News
Cafeyn acquires Toutabo/ePresse
Cafeyn Group has strengthened its position in the French online press and media distribution market with the acquisition of Toutabo/ePresse (formally Readly France).
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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NUJ calls for #InclusivePressAccess to election campaign
The union is calling on political parties to make their press events and campaign activities accessible to disabled journalists.
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Sunak and Starmer to face Sun readers
Never Mind The Ballots: Election Showdown will see the two candidates to be our next Prime Minister quizzed before a live audience of Sun readers on June 24.
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Reach launches cross-title video series
Reach has launched its 5000 voices project, a video series running across its UK national and local titles in the run-up to and surrounding the July 4 election.
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i promotes impartial political coverage
The i newspaper this week launches an OOH campaign promoting its impartial editorial coverage in the run up to the general election on 4th July.
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Guardian appoints Amber de Botton
Guardian Media Group has appointed Amber de Botton as its new chief communications officer.
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Media Smart & Ad Assoc double down on Political Advertising awareness campaign
Media Smart and the Advertising Association are renewing their awareness campaign ‘What’s the deal with political advertising?’ to help voters understand the ads by political parties they may see in the run up to the General Election.
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Publisher Podcast Awards 2024 – winners announced
Media Voices has revealed the winners of 2024’s Publisher Podcast Awards, following a ceremony which took place on Wednesday 12th June at Salsa Temple in London.
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Readly to launch summer campaign
Readly has revealed a new branding concept for its summer campaign "What type of Reader are you?"
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PPA reacts to Labour manifesto
The PPA has released its reaction to the Labour manifesto.
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Digital Publishing Awards 2024 – winners announced
The Association of Online Publishers celebrated its 22nd Awards, honouring the digital publishing industry’s top talent at an in-person ceremony, held at Old Billingsgate in London.
COLUMN
Liz Gerard’s Notebook
Manifesto time, D-Day departure, dodgy stats, the Mail’s election sabbatical, Johnson goes OTT, Michael Mosley, front-page sportsmen and front page of the fortnight.
COLUMN
A picture’s worth…
… a thousand words. One good example of the enduring power of the still photograph emerged from last week’s D-Day commemorations.
News
Onetag launches AI co-pilot
Onetag says its AI-driven Smart Curation technology aims to help programmatic buyers increase campaign performance, scale and addressability.
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VeraViews joins CAN
VeraViews will join the Conscious Advertising Network’s existing 180+ members in working to break the economic link between advertising and harmful content.
