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.

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…

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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Relaunch of Brand Republic

Haymarket Online Publisher Matthew Gerry outlines the underlying thinking behind the recent relaunch of Brand Republic, a leading marketing, media & advertising website.

By Matthew Gerry | 08/07/2010

Howzat!

All Out Cricket magazine has launched a digital magazine. Crucially, it is NOT a replica of the print mag. Managing editor Matt Thacker explains why.

By Matt Thacker | 08/07/2010

IASH investigates content-safe services

Internet Advertising Sales Houses (IASH) – the body launched to police the activities of sales houses and ad networks – has announced an investigation into the use of real-time “Content Safe” services.

08/07/2010

Report on PCC's governance published

The independent review of the PCC's governance has been published on the Governance Review Panel's website.

08/07/2010

Reader’s Digest launches app

Readers Digest UK is launching a “state-of-the-art” Reader’s Digest iPad App in conjunction with YUDU following its acquisition in April by the Better Capital Fund, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Vivat Direct Ltd.

06/07/2010

GMG appoints Andrew Miller CEO

Andrew Miller succeeds Carolyn McCall, who left the Group at the end of June to become chief executive of easyJet.

06/07/2010

PC Advisor in Microsoft download deal

PC Advisor this week becomes the first UK technology website to host and sell downloads of Microsoft Windows 7 and Office 2010.

06/07/2010

The Network acquires Trinity

The Network has agreed to acquire Trinity Field Marketing, in a deal which will expand its reach into new sectors and reinforce the business' place amongst the top field marketing companies in the UK.

06/07/2010

PCS gains ISO 9001

The managing director of Midlands-based publishing software developer PCS has hailed his company’s achievement of the ISO 9001 quality standard as a benefit not only to PCS, but more especially to its customers.

05/07/2010

Maney acts to guarantee online journal content

Maney Publishing has joined the CLOCKSS, LOCKSS and Portico digital preservation services to guarantee the long-term security of its e-journal content.

05/07/2010

WAN-IFRA Condemns the Murder of Rwandan Editor

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum (WEF) have asked the President of Rwanda, Paul Kigame, to initiate an investigation into the murder of journalist Jean Leonard Rugambage and bring the murd

04/07/2010

All change at Press Awards

The NPA has decided to take the national press awards back into the industry from 2011.

04/07/2010