May 2012 at Think Tank Birmingham.

25/01/2012

Nuts’ interactive success

Nuts, the UK’s biggest selling weekly men’s magazine, clocked up over 200,000 interactions (blipps) with its ‘Blippar enabled’ Interactive Issue in just one week, an unprecedented level of engagement using the interactive mobile platform, says the pu

25/01/2012

Media Still Under Threat in Middle East

Press freedom and freedom of expression remain under serious threat in the Middle East, despite the democracy revolutions and reforms that are sweeping the region, a panel of experts said Tuesday at the Arab Free Press Forum in Tunisia.

25/01/2012