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Andrew Palmer, executive editor of The Economist, speaking at Press Gazette’s Future of Media Technology Conference on 10 September 2026. Picture: ASV Photography for Press Gazette The Economist …
Digitalbox websites. Screenshots: Press Gazette UK social media focused publisher Digitalbox has revealed how changes to Facebook’s algorithm in early April dealt a severe blow to its revenue. …
What I’ve learned: Science writer Deborah Cohen says ‘arseholes’ keep her motivated
Dr Deborah Cohen. Picture: Submitted Former Newsnight correspondent and British Medical Journal investigations editor Deborah Cohen says “powerful people behaving badly” is what keeps her motivated. …
Clockwise from top left: Jasmine Dawson, SVP of digital at BBC Studios, Leah Green, head of Guardian Studios, and Graham Page, head of media at Q5, speaking at Press Gazette’s Future of Media …
Channel 4 News producer Claire Sinka, presenter Cathy Newman and editor Esme Wren after the British Journalism Awards 2025. Picture: Press Gazette/ASV Photography If your journalism has made a …
Financial Times chief executive Jon Slade at Press Gazette’s Future of Media Technology Conference on Thursday 10 September 2026. Picture: ASV Photography for Press Gazette The Financial Times Group …
Ann Poe of Advance Local and Ariel Burkett of Mather pictured at Press Gazette’s Future of Media Technology conference in September 2026 US local news publisher Advance Local has gone from zero to …
When disaster strikes, newsrooms scramble. A new website aims to help tame the chaos.
On the day Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina in September 2024, Laura Lee was thousands of miles away on vacation in Peru. “I feel guilty about not being on the ground with everybody when it …
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 …
News diary 21-27 September: Burnham to meet Trump, Labour Party conference, MTV Video Music Awards
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Hearst UK magazines including Good Housekeeping, Elle, Elle Decoration, Men’s Health, Country Living, and Harper’s Bazaar Hearst UK has returned to revenue growth after three years of decline fuelled …
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David Ellison will get control of CNN after all (and don’t pretend an “independent editorial board” will mean otherwise)
Eighteen months ago, David Ellison was mostly known as an ATM for Hollywood producers seeking to pencil out budgets for quarter-zip dadcore flicks like Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit , Jack Reacher: Never …
Jon Slade in conversation with Press Gazette editor in chief Dominic Ponsford at the 2026 Future of Media Technology Conference. Picture: Press Gazette/ASV Photography Financial Times CEO Jon Slade …
What I’ve learned: TTG boss Daniel Pearce says ‘finding our purpose’ was business turning point
Daniel Pearce, CEO of TTG Media. Picture: Submitted The CEO of B2B travel trade magazine TTG Daniel Pearce says transparency and “leading from among the team” are his two most important leadership …
A supposed art therapist who was widely quoted on psychological topics by news outlets around the world has been removed from journalist response service Qwoted after her details were found to be …
New York Times training editor: Take these four steps before you roll out new things
When I tell someone at work that I wrote a book called Saying No to New , I usually get a similar response each time. It’s something like, “But you advocate for new things here.” It’s true. At The New …
News consumers are wary of most AI use in local news, a Chicago-based report finds
Local news providers weighing AI use in the newsroom should think twice, according to a new survey from the Medill Local News Initiative at Northwestern. “The Medill survey provides a warning to news …
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“An astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions”: Court records show what Microsoft and OpenAI actually thought about AI training
Would you call large language models training on an internet’s worth of content “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions”? Or perhaps you prefer the “largest theft of labor in human …
News diary 14-20 September: Lucy Letby inquiry report, UK labour market and inflation data, Primetime Emmys
Lucy Letby. Picture: Cheshire Constabulary/PA Wire Leading the week Monday (September 14): Plaid Cymru, SNP and Sinn Féin leaders meet in Cardiff; Commons debate on Israel and Palestine following UK …
Sun editor-in-chief Victoria Newton giving the Hugh Cudlipp Lecture in London on 10 September 2026. Picture: Submitted Sun editor-in-chief Victoria Newton said she is “optimistic” about the future …
Shehab Khan on set for new Zeteo UK show The Real Question. Picture: Zeteo UK Left-leaning news site Zeteo formally launched its UK edition on Monday three months after the publisher announced it …
Anna Bateson, chief executive officer of The Guardian. Picture: The Guardian Guardian revenue from paying online readers grew by 17% in the year to March 2026 to reach a new record of £126m. Overall …