What can news publishers learn from the own goal scored last week by Fifa? For anyone who has been taking a summer holiday from the news or instinctively switches off when football is mentioned, The Times of London revealed that sport’s global governing body was seeking investors to buy a minority stake in its tournaments, including the World Cup. Those shares could later be traded on the open market. Unsurprisingly, many in the footballing world were aghast at the idea that Fifa, a Swiss non-profit, would now have investors, and American ones with ties to President Donald Trump at that.…
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The surest catalyst for change in a news organisation is a crisis. When things are going well – or at least not too badly – there is always the temptation to defend what you have, rather than risk something new. At the World Cup, England showed how limiting a strategy…
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) has unveiled a redesign of both its print newspaper and digital platforms as it seeks to keep pace with changing reading habits and an increasingly AI-driven media environment. The revamp is aimed at making the title feel more useful to readers who want fast…
People Inc said its digital business extended its run of growth in the second quarter of 2026, helped by higher licensing income, AI-related partnerships, events and social media products, even as core traffic remained under pressure from changes in search. The company reported its 11th straight quarter of digital revenue…
Hearst has agreed to buy The Walt Disney Company’s half-share in A+E Global Media for about $1.2 billion in cash, giving the privately held media group full control of a television business that includes A&E, Lifetime and the History Channel, according to Reuters. The sale, announced this week, is expected…
Byron Allen has begun a sharp overhaul of BuzzFeed, cutting about 180 jobs and contract roles across BuzzFeed, HuffPost and Tasty in what amounts to roughly 35% of the workforce. The reductions, disclosed in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, are the first major restructuring since Allen’s…
Need some summer reading? This week’s newsletter comes in the form of a book review. Not perhaps a suggestion for the sun lounger, but nevertheless one that every journalist should read. It’s called AI in the News Room and it was written by Martin Schori, former head of the AI…
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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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