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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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PPA and Google collaborate to tackle digital piracy

Search giant Google has agreed to collaborate with the PPA in tackling illegal online copyright infringement of members’ content.

27/05/2011

Telegraph produces daily paper for Hay Festival

From May 26th to June 5th, Telegraph Media Group will be producing a daily stand-alone newspaper for the Hay Festival called the Hayly Telegraph.

27/05/2011

New Website for Classic & Sports Car

Classicandsportscar.com the website of Classic & Sports Car magazine, has relaunched after a complete re-design.

27/05/2011

First WEF Speakers Announced

Today's editors-in-chief have to be more than just editors: they've become innovators, entrepreneurs and the centre of their communities. The 18th World Editors Forum, to be held in Vienna, Austria, in October, aims to help editors succeed in all of

27/05/2011

2011 Newspaper Awards – Winners announced

The Sunday Times was a big winner at The 2011 Newspaper Awards, this week, sweeping up three awards, including the prestigious Weekend Newspaper of the Year.

27/05/2011

Hull Daily Mail apprenticeships campaign

The Hull Daily Mail has helped secure more than 150 new apprenticeships after a campaign to get scores of young people into work.

27/05/2011

ICO gives website owners one year to comply with cookies law

Organisations and businesses that run websites aimed at UK consumers are being given up to 12 months to ‘get their house in order’ before enforcement of the new EU cookies law begins, Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham said this week.

27/05/2011

A Whitehall farce: Super-injunctions

The comings and goings of the past week, super-injunctions, writs against Twitter and a dramatic unveiling in the House of Commons, would be laughable, if the implications were not so serious, writes Bob Satchwell.

By Bob Satchwell | 27/05/2011

UK Publishers’ Mobile Business Models Are Failing

Colin McCaffery summarises the findings of Mobilising Media, a recent research project looking at how the UK publishing sector is adapting to the challenges of mobile.

By Colin McCaffery | 27/05/2011

Radical ideas and refreshing honesty

The second Specialist Media Conference focused on pioneering ideas in specialist media, with case studies from consumer and b2b. Carolyn Morgan picks up on some of the talking points.

By Carolyn Morgan | 27/05/2011

Finalists chosen for Metro’s Fashion Fringe 2011

Three finalists have been chosen for Fashion Fringe 2011, a competition to find and nurture undiscovered British fashion designers, in association with official media partner Metro.

26/05/2011

WoodWing announces version 7.4

The upcoming version 7.4 of WoodWing´s cross-media publishing system Enterprise was announced this week at the WoodWing Xperience event in Amsterdam.

26/05/2011

Hull Daily Mail journalists to tackle Three Peaks

A team of intrepid adventurers from the Hull Daily Mail are to tackle the UK’s three highest mountains in a bid to raise cash for the city’s hospice.

26/05/2011

Imagine launches first ebooks on Amazon Kindle Store

Imagine Publishing has launched a new series of ebooks onto Amazon’s worldwide Kindle Store, expanding its digital portfolio with new releases in cutting-edge markets, including iPhone and iPad, Android and photography.

26/05/2011