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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 3h
GB News grew revenue and narrowed its losses in the second half of 2025 despite 63% drop in web/app visitors The latest figures bring the channel’s total losses to £142m for owners Sir Paul Marshall and Legatum Ventures since its 2021 launch pressgazette.co.uk/media_busine...
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GB News narrows losses despite 63% drop in website visitors
GB News grew revenue and narrowed its losses in the second half of 2025, according to its latest financial figures.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 3h
The NUJ has responded to reports that Byline Times journalists have been denied access to the Conservative Party conference: "Political parties should not pick and choose which journalists and publications are able to question and scrutinise them" www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
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NUJ responds to reports of Conservative party banning Byline Times journalists from conference
The NUJ has responded to reports that Byline Times journalists have been denied access to the Conservative Party conference.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 4h
The BBC has removed an article linking a trend for bare nails to "white supremacist standards of beauty" after a finding that it failed to meet editorial standards because it reported criticism "without sufficient context or challenge" www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...
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BBC removes article linking bare nails trend to ‘white supremacist standards of beauty’
Corporation says story did not meet editorial standards after it attracts criticism from US and UK media
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 4h
An apparently AI-generated writer called Daniel Robson has been published more than two dozen times in Canadian news outlets, with many articles now removed pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
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AI in journalism: Live tracker of scandals and mistakes
AI in journalism: Live tracker of mistakes and mishaps from the Mississippe Free Press to the New York Times.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 5h
Ofcom says news and current affairs is the most popular genre among those who listen to podcasts at least weekly (47%). News podcasts are listened to by 56% of 55+ podcast users, 44% of 35-54s and 45% of 18-34s www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-an...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 6h
Conde Nast CEO Roger Lynch is leaving after seven and a half years to join toy company Mattel as CEO. He said in a memo he was "particularly proud" of commerce revenue up 170% since 2020, digital subs up by 155% and US tentpole event revenue up ninefold www.condenast.com/news/a-perso...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 6h
Jeremy Clarkson, Meghan, Prince Harry, Google Discover and the secret of Oxford Mail’s traffic success In August, the Newsquest title was the fastest-growing top-50 news website in the UK – up 90% year on year to reach 6.5 million Britons per month - here's why pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/r...
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Jeremy Clarkson, Meghan, Prince Harry and the secret of Oxford Mail's traffic success
Coverage of celebs like Jeremy Clarkson, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry and King Charles helped fuel Oxford Mail traffic in August
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 9h
The Home Office is planning to spend £17,700 on 400 Economist subscriptions for the next year, saying the publication "will substantially improve" the advice officials can give to ministers www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/09184...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 9h
Future plc says its revenue for the year ending 30 September will be in line with market expectations of around £707m with predicted adjusted EBITDA of £180m. It has paused its current share buyback scheme to focus on deleveraging in the next year www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 9h
GB News has appointed Tom Harwood as US political editor based in Washington DC, also hosting The Late Show Live on Mondays to Thursdays as Bev Turner returns to London after a year's secondment in the US www.gbnews.com/news/tom-har...
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Tom Harwood appointed US Political Editor for GB News
The appointment follows the conclusion of Bev Turner's successful year-long secondment in the United States
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 10h
The Independent has launched Independent Membership, replacing Independent Premium, with new ways to engage with its content and journalists. It charges £99 a year for Standard Access and £130 a year for All Access www.independentadvertising.com/the-independ...
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The Independent launches new membership offering, bringing readers closer to its journalism - Independent Advertising
Press release |29th September 2026
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 10h
Entertainment brand Popverse has closed “as you and we know it” after four years, ending its editorial operations. Editor-in-chief Chris Arrant said the editorial and video teams have been let go, affecting at least five jobs. pressgazette.co.uk/news/journal...
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Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Latest from BBC Sport, Reach, Forbes
Press Gazette will update this page throughout 2026 with any journalism job cuts and redundancies announced in the UK or US.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 10h
The Nerve @thenerve.news, the “small and punky” publication launched by 5 ex-Observer journalists, has reached 5,000 paying subscribers in a year "It was a huge risk but it’s been mind-blowing that we’ve been able to build a successful new title from scratch" pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-ner...
