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ABC reorganises and rebrands
ABC and ABCe have today united under one brand. A new identity and integrated structure has been unveiled, putting digital and innovation at the heart of the organisation.
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.
Essential Resources
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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PCC issues critical adjudication against Scottish Daily Mail
The PCC has upheld a complaint against the Scottish Daily Mail under Clause 4 (Harassment) of the Editors' Code of Practice on the basis that it persisted in approaching a man who had repeatedly made clear to the newspaper that he did not wish to com
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Telegraph use aromatic ink on St Kitts campaign
Telegraph Media Group, (TMG), has launched a campaign with St. Kitts Tourism Authority, in partnership with British Airways, which utilises the latest developments in the printing and publishing industry, including the use of aromatic ink within a su
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Martha Lane Fox’s Inspirational Online Challenge
Britain can have a remarkably successful digital future if business, government and the voluntary sector rise to the challenge of new information technology, Martha Lane Fox told the Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in London.
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IPC appoints Mike Newcombe Director of Mobile Advertising
Sam Finlay, IPC Media’s head of digital advertising, has appointed Mike Newcombe to the newly created role of director of mobile advertising.
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Meredith chooses WoodWing for iPad launches
WoodWing Software has announced that the U.S. media and marketing company Meredith Corporation launched three of its most popular titles – Better Homes and Gardens, Fitness and Parents – on the iPad using WoodWing’s Tablet Publishing Solution.
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FT ArcelorMittal Awards honour the boldest leaders in business
Lakshmi Mittal, chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal and Financial Times editor Lionel Barber were joined by leading lights from the global business world this week for the third annual FT ArcelorMittal Boldness in Business Awards at London’s Saatchi Ga
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Autosport launches all-new Grand Prix Predictor game
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso will win the first grand prix of the Formula 1 season in Australia, according to the new Castrol EDGE Grand Prix Predictor game just launched by Autosport.com.
FEATURE
Media Pioneer Awards - Military Times
The latest Media Pioneer, writes Carolyn Morgan, is Military Times, published in a joint venture by Chelsea magazines and Current Publishing, for their innovative campaign for Intel: a large advertiser for a niche publication.
FEATURE
Reading behaviour, or not
Anyone got an odd €100,000 lying around, asks Jim Chisholm. It’s just that he could do with it to resolve one of the most compelling problems facing our industry. To understand how we get our online readers to hang around.
FEATURE
Advertising on paywall sites
The debate, writes Yaron Galai, over paywall vs ad-supported publishing tends to sounds like a binary discussion: should publishers pursue an ad supported business model OR should they charge their readers for access to the content?
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Homes24.co.uk re-launched, powered by Zoopla
Archant has announced that they have re-launched their property channel homes24.co.uk, now powered by the leading property search and information business, Zoopla.
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Olswang Convergence Survey results
Results from this year's Convergence Survey published by Olswang LLP shows that both consumers and business are engaging with both tablets and e-book readers and that both formats continue to drive take up of digital published material.
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PCC upholds complaint against South Wales Guardian
The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has upheld a complaint against the South Wales Guardian under Clause 6 (Children) of the Editors' Code of Practice.
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FT promotes its budget coverage
The Financial Times has launched a strategic marketing campaign in print and online, as well as selected retailers, to drive awareness of its UK Budget coverage.
