The Times and Money Saving Expert website homepages on 7 January 2026 The Times, Substack and Money Saving Expert were among the winners from a “rough” Google core update rolled out in December. …
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Chris Harvey and other STV staff at the STV strike in Aberdeen on 7 January 2026. Picture: NUJ Around 80 STV journalists turned out on picket lines outside the broadcaster’s headquarters in Glasgow …
The Observer’s new app promo. Picture: The Observer The Observer could not be in a “better, more positive position” to head into its first full year of ownership by Tortoise Media, according to …
Picture: Shutterstock/The Kong Display advertising revenue growth has been reported by a survey of leading UK online publishers for the first time in three years. The “unexpected” growth of 3.88% saw …
Lisa Smosarski. Picture: DC Thomson Stylist editorial director Lisa Smosarski has been promoted to managing director to lead growth of memberships, its B2B insights offering and brand partnerships. …
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Growing a Small Nonprofit Can Be a Bit Like Adolescence — Painful, Difficult, Awkward
Anyone who has interacted with a teenager, or remembers having been one themselves, knows the challenges of adolescence. It’s a period of change and growth, when we figure out who we are. That journey …
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The maritime industry moves more than 80% of global trade. The sector is as vast as the oceans but jurisdiction — and therefore accountability — is often murky, with some vessels registered under …
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Cash for witnesses: Prince Harry legal team’s tactics revealed ahead of Mail privacy trial
Sir Elton John and David Furnish (left) and Prince Harry (right) arrive at the High Court in London on Monday 27 March 2023 for a hearing in their unlawful information gathering action against Mail …
Former Bauer Media news editor in chief John Pickford in the Bauer office. Picture: Bauer Media Long-serving broadcast journalists from the BBC and Bauer Media were recognised with MBEs in the King’s …
A London-based photographer has successfully sued a local news website only to find that its owners and editors are impossible to track down. The London Post meanwhile continues to publish with …
Wealthy and Westminster-ready student politicians at Oxford are successfully deploying legal threats to silence critical coverage in student media. This is a phenomenon I saw first-hand when running …
The Overlap podcast being recorded. Picture: Global LBC owner Global has taken a majority stake in Gary Neville’s sports podcast company The Overlap. The Overlap will join Global Studios, which …
Outside of DC Thomson office in Dundee. Picture: Shutterstock/Antoni M Lubek Subscriptions, advertising and cloud services revenues grew at Scotland-based media business DC Thomson in the year to 31 …
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Deadly Gaza Aid Sites, Damascus Dossier, Exploiting Sudanese Refugees: 2025’s Best Investigative Stories from the Middle East and North Africa
Investigative journalism in the Arab world is in deep crisis. The survival of reporters focused on accountability is uncertain. The costs of this work are high. Freedoms are declining, and independent …
Bill Hagerty. Picture: Reach PLC Former Sunday Today and The People editor Bill Hagerty has died aged 86 after a 70-year career spanning showbusiness, theatre and sports coverage. Hagerty was called …
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Elite Portuguese investigative unit to probe Spacey movie producer with ties to alleged crypto scammer
An elite unit of Portugal’s Public Prosecutor’s Office is taking over a money laundering probe into Elvira Gavrilova Paterson, the Ukrainian producer of an upcoming Kevin Spacey film and associate of …
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Digital Scam Trails, Deadly Hospital Infections, Harrowing Immigration Journeys: 2025’s Best Investigative Stories from India
The year 2025 saw investigative journalism in India persist against increasingly difficult odds . Reporters pursued stories that exposed how power operates through money, policy, coercion, neglect, …
Picture: Shutterstock/Feng Yu Getty has been given permission to appeal parts of a ruling it lost over Stability AI’s alleged use of its images. It’s the latest in a series of legal battles going on …
When filmmakers started calling Zhu Rikun in late October to pull out of an independent Chinese film festival he was organizing in New York, he initially thought the problem could be solved by …
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From the Pitch Stage to the Write Up, the Line Edit to Publication: How Editors Can Help Investigative Stories
In an era where investigative journalism serves as a key instrument for societal change, editing watchdog reporting can be pivotal in making or breaking a story’s impact. From narrowing complex …
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Newspaper ABCs: Sunday People circulation drops by over a quarter for first time in 2025
Sunday People front page on 11 August 2024 The Sunday People saw its average weekly print circulation decline by 26.4% year on year to 36,594 in November. The paper has seen the biggest year-on-year …
L-R top to bottom: Newsweek chief revenue officer Danielle Varvaro, Politico chief executive Goli Sheikholeslami, Forbes CEO Sherry Phillips, Reach director of growth David Bartlett, Bloomberg Media …
Manchester Evening News editor Sarah Lester. Picture: Reach Manchester Evening News editor Sarah Lester has said she is “fed up of playing algorithmic games” with Google as the regional newsbrand …
Many of GIJN’s most memorable original stories in 2025 reported on new thinking and innovative strategies to tackle emerging journalistic challenges in an era of dwindling resources and rising threats …