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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 1h

Daily Mail publisher DMG Media has launched two dedicated social publisher arms, “doubling down” on reaching young people and what they can offer advertisers pressgazette.co.uk/social_media...

Mail invests heavily in creating content for Tiktok and Instagram

Daily Mail publisher DMG Media has launched two social publisher arms, “doubling down” on reaching young people and what they can offer advertisers.

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 1h

Mill Media has named Moya Lothian-McLean as its first managing editor. Lothian-McLean joins Cameron Barr, who recently joined as investigations editor, in helping to build "an incredibly strong team of senior editors" www.linkedin.com/posts/joshi-...

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 1h

Some 17 press freedom and journalists' organisations are calling on Malta to set up a national action plan on media freedom and journalist safety on the eye of the eighth anniversary of the killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia cpj.org/2025/10/call...

Call to action in memory of murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia - Committee to Protect Journalists

On the eve of the anniversary of the murder of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, CPJ joins 17 press freedom and journalists’ organizations to call on Malta to set up a national…

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 1h

Google is rolling out an AI-powered feature on its Discover mobile feed that summarises trending topics in previews that can be expanded, with links out to websites. It claims this makes it easier to "catch up on stories from a wide range of publishers" blog.google/products/sea...

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 2h

Techcrunch founding editor at large Mike Butcher has launched a new title, which will cover the startup scene pressgazette.co.uk/news/techcru...

Techcrunch founding editor at large Mike Butcher launches new title

Former editor-at-large Mike Butcher has launched Pathfounders, a new title on newsletter-based platform Beehiiv covering tech startups.

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 2h

President Trump has said Time magazine photo is "worst of all time" on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday. "They 'disappeared' my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that looked like a floating crown...Really weird!" www.axios.com/2025/10/14/t...

Trump slams Time magazine photo as "Worst of All Time"

Trump said Time's photo "disappeared" his hair.

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 18h

National World to rebrand as Iconic Media under new owner and is taking part in the development of an "alternative audience measurement solution" for print plus digital with JICREG, having left ABC print auditing www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/na...

National World to rebrand as Iconic Media - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage

New owner confirms plan to set up new audit body

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 18h

Having a one-size-fits-all pricing model for online news and content keeps things simple - but it could be holding back growth. How Aller Media Nordics reaped the benefits of intelligent pricing: pressgazette.co.uk/publishing-s... #sponsored

Intelligent pricing: Lessons in precision from Aller Media Nordic

How news publishers can benefit from data-informed pricing.

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 19h

Publishers, the NUJ and Society of Editors have all signed an open letter urging the UK government to halt plans to give armed police anonymity in criminal proceedings.

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 1d

Australian culture brand Broadsheet has officially gone live in London after eight weeks under soft launch

It is online and has put out its first quarterly print edition, with 60,000 copies in restaurants, hotels, members’ clubs, co-working spaces etc
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Culture brand Broadsheet marks London launch with first print edition

Australian culture brand Broadsheet has officially gone live in London after eight weeks under soft launch.

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 1d

Far Out grew from a student blog to a site with 30 full-time staff, according to its founder, who added the culture title averages 20 million page views per month pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/h...

How Far Out grew from student blog to 30 full-time staff

Far Out founder Lee Thomas says the online culture site averages 20 million page views a month and maintains traffic through Google Discover.

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 1d

Slow digital growth sees Reach revenue fall in third quarter pressgazette.co.uk/media_busine...

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 1d

News Media Association warns that Govt plans to scrap laws requiring alcohol licensing notices and changes to local authority governance arrangements to be published in print local newspapers will impact the public's right to know newsmediauk.org/blog/2025/10...

Government Plans For Secret Alcohol Licensing Notices Are An Attack On The Public's Right To Know - News Media Association

Plans to scrap laws requiring alcohol licensing notices and changes to local authority governance arrangements to be published in printed local newspapers amount to a direct attack on the public…

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 1d

A broad range of US news organisations - including conservative outlets like Newsmax and the Washington Times - have refused to sign up to a new Pentagon media policy aimed at curbing the release of any unauthorised information deadline.com/2025/10/pent...

Media Outlets, Ranging From The Atlantic To Newsmax, Refuse To Sign New Pentagon Press Policy

The Atlantic, CNN and Newsmax are among the organizations refusing to sign the policy with its new restrictions.

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 1d

Most major US newsbrands are refusing to sign the Pentagon's new media restrictions, which The New York Times said "threatens to punish them for ordinary news gathering protected by the First Amendment" www.axios.com/2025/10/14/p...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon's new press rules

The Pentagon said reporters would need to sign a pledge committing to its rules in order to maintain their press credentials.

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 1d

GB News now has two million subscribers on Youtube and claims to have clocked up a total of 2.4 billion views on the platform. Its interview with former Trump aide Steve Bannon has had some 6.7 million plays.

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 2d

International journalists in Israel are calling for immediate access to Gaza following the new ceasefire. The Foreign Press Association has urged Israel to “open the borders and allow international media free and independent access” www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

International journalists urge Israel to allow reporters into Gaza after ceasefire deal

Foreign Press Association joins long list of global media agencies demanding press freedom in devastated territory

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 2d

National World has pulled all of its 200-plus local and regional titles from print circulation auditor ABC www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/ma...

National World withdraws all titles from ABC - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage

Print circulation figures will no longer be audited

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 2d

The NUJ has called the proposed cutting of the STV North News at 6 programme and 60 jobs (half in the newsroom) as "cultural vandalism" that will have "catastrophic long-term effects". STV's CEO said: "People are finding their news digitally first" www.nuj.org.uk/resource/stv...

STV decision to cut jobs and programming ‘an act of cultural vandalism’

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has described the proposed axing of STV North’s News at 6 programme and up to 30 job cuts in the newsroom as “an act of cultural vandalism for journalism in…

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 4d

The Los Angeles Times plans to sell shares to select investors ahead of a potential initial public offering, owner Patrick Soon-Shiong said. The new LA Times Media Group aims to raise up to $500m www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/b...

Los Angeles Times Moves Closer to a Public Stock Offering

The company, which says it plans an initial public offering next fall, announced on Thursday that it would seek to raise up to $500 million selling private shares to investors.

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 4d

Top 50 English-language news sites in the world: Half report month-on-month traffic growth in September pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...

Top 50 English-language news sites in the world: Half report MoM traffic growth in September

Press Gazette lists the top 50 most popular news websites in the world. Monthly updated top 50 listing based on data provided by SimilarWeb.

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 4d

Matthew Garrahan leaves FT for Redbird news division leadership role
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Matthew Garrahan leaves FT for Redbird news division leadership role

Former Financial Times news editor Matthew Garrahan is leaving the newspaper after almost 30 years to join Redbird Capital Partners.

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 4d

The CMA said AI-based search features AI Overviews and AI Mode are within scope of the strategic market status designated on Google, but AI assistant Gemini has been excluded pressgazette.co.uk/news/google-...

Google search, AI Overviews, AI Mode and Discover designated for UK regulation

Google search has formally been designated with "strategic market status" by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 4d

Updated: Express rapped by IPSO over inaccurate headlines eight times in 2025 so far pressgazette.co.uk/news/express...

Express rapped by IPSO over inaccurate headlines eight times in 2025 so far

IPSO finds the Express website to have published "significantly" inaccurate or misleading headlines six times in the past three months.

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 5d

NBC News to launch a new subscription product later this year and shift from a programme-centric approach to a story-centred one www.adweek.com/tvnewser/mem...

Memo Shows How NBC News Is Changing After MSNBC and CNBC Split

Cesar Conde outlined new priorities for the news outlet moving forward.

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