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The Nerve reaches 5,000 paying subscribers in first year
Newsletter-led newsbrand from ex-Observer journalists now said to be financially sustainable.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 11h
The Reform-led Derbyshire County Council has banned a Derbyshire Live democracy reporter saying it has "lost confidence" in his reporting due to "concerns regarding reporting standards, accuracy, balance and professional conduct" www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-n...
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Derbyshire County Council bans Derbyshire Live’s Local Democracy Reporter
We utterly reject false accusations about our journalism and urge the council to lift this ban immediately
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 29/09/2026
The Guardian is creating 40 new jobs which will feature training on content creator skills across audio, video, photography, text and audience engagement The scheme will employ 40 journalists on 18-month fixed-term contracts with a salary of £48,000 pressgazette.co.uk/news/guardia...
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Guardian creates 40 jobs to train journalists as content creators
The Guardian is creating 40 new jobs which will feature training to help newer journalists gain content creator skills.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 29/09/2026
ITV News security producer Dan Howells is joining the newly expanded Sunday Times Insight investigations team led by Gabriel Pogrund x.com/Gabriel_Pogr... More on the team changes first announced in April: pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 29/09/2026
Multimillionaire entrepreneur Dale Vince has said he’s considering expanding Westminster Extra to cover London-wide issues and making Camden New Journal “properly digital”, after announcing a funding package for the two papers and the Islington Tribune www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Dale Vince plans London-wide news operation to take on ‘rightwing bias’ in the media
Green energy entrepreneur plans rescue package for the group behind the Camden New Journal, Islington Tribune and Westminster Extra
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 29/09/2026
Mill Media has received a cash boost of £100,000 from Postcode Lottery to fund subscriptions for under-25s. The local newsletter-focused brand now has 15,000 paying readers and employs 25 journalists. t.co/bvgsqBVdTA
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 29/09/2026
PA Media Group has reported stable revenue for 2025, ending its eight consecutive years of growth The core news agency business PA Media, which makes up 30% of group revenue, was up by 1% or £0.2m pressgazette.co.uk/media_busine...
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PA Media Group revenue flat in 2025 after a decade of growth
PA Media Group has reported stable revenue in 2025, ending its eight consecutive years of growth, according to newly-filed accounts.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 29/09/2026
The New Scientist has launched a new B2B advertising platform to bring together advertising, commissioned research, events and branded content across its platforms to help science and tech companies engage with relevant audiences pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/ne...
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New Scientist launches new advertising platform targeting B2B audience
Weekly magazine the New Scientist has launched a business-focused partnership platform to expand its B2B advertising offering.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 29/09/2026
Women in Journalism is launching an online AI for Journalists course with speakers from CNN, the BBC and Newsquest explaining what AI tools they use and how. The course covers finding stories, sifting through documents, verification and automating tasks www.womeninjournalism.co.uk/event/ai-for...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 29/09/2026
Mediahuis-owned EU politics and policy newsbrand Euractiv has rebranded as Rapporteur, noting the word is "used in political life across the English-speaking world to refer to those who report reliably back to agencies, legislatures or assemblies" www.rapporteur.com/welcome-to-r...
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Welcome to Rapporteur: We bring news. Not noise. | Rapporteur
With the support of Mediahuis, we've built a serious, independent newsroom equipped to cover European politics
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 29/09/2026
The New York Times and other publishers have formally opposed the Trump administration's intervention in their copyright case against OpenAI, arguing it "may have been influenced by extraneous considerations" www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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News publishers accuse Trump admin of bias toward AI companies in copyright suit - POLITICO
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 29/09/2026
Former Conservative Party deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft has acquired a minority stake in Mirror publisher Reach dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2026/09/tory...
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Tory backer Lord Ashcroft takes stake in Reach – Daily Business
Former Conservative party deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft has acquired a minority stake in Reach, publisher of the Daily Record, Mirror and Express
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 29/09/2026
More than 300 news publishers are heading to Washington today to urge Congress to crack down on “bad bots” scraping content for AI training without permission. The Stealth Bot Prohibition Act would force AI crawlers to identify themselves and their purpose digiday.com/media/conde-...
