Why is the news industry so resistant to change? It’s almost impossible to shift focus, reassign resources, introduce new working practices, or change to a new CMS without a hue and cry. This week it has been the BBC’s turn to get it in the neck for what seemed to me to be two very sensible decisions. First, guidance went out to its reporting staff that they should prioritise social media over traditional linear programmes when it came to filing their content. For a national broadcaster that needs to meet the British public where they are – and lest we…
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Prince Harry and six other high-profile claimants have lost their High Court case against Associated Newspapers Ltd, publisher of the Daily Mail, in a ruling that is likely to draw a line under the UK’s long-running phone-hacking litigation. Mr Justice Nicklin dismissed all claims against the publisher after an 11-week…
Sky has agreed a £1.6 billion takeover of ITV’s media and entertainment arm in a move that would combine one of Britain’s best-known commercial broadcasters with the pay-TV group owned by Comcast, creating what the companies say will be a stronger domestic rival to Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ and…
The Associated Press is pressing ahead with plans to build a production hub in India, even as the move is expected to deepen job losses for its US-based visual journalism teams. In a memo to staff, executive editor Julie Pace said the agency was trying to strengthen its business so…
Getty Images is set to walk away from its $3.7 billion tie-up with Shutterstock after the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority insisted on a remedy the company was unwilling to accept: the sale of Shutterstock’s entire editorial business before completion. According to the CMA’s final ruling on 15 May, the…
Media Concierge Group has said the integration of National World has gone smoothly, after reporting a stronger set of results in the first full period since the acquisition. The media holding company posted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of £12.9 million for the 12 months to 30 September…
The Economist has launched a lower-cost subscription bundle built around audio and video, in a move designed to reach younger and more gender-balanced audiences while squeezing more value from its expanding multimedia output. The new product, Economist Play, is priced at about $15 a month, roughly $10 below the publisher’s…
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Meta has criticised Australia’s plan to make large digital platforms contribute financially to news organisations, arguing the proposal would entrench publisher dependence on technology companies rather than help create sustainable media businesses. The dispute highlights a broader debate over how governments should support journalism in the digital age. While Australia…
The Guardian has seen a sharp rise in reader-funded income and international revenue over the past decade, with editor-in-chief Katharine Viner saying more than 80% of its income from outside the UK is a phenomenon that did not exist 10 years ago. Speaking at the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress…
A group of former National World executives has launched Profenx, a new media technology company that aims to combine AI-driven publishing tools with creator-led content businesses. The launch comes as publishers grapple with declining search traffic, pressure on advertising revenues and the rapid growth of independent creators. Profenx is positioning…
If you’re invited to speak at a conference, you really don’t want a slot at the end of the day when delegates’ energy has dropped and the darkness of the auditorium becomes soporific. Even worse is to be the last speaker in the last session on the last day. At…
Sundar Pichai has offered one of his clearest public accounts yet of how generative AI has forced Google to reorganise internally, rethink Search and confront growing tension with publishers whose businesses depend on referral traffic. Speaking to Nilay Patel on The Verge’s Decoder podcast in a conversation recorded after Google…
Australia’s ABC has chosen Reuters executive Simon Robinson as its new director of news and current affairs, ending days of speculation after the broadcaster’s surprise leadership change. Robinson, currently deputy to Reuters’ editor-in-chief, will take up the post in September. The ABC said he would become its next Director of…
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