Google, Meta and Amazon proportion of UK ad spent in 2026. Illustration created with help of ChatGPT Three US tech giants accounted for two thirds of every pound spent on advertising in the UK last …
Computational Journalism Watch
Coverage of AI ethics, newsroom tooling, and investigative data practices.
Pink News page on Glassdoor A series of five-star employee reviews posted online for specialist LGBTQ+ publisher Pink News have been taken down after a complainant alleged they were “AI-generated”, …
Sky News executive editor Jonathan Levy speaking at Press Gazette’s Future of Media Trends event in London on 22 April 2026. Picture: The Photo Team for Press Gazette The top editor at Sky News has …
The Ankler’s new look website One of the biggest publishers on Substack – The Ankler – has ditched the newsletter-focused tech platform to run on its own in-house tech infrastructure. The …
Press Gazette has been recognised by the Paul Foot Award judges for its investigation into AI-generated experts who conned their way into dozens of news outlets. Journalist Rob Waugh led the …
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‘Escalating efforts’: A year after China Targets, Beijing’s global campaign against dissenters continues
For more than 15 hours, Abdulhakim Idris stared at the walls of a detention room in a Malaysian airport. The room, dirty and ridden with bed bugs, held dozens of detainees from around the world. Many …
News page on Youtube, 27 April 2026. The most-subscribed English-language news publishers on Youtube grew their subscriber base by an average of 16% and over the past fifteen months, Press Gazette …
Future of Media Awards 2025 The top UK-based media awards event celebrating digital publishing excellence in 2026 is now open for entries. Now in their fifth year, the Future of Media Awards …
A picture of a phone and social media apps in front of the Australian flag. Picture: Shutterstock/Mamun_Sheikh The Australian government has announced plans for a levy on tech giants designed to …
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Phony whistleblowers, fake journalists and cyber spies: ICIJ network targeted after China Targets probe
In May 2025, Kuochun Hung, the chief operating officer of the Taiwanese media outlet Watchout, received an email from someone purporting to be Yi-Shan Chen, a well-regarded local reporter. “Chen” …
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News diary 27 April – 3 May: Royal visit to US, Devil Wears Prada 2, World Press Freedom Day
BERLIN, GERMANY – MAY 7, 2019: Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in front of Brandenburg Gate. Picture: Chris Ghinda/Shutterstock The news agenda for the week is likely to …
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Former co-owner of Panama Papers law firm convicted of aiding and abetting tax evasion
A German court has convicted the former co-owner of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca — the subject of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ Panama Papers investigation — for …
Relatives and journalists bid farewell to journalist Hassan Aslih, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, on 13 May 2025. Picture: …
Four stories cited in Press Gazette round-up of AI going wrong in news publications
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“Make Iran Ungovernable” – Tracking Efforts To Destroy Iran’s Police Infrastructure
Bellingcat has identified at least 80 police stations or infrastructure related to law enforcement agencies and the Basij paramilitary group that has been damaged or destroyed in the first three weeks …
Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson’s libel case against Essex Police is likely to go to trial after a judge said statements about her had been defamatory in meaning. Pearson sued Essex Police over …
New Sunday Times Insight investigations team from left to right: Venetia Menzies, Gabriel Pogrund, and Emanuele Midolo. Picture: News UK Former British Journalism Awards journalist of the year …
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‘Unacceptable’: Lawmakers react to revelations from ICIJ’s Cancer Calculus investigation
Lawmakers and experts in several countries have called for pharmaceutical companies to be more transparent about drug pricing and tax dealings following revelations from ICIJ’s Cancer Calculus . The …
Press Gazette Future of Media Trends event at South Place Hotel in London on 22 April 2026 UK media leaders grappled with five key challenges facing the news industry at Press Gazette’s Future of …
Chris Harvey and other STV staff at the STV strike in Aberdeen on 7 January 2026. Picture: NUJ Journalists at STV will strike on a key day for Scottish elections coverage next month in response to a …
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Winning design unveiled for first memorial to UK journalists killed doing their jobs
End of Copy, winning design by Wolfgang Buttress for UK’s first national memorial to journalists killed in conflict The winning design for the first UK memorial to journalists killed while reporting …
Google AI Overview answer to ‘what is fine-tuning in ai’ query News publishers have disputed a claim from Google that using their content to “fine-tune” its AI models contains “no realistic prospect …
A screenshot of the “old bricked app” that redirects the user to the new app. Picture: Jonathan Simon All-you-can-read app Readly has said its “performance remains strong” after its merger with …
Graham Page from Q5 pictured at the Press Gazette Media Strategy Network USA event Great journalism alone is seldom enough alone when it comes to publishers finding the right strategy to attract a …
Barnie Choudhury Former BBC journalist and British Journalism Award nominee Barnie Choudhury has been hit with charges of £14,270.70 by the appointments body for judges following a dispute over FOI …