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Condé Nast, Hearst among 300 media execs to push federal ‘bad bots’ bill on AI scraping
More than 300 publishing execs are heading to D.C. to push Congress to crack down on AI bots that scrape their content without permission.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 29/09/2026
OpenAI has provided another $10m in funding to pay for staff to experiment with AI initiative at US local newspapers. The support is a mix of cash and software credits. t.co/ucfiDPbepU
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Newsquest's Oxford Mail more than tripled time spent with it online both month on month and year on year in August, according to Ipsos Iris data pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
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50 biggest news websites in UK: Oxford Mail leads audience growth and triples time spent in August
Press Gazette lists the top 50 news websites in the UK. Monthly updated top 50 listing based on data provided by Ipsos iris
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/09/2026
About a fifth of all News UK traffic in the last six months was non-human, chief technology officer Tom Jackson revealed Around a third of that amount ended up getting blocked because it was judged to be “malicious” So 6% of all traffic is currently being blocked pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
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Fifth of News UK website traffic was 'non-human' in past six months
Times and Sun publisher blocking 6% of total traffic - those deemed to be bad bots.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/09/2026
The NUJ Reach group chapel has passed a vote of no confidence in editorial leadership, particularly chief content officer David Higgerson, following the latest plans to cut 160 jobs www.nuj.org.uk/resource/rea...
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Reach chapel issues vote of no confidence in company leadership
The NUJ Reach group chapel has passed a vote of no confidence in Reach's editorial leadership, particularly its Chief Content Officer.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/09/2026
The Economist recorded 50 pilot shows ahead of the launch of its premium video/newsletter strand Insider last year "It builds a connection: we definitely have a lot of subscribers who want to see what our journalists do and understand the workings of the newsroom" pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/b...
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Economist video strategy: 'We did 50 pilot shows before launching Insider'
Economist video strategy: Publisher recorded 50 pilot shows ahead of the launch of its premium video and newsletter strand Insider.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/09/2026
The Centre for Investigative Journalism is holding a day-long series of panels and talks on 30 October at the Barbican in London looking at everything from AI to the Epstein Files tcij.org/logan-sympos...
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Overreach
Full programme OUT NOW. The CIJ presents the 6th biennial CIJ Logan Symposium: Overreach. On Friday 30th October 2026 we return to the Barbican for a day of talks on privacy, power and investigative...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Skimmr is a new AI tool that helps your newsroom discover stories buried in places you don't have time to check. Try it now for free. tinyurl.com/7hwpw75k #Sponsored
New AI tool: Skimmr scans sources, sorts by beat, delivers into one feed
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/09/2026
The FT Group continued its run of record revenue in 2025, growing by 5% to £566m. Operating profit grew by 23% to £51.8m. The group says 3.5 million people are now paying for its content/events globally, with 1.62 million paying readers to the main FT pressgazette.co.uk/media_busine...
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Financial Times grows business to record revenue of £566m for 2025
The Financial Times has reached around 3.5m people paying for its content and events globally after another year of record revenue in 2025.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Can SME licensing deals be bigger for publishers than AI? pressgazette.co.uk/media_busine... #partnercontent
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Can SME licensing deals be bigger for publishers than AI?
Publishers are already adapting to a distribution environment in which search and AI increasingly mediate how audiences find information, but could SME content licensing deals provide an answer?
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/09/2026
BBC to cut local radio and regional TV news with 90 jobs at risk. Latest changes are part of £500m annual cost savings to be found in next three years. pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-to-...
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BBC to cut local radio and regional TV news with 90 jobs at risk
The BBC has announced more wide-ranging cuts to local radio and regional TV news provision with the expected loss of 90 jobs.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Mag giant Hearst UK returns to revenue growth after three years of decline, helped by staff cuts and growing subscriptions revenue pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/m...
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Mag giant Hearst UK returns to revenue growth after three years of decline
Staff cuts and growing subscriptions revenue help Hearst UK return to revenue growth.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/09/2026
News UK has announced an investment in AI-powered legal compliance tool ClearDraft. It scans content and identifies legal risks for journalists before publication. t.co/QWDoiNLlEe
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/09/2026
More than 1,000 news providers, including The New York Times and Reuters, have signed up to support World News Day today, which aims to promote the role of journalism at a time when organisers say the industry faces an "existential threat" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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News media must stay relevant or 'society will struggle', says World News Day organiser
World News Day aims to highlight the role of news providers in investigating and explaining important events.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/09/2026
This week's Foresight News diary includes the Conservative and Green Party conferences, the UK energy price cap rise, and Glastonbury tickets going on sale pressgazette.co.uk/news/news-di...
