Daily time spent with news in UK. Source: Ofcom News Report Around one in five people in the UK say they now use AI apps as a source of news. Ofcom interviewed 5,397 UK adults for its 2026 News …
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Deborah Arthurs, editor of Metro. Picture: Natasha Pszenicki Metro editor-in-chief Deborah Arthurs has stepped down from the business as staff were told “radical change” is needed to get it on a …
Newsquest CEO Henry Faure Walker. Picture: Press Gazette Newsquest has reached 159,000 paying digital subscribers, up 18% from 135,000 one year ago , according to the latest figures shared with Press …
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Reach to cut editorial team by further 160 jobs as key metric becomes ‘active engaged time’
Reach chief content officer David Higgerson speaking at Press Gazette’s Future of Media Technology Conference on Thursday 10 September 2026. Picture: ASV Photography for Press Gazette Reach is …
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This article was originally published by Northwestern University’s Medill Local News Initiative and is republished here with permission. In 2024, the Medill Local News Initiative at Northwestern …
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“Many have said it couldn’t be done”: Local news site Lookout Santa Cruz is profitable thanks to ads and memberships
Buried in an opinion piece about California’s Community NEWS Act is the announcement that Lookout Santa Cruz has achieved something remarkable (and rare) in local news It’s profitable. Six years …
When I was reporting on climate change, one of the most useful websites in my daily rotation was Climate.gov. The website from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), launched …
People have felt grave doubts about the press long before the Internet or social media, at times when politics was polarized and at times when it was not. In the United States, the steady decline in …
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Would you send it to the group chat? Sports creator Frank Michael Smith on finding the stories worth telling
The data is in News creators and influencers are a major source of news for Americans, especially people under 30. This is the latest edition of Creators of Record , an occasional series of …
When two popular science magazines — out of about 17 in circulation — ceased publication in the same year , one commentator said, “The science magazines didn’t shake out. They fell apart.” The general …
The Daily Mail’s head of newsletters, Josephine Forster , is trying to improve her readers’ lives. “They want to know how topical things will impact their lives, and what they can do about that,” she …
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The Atlantic is getting more subscribers from Google traffic, even as referrals fall
Like many in the news industry, The Atlantic is seeing its referrals from Google drop . At the same time, CEO Nicholas Thompson said, the number of subscribers The Atlantic gets from Google traffic …
Nieman Lab predictions don’t always come true, but Terry Parris Jr. is doing his best to make his a reality. As journalism reached breakneck speed to produce mountains of content for insatiable …
In March, we wrote that our gatherings could be so much better . Most run on assumptions about who is in the room and what would benefit them, and those assumptions rarely get tested. The gatherings …
Publishers are already adapting to a distribution environment in which search and AI increasingly mediate how audiences find information. Reuters Institute’s 2026 report found that publishers expect …
Chris Stone, executive producer for podcasts and video at the New Statesman and founder of Podcast Crew. Picture: Submitted Publishers must identify a target audience and niche before launching a …
ITN archive footage from Tiannamen Square protests Reuters has ousted Getty as the agency partner selling access to ITN’s 70-year archive of video footage. Reuters said the deal will make one of the …
IB Times freelance article International Business Times UK is facing sharp criticism from contributors over its unpaid internship programme and a revenue share scheme for freelance writers. One …
Emily Maitlis at the Global audio and entertainment upfronts in October 2025. Picture: Global The News Agents co-host Emily Maitlis has joined The New World magazine as a diary columnist. Former …
Paul Vale. Picture: Submitted US Sun managing editor Paul Vale has died aged 50 after being diagnosed with cancer three years ago. Vale has been described as “the rock” of the US Sun team from its …
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What I’ve learned: Longtime The Grocer editor-in-chief Adam Leyland who led ‘B2B powerhouse’ for 20 years
Former The Grocer editor-in-chief Adam Leyland, now editor-at-large. Picture: Submitted Adam Leyland spent 20 years as editor-in-chief for William Reed’s food and drink industry bible The Grocer …
Left: Jeff Bezos arrives for the premiere of Amazon Prime’s ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ on August 15, 2022 (Picture: DFree/Shutterstock). Right: The sign atop the Washington Post …
Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. Illustration by Oisín Mac Con Iomaire On a June night in 1996, in a basement apartment in Boston’s …