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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 16/10/2026
CNN is “focused on building a more durable direct-to-consumer business” as its first paid subscriptions launch outside the US next week Global traffic is down 49% in two years but CNN is looking beyond pure reach with its streaming and web subscriptions play pressgazette.co.uk/north-americ...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 14/10/2026
Anushka Asthana is taking on expanded presenter duties joining the main line-up at Channel 4 News alongside Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Jackie Long and Matt Frei, while continuing in her role as US editor.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 13/10/2026
PA Media news agency is rebranding back to Press Association, and parent company PA Media Group is becoming The PA. CEO Emily Shelley said the Press Association name was a "mark of quality, independence and verification" thepa.com/media-centre...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 12/10/2026
Footballco has appointed Charlotte Thomson as head of women's football and culture leading strategy, content and commercial across Indivisa, Yalla Girl in the Middle East and Soccer Girl and No White Shorts in the US. She previously set up her own agency, The One 10 Collective
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 09/10/2026
Bloomberg Media has appointed Patty Hirsch as chief digital officer, joining from Warner Bros Discovery where she was EVP of global consumer digital, data and platforms. She will oversee Bloomberg's audience and subscriber growth, and consumer marketing www.bloombergmedia.com/press/bloomb...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 07/10/2026
UK magazine publishers led by the PPA are using £2m of their own ad inventory to promote the value of print and to remind reader and retailers of its value ppa.co.uk/the-uks-most...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 30/09/2026
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 · 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 · 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 · 21/09/2026
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. Try it now for free.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 17/09/2026
LBC has appointed Sophie Berman as managing editor after Tom Cheal was promoted to managing director of speech radio at parent company Global. Berman has been deputy managing editor since March 2025 and was described as an "outstanding newsroom leader who has made a big impact at LBC"
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 15/09/2026
Around one in five people in the UK say they now use AI apps as a source of news.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 15/09/2026
William Reed has appointed Tracey Davies as chief portfolio and growth officer from January. Davies joins from Informa where she is president of B2B brand Money 20/20. CEO Tracy De Groose said Davies has a "proven track record of growing brands, developing talent and creating value for customers"
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 10/09/2026
Sky News today launches its paywalled specialist defence app, its second paid content product to go live this year Executive editor Jonathan Levy told us it is "about giving people more, and in greater depth" pressgazette.co.uk/news/sky-new...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 07/09/2026
Goalhanger says it sold 26,000 tickets to 22 live podcast shows across three days this weekend at its inaugural The Rest Is Fest in London
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 03/09/2026
DC Thomson head of strategic delivery (local) Richard Prest has been named group editorial director for Scotland at Iconic Media leading editorial strategy and standards
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/08/2026
Scottish publisher Hero Media & Entertainment, which owns titles like Scottish Legal News, Scottish Construction Now and Scottish Housing News, appointed ex-editor of The Herald and Sunday Post Donald Martin as consulting managing editor providing guidance across the portfolio
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 21/08/2026
Combined traffic to the ten biggest news websites in the US is down by almost a third compared to two years ago, new analysis shows. The difference was even higher across the top 50 news websites in the US, with monthly visits falling 37% since July 2024 pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 14/08/2026
Paul Doyle has joined Reach as its first editorial director of audio and video to lead its everyday video journalism and develop new formats. He joined from Immediate where he was director of video strategy and delivery Ex-head of video Anna Jeys is now director of audience.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 10/08/2026
Newsquest has appointed former New European editor Jasper Copping as editor of the Eastern Daily Press (where he was most recently head of news) and Nick Francis as editor of the Colchester Gazette
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 04/08/2026
Channel 4 News has appointed The News Agents executive producer Louis Degenhardt in the newly-created role of head of platforms to make sure its journalism "is seen, heard, makes sense and makes an impact wherever audiences get their news" www.channel4.com/news/channel...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 16/07/2026
Beehiiv is adding features to help publishers and creators build communities as "people crave this human-to-human interaction" Beehiiv is also launching programmatic advertising, which has been pushed for by some of the large publishers on the platform pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 15/07/2026
Bauer has appointed Frances Hedges as editor of Grazia, moving from Harper's Bazaar UK where she has been deputy editor since 2019
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 15/07/2026
Anthem Publishing is launching a new monthly print magazine, Planet K-Pop, in UK and US retailers. The aim is to be a "high-quality, collectible magazine" for K-Pop fans
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 09/07/2026
Publishers have been urged to experiment with AI controls in the aftermath of the UK competition watchdog’s new rules for Google "it is incumbent upon the publishing industry to begin to experiment... it will be a travesty if none of you decide that opting out is an action that you want to take"
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 30/06/2026
Substack has revealed the 50 newsletters on its platform with the most UK paying subscribers for the first time The 'bestsellers' list is led by Capital Wars, Exponential View and Comment Is Freed. Jim Waterson's London Centric appears eighth. pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 29/06/2026
Google has started replacing publisher links in its Discover feed with AI summaries of related stories "A load of publishers all got bunched together, and what I noticed was that loads of publishers that were grouped together actually covered different angles" pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/go...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 22/06/2026
Independent Media chairman John Paton is stepping down after seven years in the role. CEO Christian Broughton said: "John’s commercial nous, business acumen and wise counsel have been invaluable as we’ve struck major partnerships, grown our global audience and strengthened our financial position."