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News diary 28 September - 4 October: Conservative and Green Party conferences, energy price cap rise, Glastonbury tickets on sale
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda this week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Greater Manchester-based The Oldham Owl says two of its journalists were refused matchday accreditation by Oldham Athletic because they were commissioned by the publication. The football club cited concerns over the editor’s alleged conduct www.oldham-owl.co.uk/oldham-athle...
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Oldham Athletic ban Oldham Owl reporters and photographers
Arrogant club official dismisses pleas to consider applications on their merits
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/09/2026
The Boston Globe says one story about a lesbian bar lifting its mask mandate for one night a week generated "several thousand" subscriptions in 72 hours. New subscribers get six months for $1 after which the price rises to $30 a month www.niemanlab.org/2026/09/the-...
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The Boston Globe’s Western Mass lesbian bar story pulled in “several thousand” new subscribers in about 72 hours
Annalisa Quinn's story published Tuesday in The Boston Globe Magazine — "A Western Mass. lesbian bar required KN-95 masks. When it changed the rules, all hell broke loose" — is, in this reporter's…
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/09/2026
The White House has barred CNN from travelling with President Trump on Air Force One for a trip to Tennessee for a college football game, days after a federal judge ordered the administration to restore access to CNN, Politico and MS Now www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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White House bars CNN from travelling with Trump on Air Force One
CNN was scheduled to fly with US President Donald Trump for his trip to Tennessee on Saturday.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 25/09/2026
The Financial Times Group continued its run of record revenue in 2025, growing by 5% to £566m. pressgazette.co.uk/media_busine...
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Financial Times grows business to record revenue of £566m for 2025
The Financial Times has reached around 3.5m people paying for its content and events globally after another year of record revenue in 2025.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 25/09/2026
The Financial Times team grew the business to record revenue of £566m for 2025 - making some £422 per individual subscriber. t.co/T6shCtzvT4
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 25/09/2026
If your journalism has made a difference over the last year you now have an additional five days to submit your entry for consideration in the 2026 British Journalism Awards - sponsored by STARLING. The deadline for entries has been extended to Wednesday, 29 Sept. pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
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British Journalism Awards 2026: Deadline extended
Entrants now have until Wednesday, 29 September, to finalise their submissions.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 24/09/2026
Digitalbox, publisher of websites including The Daily Mash and The Tab, has said Facebook’s algorithm change in early April dealt a severe blow to its revenue and reach pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
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Facebook algorithm change in April 'crushed' audience reach for Digitalbox
Facebook algorithm change in April 2026 'crushed' the reach of Digitalbox which publishes brands such as The Tab and Entertainment Daily.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 24/09/2026
How can publishers ride the creator video wave and not get swamped by it? Senior leaders from The Guardian and BBC spoke about the creator economy and why to focus on the audience, not the platform pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
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What publishers can learn from creators: 'Be audience, not platform, obsessed'
Senior execs from The Guardian, Q5 and BBC shared their tips on how publishers can harness the growth of creator video economy.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 24/09/2026
Ex-Newsnight correspondent and BMJ investigations editor Deborah Cohen shares insights from a career in science journalism, and why “powerful people behaving badly” keeps her motivated pressgazette.co.uk/news-leaders...
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What I've learned: Science writer Deborah Cohen says 'arseholes' keep her motivated
Former Newsnight correspondent Deborah Cohen says "arseholes" get her out of bed in the morning due to having a "burning sense of injustice".
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 24/09/2026
The CMA has begun consulting on proposals to give Android and Chrome users a choice of search providers (including AI assistants) and to ensure these search providers "fairly attribute publisher content". www.gov.uk/government/n...
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CMA strengthens proposals allowing people choice over their search service
Proposals to help people choose their search provider on Google Android phones and Google Chrome have been updated.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 24/09/2026
Head of news at the Market Intelligence division of S&P Global - a financial information and analytics company - has shared insights on targeting niche audiences B2B publishers must understand the individual readers behind their corporate subscriptions, he said pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/b...
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How S&P Global nurtures a niche audience worth billions in revenue
Head of news at S&P Global Market Intelligence shares insights on targeting and retaining a niche audience using data.
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