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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A major internet outage on the morning of 18 November 2025 disrupted access to thousands of websites and digital services worldwide, underscoring the extent to which the modern web depends on a handful of infrastructure providers. The disruption was traced to Cloudflare, whose content delivery network and security services handle…
The European Commission is preparing to unveil its long-awaited legislative package designed to simplify the bloc’s digital rulebook, ease regulatory burdens on businesses and help European start-ups compete in the global race to develop artificial intelligence. Branded the Digital Omnibus, the initiative seeks to streamline and harmonise multiple overlapping laws…
Vox is expanding its Membership programme through a partnership with Patreon that adds exclusive video series, live conversations and community features. The move matters because publishers are searching for ways to strengthen direct relationships with readers and secure more dependable revenue. At the centre of the new offer are two…
Nicholas Thompson, chief executive of The Atlantic and former editor of Wired, has built a leadership style rooted in discipline, intellectual clarity and an unusual willingness to invite challenge. His approach, outlined in multiple appearances and interviews to publicise his new book The Running Ground, offers a template for media…
The future of the Daily Telegraph has been thrown back into turmoil after RedBird Capital Partners abandoned its planned £500m takeover of the title. As first reported by Mark Kleinman at Sky News, RedBird and its Abu Dhabi-based investment partner International Media Investments (IMI) have formally withdrawn their offer to…
Australia is pushing ahead with plans to impose a new tax on global tech giants, compelling them to fund domestic journalism. The federal government’s initiative targets large social media and search platforms generating more than AUD 250 million a year in Australian revenue, including Meta, Google and Microsoft. The goal…
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