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 19/06/2026
This week's Future of Media US newsletter: - New frontier in publishers vs AI scrapers - Wired bets on forums for new app - Use of AI chatbots for news stagnates, paying for news in US falls - How Economist has upped subscriber retention pressgazettefutureofmediaus.substack.com/publish/post...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 19/06/2026
Bauer Media's publishing UK co-CEOs Helen Morris and Steve Prentice are stepping down and leaving the business. Amrit Baidwan, currently general manager, digital publishing UK, is the new CEO of UK publishing. www.bauermedia.co.uk/news/bauer-m...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 18/06/2026
GB News is launching GB Mums tomorrow (19 June), a new weekly parenting and family-life show featuring Michelle Dewberry, Nana Akua, Emily Carver and Bev Turner The programme will stream weekly on the GB News YouTube channel
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 15/06/2026
Journalists in the King's Birthday Honours list include: - Sir Don McCullin CBE made Companion of Honour for services to photojournalism - Al Jazeera anchor Sohail Rahman given OBE for services to journalism and charitable fundraising - Design journalist Barbara Chandler made MBE
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 11/06/2026
News UK says new weekly Andrew Neil show on Youtube and podcasts is "major milestone" in its expansion into "premium creator content". The show is not branded to The Times, The Sun or any other News UK brand www.youtube.com/@TheAndrewNe...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 08/06/2026
The Independent has hired a new president to oversee its business in North America through its “next phase of growth” Chris Anthony has just spent four years as chief revenue officer at VaynerX-owned Gallery Media Group pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 03/06/2026
Newly released Mandelson files reveal a cosy dinner between the former US ambassador, former health secretary Wes Streeting and senior News UK figures days before the 2024 general election. pressgazette.co.uk/news/mandels...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 28/05/2026
News: Travel journalist Simon Calder is leaving The Independent after 32 years to join The Telegraph pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 27/05/2026
The Rest Is Politics is launching its first collaborative series, working with The Observer on a four-part investigative podcast 'The Rest Is Politics: Who Funds Reform?'. They said the partnership "allows us to develop original journalism that complements the core show"
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 26/05/2026
The Sunday Times has appointed Ben Riley-Smith as its next political editor, set to start in September. He will join from The Telegraph where he has spent almost 14 years pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/b...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 20/05/2026
'Thank God that’s over': A libel claim brought against local news publisher Mill Media has been thrown out as an 'abuse of process' as David Lammy promised action against such groundless lawsuits intended to silence public interest reporting pressgazette.co.uk/news/mill-me...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 15/05/2026
Today's Future of Media US newsletter: - Daily Mail's 'hostile work environment' - Globe & Mail grows newsroom - Don Lemon is profitable - How Reuters makes AI deals - And invite to Press Gazette's News Yacht in Cannes Read and sign up here pressgazettefutureofmediaus.substack.com/p/globe-and-...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 14/05/2026
At least 60% of Future plc revenue still comes from brands that rely on Google as a major source of website traffic Future breaks down brands into four categories depending on whether they are growth or still dependent on Google pressgazette.co.uk/media_busine...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 13/05/2026
The Telegraph's SEO director Harry Clarkson-Bennett is leaving to join David Buttle's media strategy consultancy DJB Strategies as partner building out a product practice to "turn our thinking into tools that media leaders can use every day"
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 13/05/2026
Newsquest has appointed Richard Porritt, currently regional editor for the Eastern counties and editor of the Eastern Daily Press, as editorial transformation director as they "strive to serve our audiences even better, whilst staying true to the values of great reporting"
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 12/05/2026
Creator platform Beehiiv has hired Ainsley Rossitto as head of podcasts, joining from Paramount Global where she was VP of digital strategy and operations for podcasts. Beehiiv said it hit its quarterly target for adoption of podcasts on the platform within 24 hours of launch last month.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 07/05/2026
Similar concerns shared by Mill Media founder Joshi Herrmann, who shared 'incredibly aggressive' pre-publication threat from Govt special adviser, and Patrick Radden Keefe, who said legal letters are 'designed to intimidate' pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/wa...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 07/05/2026
Hearst UK has appointed Sarah-Louise Robertson as editor of entertainment site Digital Spy. She is a former associate diary editor at the Mail on Sunday, TV editor at the Sunday Mirror, consultant editor at Metro and digital news director at OK!.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 06/05/2026
People Inc has seen traffic to its brands referred by Google fall by 63% over the past two years. But it is growing the amount of revenue that is not dependent on website visits pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 05/05/2026
The Nerve @thenerve.news, launched six months ago by five ex-Observer journalists including @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, is expanding its team to include Investigative journalists @mccoolingtons.bsky.social & @luciaoc.bsky.social Plus columnists @sangitamyska.bsky.social & @doctorow.pluralistic.net
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 01/05/2026
Tracker of AI journalism scandals and mistakes- updated with several non-English language examples and Ars Technica case - Ex-Mediahuis Ireland CEO published fabricated AI quotes - Ars Technica fires reporter over fabricated AI quotes - Mag publisher in Belgium used fake AI journalist profiles
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 30/04/2026
Newsquest has appointed Ben Hardy as editor of The Press and Gazette & Herald in York. Hardy is currently audience and content editor of the Oxford Mail and will relocate to York in June.
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