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Email is one of the ancient wonders of the web. In internet terms, it is practically prehistoric. But…
Why The Economist is a role model
The Economist is a different kind of weekly magazine. Not just because its own editors insist on calling…
‘Trust in news’ is stable but X soars
The 2025 edition of the excellent Digital News Report has been published by the Reuters Institute and Oxford…
How UK’s Indy was digitally transformed in 10 years
Ten years ago, Lord (Evgeny) Lebedev’s dreams of owning a successful UK media group seemed to be crashing…
What 1440 means to all media
It’s a never-ending challenge for established news media, seeking to compete with disrupters while defending their still-profitable traditional…
What now for Business Insider?
Flashback: Last week, Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng announced that more than 20% of the staff were to…
UK Telegraph sale agreed – at last
The UK’s Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is being sold to a consortium led by RedBird Capital Partners (a…
Apple News ‘catalyst’ set for takeoff
US and UK news and magazine-centric publishers can’t believe their luck in signing up to Apple News+. The…
KKR deal ‘frees’ Springer to become news leader…
Axel Springer has agreed the long expected divestment of its classified advertising business to investor KKR. Under the…
Getting people to pay for news…
How to get people to pay for online news remains the biggest challenge – in many cases an…