The difference between American and British journalism is clear in what they choose to display in their newsrooms. Visit any large US newspaper’s offices and you will see a “wall of fame” that commemorates its winners of Pulitzers and other journalism awards. Visit any UK newsroom and you’ll see nothing like that. Indeed, when I worked at The Times the displays on the walls had a slightly different tenor. Among those “celebrated” were Kim Philby, a former sub-editor at the paper whose notorious career as a Russian spy led to many deaths, and Boris Johnson, a former trainee reporter at…
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Mediahuis, the acquisitive Belgian publisher with outlets across Europe, has become a founding member of SPUR, an industry coalition set up to influence how journalism is used by artificial intelligence and to push for clearer licensing terms. The Standards for Publisher Usage Rights group is a non-profit, member-funded initiative bringing…
MIT’s decision to close MIT Sloan Management Review after 67 years marks the end of one of the most durable business school brand extensions in publishing. According to the school, the final issue is due in September 2026. It said the publication will be replaced by a wider digital strategy…
BuzzFeed has struck a deal to hand control of the company to media entrepreneur Byron Allen in a $120 million transaction that could reshape the troubled digital publisher’s future. According to a filing and company announcement on Monday, Allen Family Digital, the family office affiliate of Allen, will buy 40…
James Murdoch is said to be in advanced talks to acquire Vox Media’s New York Magazine and its podcast arm through Lupa Systems, his investment vehicle, according to the Wall Street Journal. The potential transaction would hand Murdoch control of one of the best-known names in American magazine publishing, along…
Strong digital growth pushed The New York Times Company to 13.1 million subscribers in the first quarter, keeping the publisher on track to hit its target of 15 million subscribers by the end of 2027. The company added about 310,000 digital-only subscribers during the quarter and has averaged roughly 330,000…
Newsweek’s turnaround under chief executive Dev Pragad has been driven less by internal restructuring than by a series of partnerships that helped rebuild the publisher’s audience, technology and commercial business. When Pragad took over, the company was carrying more than $25 million in debt and struggling with declining readership. Rather…
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Italy’s media sector has been jolted by confirmation that Exor, the Agnelli-Elkann family holding company, is in exclusive talks to sell most of the GEDI publishing group to Greece’s Antenna Group. The prospect of a sale has triggered strikes, newsroom protests and calls for government intervention over the future of…
Yahoo is widening its use of artificial intelligence in news delivery with the launch of an afternoon audio digest that personalises headlines for each listener. The move signals how major publishers are starting to treat AI-generated audio as a core distribution format rather than an experiment. The new briefing, called…
Australia’s world-first ban on social media accounts for under-16s came into force on 10 December 2025, requiring major platforms to remove existing accounts held by younger users and block new registrations. But early signs show how quickly the policy is running into technical and human obstacles. Children have been able…
UK adults are now spending more than four and a half hours online each day, a record driven by rising use of artificial intelligence and an ever more mobile-first way of living. The finding, from Ofcom’s Online Nation 2025 report, shows how quickly generative AI has shifted from novelty to…
A former editor of Cycling News has launched a digital media brand built to rethink the economics of specialist publishing, unveiling a “one-person newsroom” powered by generative AI. Velora, created by Peter Stuart with co-founder Danny Bellion, has launched in beta after a five-week build. The project offers another live…
The European Commission has launched a formal investigation into whether Google is breaching competition rules by using publishers’ and creators’ content to generate AI summaries in search results and on YouTube. According to the Commission, the probe will assess “to what extent the generation of AI Overviews and AI Mode…
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