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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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…
Australia has unveiled a new plan to push Meta, Google and TikTok into paying more directly for the journalism their platforms distribute, in a move that could bring in up to A$250 million a year for newsrooms. According to draft legislation released by the government, the measure would be introduced…
Yahoo Media Group is expanding into specialist coverage with a free sports business hub that brings together Yahoo Sports and Yahoo Finance, aiming to give readers a single destination for reporting on the money, media and investment forces shaping sport. The move reflects the shift in digital publishing towards bundled,…
Hang around in this world long enough and you learn that what was once a new idea will soon become an old idea, and then, later, be resurrected as a new idea once more. There’s a case in point in journalism right now: reducing story count. Or, as people were…
Hearst is recasting itself around data and artificial intelligence as the 140-year-old group seeks to make its portfolio faster, more connected and better suited to digital change. As AI tools spread, the competitive edge is moving away from raw scale towards how effectively companies structure, govern and apply their data…
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